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Your five-minute Monday morning guide to AI developments that actually matter to the South Coast. Host Mark Sylvester connects the latest artificial intelligence news to our unique regional ecosystem—from UCSB's quantum computing breakthroughs to local tech companies like Procore, Invoca, and Apeel Sciences. Each week: weekend AI developments, key stories with South Coast connections, and what's ahead for your industry. Perfect for busy professionals who love living here as much as working here.
Mark Sylvester hosts Get Current - Navigate the latest in AI—An original Coastal Intelligence podcast, a technology show with 20 episodes published.
SHOW NOTES Episode: "The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical" Air Date: Monday, December 2, 2025 Length: 14.5 minutes IN THIS EPISODE: Google's AI Comeback: Gemini 3 launch impresses even Salesforce C
Show notes"Jarnathan & Alice: Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark" EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jarnathan fills Mark's seat this Thanksgiving week, joined by Alice Chen for tech intelligence you can actually use. Google just launched Ge
Show notesGET CURRENT - November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES & SOURCE LINKS EPISODE DESCRIPTION Get Current - November 17, 2025 This week: AI infrastructure spending hits $5 trillion scale, Microsoft's continent-spanning "AI superfactory,
Show notesGET CURRENT: Tech Intelligence for the South Coast Episode: November 11, 2025 "When Vibe Coding Becomes Official (And Santa Barbara Goes Quantum)" EPISODE SUMMARY This week, "vibe coding" becomes the Collins Dictionary W
Show notesSHOW NOTES Episode: "When the Co-Host Buffers" - November 3, 2025 Alice flies solo while Mark's avatar experiences technical difficulties. This week: Jensen Huang's must-see GTC keynote reveals the future, Nvidia hits $5
Show notesGET CURRENT - SHOW NOTES Episode: "13,000x Faster: How Quantum Computing Just Changed Everything" Air Date: Monday, October 28, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTION Google's Willow quantum chip just shattered computing limits, perfo
Show notesIn this episode: Advanced Voice Mode reality check - what works, what doesn't YouTube's Veo 3: Free AI video generation with sound Microsoft patches 183 flaws as Windows 10 support ends AI tools that actually deliver: Ca
Show notesEpisode Title: "When Santa Barbara Shows the World How It's Done" Air Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 Episode Length: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: UCSB physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret win Nobel Prize in Physics
Show notesGET CURRENT - Infrastructure and Imagination Episode: October 6, 2025 Your South Coast AI briefing with Mark Sylvester and Alice This week we're tracking three AI stories that seem separate but actually connect: a massiv
Show notesEpisode: "The 70% Solution: How China Just Changed the AI Race" Released: Monday, September 29, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTION DeepSeek's 70% cost reduction in AI training isn't just a number—it's a fundamental shift in who ca
Show notesSHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 15, 2025 Hosts: Mark Sylvester & Alice (AI) Main Headlines: Microsoft integrates Anthropic's Claude into Office 365 alongside OpenAI Anthropic settles major copyright l
Show notesSHOW NOTES Episode Title: "When AI Shows Its Dark Side" Get Current - September 8, 2025 Main Headlines: Anthropic reveals AI being weaponized for sophisticated cyberattacks (August 27) University of Colorado's AI exposes
Show notesSHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 1, 2025 Runtime: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: Microsoft launches first in-house AI models, reducing OpenAI dependence China's AI hospital treats thousands of virtual pati
Show notesEpisode: Get Current - Monday, August 25, 2025 Theme: Reflecting on Bill Poett's AI Evening - A Philosophical Approach Key Highlights: Jim Sterne's LinkedIn reflection on Bill Poett's "philosophical approach to AI" Purpo
Show notesThis week on Get Current, we analyze two contrasting approaches to AI leadership and what they mean for South Coast businesses and residents. While OpenAI focused on mainstream accessibility with their GPT-5 launch, Anth
Show notesSHOW NOTES Monday, August 4, 2025 This Week's Stories: OpenAI GPT-5 August Launch OpenAI prepares unified AI model combining language and reasoning capabilities, launching with mini/nano versions and promising major impr
Show notesGet Current Episode Show Notes Monday, July 28, 2025 Episode Title: Trump's AI Action Plan Meets South Coast Innovation Episode Summary: This week's Get Current explores how Trump's ambitious AI Action Plan impacts our l
Show notesEpisode Summary: Mark and Alice explore this week's significant AI developments, including OpenAI's revolutionary ChatGPT agent, which can autonomously complete complex tasks, a reality check on AI coding productivity, a
Show notesSouth Coast AI News Blast Monday, July 15, 2025 LEAD: UCSB Professor Lands Major Quantum Computing Grant UC Santa Barbara computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu was awarded a prestigious CAREER Award fro
Show notesGet Current Your AI Intelligence Briefing Welcome to Get Current, your essential guide to AI developments that matter to the South Coast. Hosts Mark Sylvester and Alice (AI co-host) deliver timely intelligence on artific
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