#182: Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro, GPT-5.1 Pro, Nvidia Earnings, Karen Hao Book Controversy & Entry-Level Unemployment

Google released Gemini 3, its most advanced model yet, along with Nano Banana Pro, a leading image generation and editing model. On this week's episode, Paul and Mike go deeper on those topics and other top news this week, including GPT-5.1 Pro, controversy around a popular AI book, Nvidia earnings, and more. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here Click here to take this week's AI Pulse. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:03:32 — AI Pulse Survey 00:08:42 — Gemini 3 00:18:11 — Nano Banana Pro 00:26:06 — GPT-5.1 Pro 00:28:54 — Nvidia Earnings 00:36:14 — Nvidia, Microsoft Invest in Anthropic 00:40:28 — OpenAI Board Member Controversy 00:42:43 — AI Gets More Political Over State-Level Regulations 00:47:22 — AI Super Pac Flexes Its Muscles 00:49:40 — Karen Hao Book Controversy 00:54:19 — New Jeff Bezos AI Startup 00:56:38 — Amazon Gives Rufus Rave Reviews 00:59:18 — AI Gets Further Embedded Into Education 01:01:34 — Entry Level Unemployment This episode is brought to you by AI Academy by SmarterX. AI Academy is your gateway to personalized AI learning for professionals and teams. Discover our new on-demand courses, live classes, certifications, and a smarter way to master AI. You can get $100 off an individual purchase or a membership by using code POD100 at academy.smarterx.ai. Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Looking for content and resources? Register for a free webinar Come to our next Marketing AI Conference Enroll in our AI Academy