Source Notes
This archive entry is based on the AI:AM Podcast Guest CRM record for the Dec. 17, 2025 live show.
- Working titles in the scheduling thread included "AI:AM - Takeoff 2026?", "AI In Review: 2025 -> 2026", and "AI 2025 -> 2026 LIVE Show".
- The broadcast window was Dec. 17, 2025, from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM Los Angeles time.
- Logan Kilpatrick's segment was scheduled for 10:20-10:40 AM Pacific.
Guests
- Alex Bores, New York State Assembly
- Ali Behrouz, Cornell University
- Dean Ball, author
- Greg Kamradt, ARC-AGI / ARC Prize
- Peter Wildeford, IAPS
- Zvi Mowshowitz, author and AI commentator
- Logan Kilpatrick, Google
Topics
The show framed the transition from the 2025 AI cycle into the 2026 takeoff question: policy, benchmark progress, evals, model launches, fine-tuning, API divergence, and what makes AI applications defensible.