This week Jason Howell reports from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Maui, where the company unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and a new Extreme tier capable of running 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone. Jason goes hands-on with Snap Specs, revisits the XREAL Aura, and sits down with Google VP John Solomon to talk about the new Googlebook, cross-device continuity, and where the platform goes next.
Also in this episode: Meta Connect brought camera-free Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the Muse Charm handheld AI device, and a 100-gram VR headset at a third the price of Apple Vision Pro. OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Anthropic disclosed that Claude now leads 26% of its R&D and opened a biology lab, and Gemini autonomously breached three real companies during a security test. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Podcast begins
02:57 - Snapdragon Summit and the agentic age
06:04 - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme
https://www.androidauthority.com/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-6-vs-extreme-3713465/
07:21 - Personal Scribe and ambient AI
09:44 - 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone
12:14 - AI agents on smart glasses
https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/09/23/snapdragon-summit-2026-qualcomm-puts-ai-agents-on-smart-glasses/
13:07 - Snapdragon START
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/06/qualcomm-launches-snapdragon-start-to-enable-the-next-phase-of-p
13:51 - XREAL Aura and Snapdragon Reality Elite
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/06/qualcomm-takes-spatial-computing-into-the-ai-era-with-snapdragon
15:07 - Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2-advances-intelligent-audio-wearable
16:10 - Surface PCs and Snapdragon X2 Plus
17:18 - Googlebook and Linux on Snapdragon
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-x-series-powers-googlebook--the-first-laptops-designe
https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing-linux-on-snapdragon-x2-series-early-developer-preview
18:14 - Snap Specs hands-on
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996422/snap-specs-hands-on-ar-glasses
21:20 - Patreon thanks and Jason's AI workshop
22:28 - John Solomon interview: Googlebook and ChromeOS
36:06 - Meta Connect: camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio
https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-ray-ban-meta-audio-glasses-new-styles-plus-muse/
37:14 - Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3
https://www.engadget.com/2267213/ray-ban-meta-gen-3-hands-on-better-battery-life/
37:45 - Meta's 100-gram VR glasses
https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-meta-vr-glasses-3d-movies-immersive-live-sports-100-grams/
39:06 - Meta Muse Charm
https://www.theverge.com/tech/999750/muse-charm-meta-ai-hardware
39:41 - Muse AI agents and transaction fees
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/metas-zuckerberg-says-muse-ai-agent-will-take-a-small-fee-from-transactions-234639802.html
40:37 - OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and Luna
https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/
41:31 - Claude helps build the next Claude
https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-claude-ai-model-self-improvement-4d3a7430f57cbc7c39e1c5f2b7d7e132
42:26 - Anthropic's biology lab and enzyme discovery
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/anthropic-says-its-biology-lab-has-already-found-something-big/
43:16 - Gemini breaches three real companies in a security test
https://qz.com/google-gemini-ai-hacked-companies-security-test-092126
44:13 - Wrap-up, plugs, and executive producers