Qualcomm Wants Its AI Chips On Every Device

Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring Jason's travel to Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit. 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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Podcast begins 02:57 - Snapdragon Summit and the agentic age 06:04 - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme 07:21 - Personal Scribe and ambient AI 09:44 - 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone 12:14 - AI agents on smart glasses 13:07 - Snapdragon START 13:51 - XREAL Aura and Snapdragon Reality Elite 15:07 - Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 16:10 - Surface PCs and Snapdragon X2 Plus 17:18 - Googlebook and Linux on Snapdragon 18:14 - Snap Specs hands-on 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 37:14 - Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 37:45 - Meta's 100-gram VR glasses 39:06 - Meta Muse Charm 39:41 - Muse AI agents and transaction fees 40:37 - OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and Luna 41:31 - Claude helps build the next Claude 42:26 - Anthropic's biology lab and enzyme discovery 43:16 - Gemini breaches three real companies in a security test 44:13 - Wrap-up, plugs, and executive producers Host: Jason Howell Guest: John Solomon, VP & GM for Googlebook and ChromeOS Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: https://aiinside.show/ Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, exclusive content, and T-shirts and stickers you'll love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices