The outline for the latest episode was posted on 24 September.
I particularly appreciated Mark Thompson’s explanation of “setting up a scheduled agent that checks Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, Library and Archives Canada, and other repositories each week for newly released records in the places he researches, and compares how Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini handle the job.” That looks like a way of helping with my more routine blog posts,
Toward the end Mark and co-host Steve Little had an informative discussion on calls to slow down AI development, separating real risks from headlines.
Here’s the complete outline
00:06 Family History AI Show Academy: Advanced Family History AI Course
01:35 Trends from the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference: Adoption Goes Mainstream
05:46 Today’s Headlines: A Preview of the Episode
In the News
07:18 New Features at Ancestry: Document Transcription and AI Stories
11:18 Artificial Intelligence Model News: Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra, and Navier-Stokes
20:34 Another Round of Simplification: Claude Merges Chat and Cowork, Custom GPTs Retire
Tip of the Week
30:05 Scheduling Your Artificial Intelligence Agent: Weekly Checks for New Record Collections
RapidFire
42:56 Claude Memory: Editable, Project-Aware, and Worth Checking
49:50 Apple’s Smarter Siri (Again): Google Gemini Under the Hood
54:03 Calls to Slow Down Artificial Intelligence: Separating Real Risks from Headlines
Final Thoughts
1:16:53 Episode Wrap