Get AI-Ready with Kyle’s 5-Day Challenge: https://aiwithkyle.com/join

Kyle’s AI Canon — Curated list of AI learning essentials: https://aiwithkyle.com/ai-canon

Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlLglbHDASnoGkbjDeHnQg

Summary: I sat down with David Sharon from Google's Gemini team for a proper deep dive into Nano Banana Pro, and honestly, it was refreshing to talk to someone who's actually shipped something that matters. We covered how the thing actually works - turns out it's chaining Google Search with Gemini to grab context, then using that to generate images with proper text and layout in about 20 seconds. The infographic generation is genuinely mad when you see it happen, and David's story about colourising his grandfather's photo for his grandmother was one of those rare moments where you remember AI can be quite beautiful when it's not just AI doomerism.

What struck me most was hearing about the chaos behind Nano Banana's viral moment - the exponential growth, the scramble for chips, the fire drill of scaling to billions of images while keeping quotas high enough that people could actually iterate on their ideas. David reckons 2026 is when image generation properly hits mass market and becomes a daily habit, not just a viral moment. Whether that's optimistic or not, I don't know, but it's nice to hear someone from inside Google talking about making tools accessible rather than just chasing the next benchmark. Worth a watch if you want to understand what's actually happening at one of the big players.

Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/emDdai6hoT0

—— Time Stamps ——

0:00 Introduction: Interview with Google's Nano Banana Team 0:37 The AI Moments That Made Kyle Sit Up and Pay Attention 1:20 Inside Google: What It's Like to Ship a Groundbreaking AI Product 2:26 How Nano Banana Pro Creates Infographics From Simple Prompts 3:27 The Technical Magic: Google Search + Gemini + Image Generation Pipeline 5:01 When Users Surprise the Creators: Unexpected AI Art Trends 5:29 How Nano Banana Made Gemini App Downloads Explode 6:29 Scaling to Billions: The Infrastructure Battle Behind Viral AI 7:29 The Invisible Work: Chips, Teams & Data Pipelines 7:51 Google's "Universal Assistant" Philosophy: Simplicity First 8:29 Emotional AI: Colorizing a Grandfather's Photo From the 1960s 9:22 Why Generation Speed Is Make-or-Break for AI Apps 10:26 Nano Banana vs Pro: When to Use Fast vs Powerful Models 11:53 What Google Learned From OpenAI's GPT-5 Routing Mistake 13:04 Future of Gemini & Nano Banana Pro: Roadmap Hints 15:25 How Google Decides When a Problem Is "Solved" 17:22 Photorealism Achieved: When AI Fools the Human Eye 18:04 The Wizard of Oz Problem: Why Small Flaws Break Immersion 19:00 The Responsibility of Releasing Hyper-Realistic AI 19:36 SynthID Explained: Google's Unbreakable AI Watermark 20:47 Why "SynthID It" Is Becoming the New "Google It" 21:36 The Surprising Problem: People Disbelieving REAL Photos 23:33 Google Wants YOUR Feature Requests (Leave Them Below!) 24:19 2026 Predictions: AI Image Generation Goes Mainstream 26:54 Democratizing AI: Making Sure Nobody Gets Left Behind 27:47 Wrap Up & Final Thoughts

—— More Useful Resources ——

Find everything else at https://aiwithkyle.com/

Get the Clawdbot (Moltbot) guide: https://aiwithkyle.com/clawdbot

Get AI-Ready with Kyle’s 5-Day Challenge: https://aiwithkyle.com/join

Kyle’s AI Canon — Curated list of AI learning essentials: https://aiwithkyle.com/ai-canon

Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlLglbHDASnoGkbjDeHnQg

This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle Live Stream’

First aired: 29 January 2026

Summary: Alright, so this week has been absolutely dominated by MoltBot (formerly ClawBot, before Anthropic came knocking with their trademark lawyers). I spent some time actually getting it working, and I'll be honest - I was skeptical at first, thought it was just more internet hype. But the moment I had it running, sending me messages proactively and actually doing work in the background, I realized this is genuinely different. It's the first time an AI assistant has felt like what we've been expecting AI to be for years - always on, persistent memory, actually carrying out tasks without you needing to babysit it. That said, and this is important: this is not for everyone. If talk of terminals, virtual machines, and security risks makes you uncomfortable, don't touch it. Seriously. What's interesting is seeing people rush out to buy Mac Minis because of Alex Finn's viral video about building AI employees for $500. You don't actually need a Mac Mini though - there are free alternatives using AWS, or other VPS solutions that work just as well. The real story here isn't the hardware, it's that we've reached a point where our AI models are finally smart enough to be orchestrated in genuinely useful ways. I've gone through the setup options, the security concerns, and various use cases in today's show. The big question isn't "what cool things can it do?" but rather "what boring, time-consuming things in my life could this automate?" Because that's where the actual value lives. We'll probably see polished versions from the big companies in a few months anyway, so no FOMO if you're sitting this one out.

Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/byaRO0ZWFh4

—— Time Stamps ——

00:00 - Intro: Upcoming Google/Nano Banana Interview 00:57 - Anthropic Forces Name Change: Clawdbot → Moltbot 02:43 - What Is Clawdbot/Moltbot & Why Everyone's Talking About It 04:55 - Security Warning: This Tool Is Not For Everyone 05:43 - Alex Finn & The $500 Mac Mini Buying Frenzy 06:48 - The Big Shift: Reactive vs Proactive AI Explained 08:44 - Alex Finn's AI Built Itself a Voice & Face Overnight 10:14 - Why Persistent AI Assistants Change Everything 11:20 - Q&A: Anthropic's Cease & Desist Drama Explained 14:43 - Mac Mini Buying Advice: Wait 2-3 Weeks For Deals 15:56 - Robert Scoble's Complete Clawdbot Resource Guide 16:46 - Critical: NEVER Install On Your Main Computer 17:46 - Hardware Options: Mac Mini vs Raspberry Pi vs Old Laptop 20:10 - VPS Tutorial: Hetzner & Free AWS Tier Setup 24:26 - System Requirements: Can Run On Almost Anything 25:16 - How Clawdbot Actually Works (Architecture Breakdown) 26:14 - Setting Up WhatsApp, Telegram & Slack Integration 28:28 - AI Is A General Purpose Technology (Why Use Cases Vary) 30:52 - Use Case: Building a $40-50K AI Executive Assistant 32:38 - More Use Cases: Customer Support, Email & Home Automation 34:26 - Security Deep Dive: Ports, Risks & Horror Stories Coming 37:18 - Riley Brown's Prediction: Hype Dies, Returns With Vengeance 39:42 - Best Use Case Depends Entirely On Your Life 40:05 - Launch Lemonade: Easier No-Code Alternative To Clawdbot 42:05 - Q&A: Moltbot Is Just An Orchestrator (Bring Your Own LLM) 43:11 - All Resources & Newsletter Signup 44:35 - Outro

—— More Useful Resources ——

Find everything else at https://aiwithkyle.com/

Get the Clawdbot (Moltbot) guide: https://aiwithkyle.com/clawdbot

Get AI-Ready with Kyle’s 5-Day Challenge: https://aiwithkyle.com/join

Kyle’s AI Canon — Curated list of AI learning essentials: https://aiwithkyle.com/ai-canon

Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChlLglbHDASnoGkbjDeHnQg

This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle Live Stream’

First aired: 27 January 2026

Summary: Clawdbot, the AI assistant that's been making waves as a proactive helper you can chat to via WhatsApp, has been forced to rebrand as Moltbot after Anthropic sent them a cease and desist. The name was just too similar to Claude (as in Claude Sonnet from Anthropic), and when you say them out loud they're basically identical. Anthropic had to protect their trademark - it's not them being evil, it's just how IP law works. If you don't defend your trademarks consistently, it weakens your position later when you actually need to enforce them. Disney and Nintendo do this aggressively for the same reason.

The poor creator, Peter, has had an absolutely mental week - not only dealing with the rebrand but also getting his GitHub hacked and scammers setting up fake crypto coins in his name. The tool itself is brilliant though, it's basically the Jarvis or Siri we were promised years ago but never got. I've put together a full installation guide over on the website because it's genuinely worth trying out. The new name Moltbot comes from how lobsters shed their shells to grow, which is actually quite clever when you think about it.

Watch full edited live stream: https://youtu.be/53G7jWegQfA

—— Time Stamps ——

00:00 Claude vs Clawd: The Confusing AI Name That Broke the Internet 00:30 Malt Bot Explained: The Proactive AI Assistant That Acts Like Jarvis 01:22 Anthropic Sends Cease and Desist: Why Clawd Bot Had to Change Its Name 04:15 Hackers, Crypto Scams, and a Stressful Week for Malt Bot's Creator 05:05 How to Install Malt Bot: Complete Setup Guide for Beginners 06:18 VPS vs Mac Mini: Don't Waste Money on Hardware for AI Agents 08:59 What Can Malt Bot Actually Do? Real Use Cases Explained 13:55 The Future of AI Assistants: Will Apple and Google Copy This? 15:17 Do You Need to Be Technical to Use AI Agents? 16:54 Dario Amodei's Terrifying AI Risk Essay: 50% of Jobs Gone Soon 22:01 My AI Projects and Why Claude Code Changed Everything 22:37 OpenAI Adding Ads to ChatGPT: $60 CPM Premium Pricing Revealed 25:53 Andrej Karpathy on Claude Code: Why Coders Are Split on AI 30:36 How I Monetize AI: Conferences and the Upcoming March Event 32:24 Free AI Resources: Newsletter, Courses, and 100+ Playbooks 34:31 How to Make $4,000/Hour Teaching AI Workshops 37:04 Wrap Up and Final Thoughts

—— More Useful Resources ——

Find everything else at https://aiwithkyle.com/