In this AI marketing podcast episode, Dan Sanchez and his brother Travis Sanchez break down the avalanche of AI updates that dropped during a major tech week dominated by OpenAI, Google, and Grok. From OpenAI’s viral anime-style image generator to its powerful 4.1 API model and agentic reasoning upgrades, this episode is packed with insight into how these tools are evolving into digital coworkers. The brothers explore what’s changing for marketers and how personalization, agent networks, and AI assistants are reshaping workflows—plus some hot takes on ethical gray zones in video generation.

My Favorite AI Tools

ChatGPT – https://openai.com/
High Level Marketing Platform – https://danchez.com/highlevel
AI Podcasting Tools – https://danchez.com/podtools
n8n AI Automation Platform – https://danchez.com/n8n

Resources Mentioned

TED Talk with Sam Altman – https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_altman_openai_s_sam_altman_talks_chatgpt_ai_agents_and_superintelligence_live_at_ted2025
Google’s A2A Network – cloud.google.com
HeyGen (AI video avatar generator) – heygen.com

Timestamps

00:01 – 04:30 Viral image tool doubles ChatGPT’s users and sparks backlash from artists
04:30 – 07:30 OpenAI’s new API models (4.1, mini, nano) make automation cheaper and smarter
07:30 – 10:00 The power of Codex CLI and what terminal access means for developers
10:00 – 15:00 ChatGPT’s new user-facing models (03, 04 mini, 04 mini high) explained
15:00 – 20:00 “Agentic” AI and what it means for assistants that can think, search, and act
20:00 – 25:00 Using GPT-03 to build an Ideal Customer Profile from scratch
25:00 – 31:00 Emotional intelligence, memory, and the illusion of self-awareness in AI
31:00 – 37:00 Grok’s wild sprint to catch up with Canvas, memory, workspaces, and dev tools
37:00 – 43:00 Elon’s edge in robotics and why Grok might be AI’s dark horse
43:00 – 46:00 Google’s A2A network & agent infrastructure are here — why it matters
46:00 – 52:00 Personalization, privacy, and the looming debate over who owns AI memory
52:00 – 01:00:00 Deepfake videos with real emotion—where we’re headed, and why it’s scary
01:00:00 – End Authenticity, discomfort, and Dan’s existential crisis on AI-generated video

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