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The AI Marketing Navigator
Dive into the world of digital marketing as it intersects with the cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence with “The AI Marketing Navigator.” This podcast is your compass in the evolving landscape of AI-enhanced marketing, offering you daily insights, strategies, and actionable tips.
Latest Episode
In this episode, Alex dives into groundbreaking news about OpenAI about the imminent release of GPT-4.5 (next week?) and GPT-5 (May 2025). We explore how these releases mark a fundamental shift toward “unified intelligence” in AI interaction, making artificial intelligence more accessible and intuitive than ever before. The episode covers both the technical specifications and the broader implications for AI adoption and user experience.
Episode 341: Flow – Google’s AI Filmmaker Sets a New Standard
In this episode, we dive deep into Google's Flow, an AI filmmaking tool that's revolutionizing video generation with unprecedented consistency capabilities. Flow combines Google's generative AI tools (Imagen for images, Veo for video, and Gemini for text) to create...
Episode 340: The Ultimate Merger – OpenAI Acquires Apple Design Guru’s Startup
Alex Carlson explores the groundbreaking $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's design startup LoveFrom by OpenAI, analyzing what happens when iPhone-level design meets cutting-edge AI technology. This episode examines the implications for mass AI adoption, marketing...
Episode 339: Google Veo 3 – A New Paradigm in AI Video
Alex Carlson provides an in-depth exploration of Google's groundbreaking Veo 3 video generation model, examining its capabilities through hands-on testing and discussing its implications for marketing and society. This episode features live demos, comparisons with...
Episode 338: Claude 4 Has Arrived – Putting Anthropic’s Latest Model to the Test
In this episode, Alex Carlson explores Anthropic’s game-changing Claude 4 models—Opus and Sonnet. With hands-on demos and real-world marketing use cases, Alex puts Claude 4 Opus through three creative coding challenges: building a lead generation tool, crafting an...
Episode 337: Google’s AI Tsunami at Google I/O – Did Google Just Become the New AI Leader?
Alex Carlson breaks down Google's massive I/O 2025 announcements and explores whether Google has positioned itself as the new leader in the AI space with their comprehensive suite of AI tools and capabilities. Keywords Google I/O 2025, Gemini Live, Veo 3, Imagen 4, AI...
Episode 336: ElevenLabs Sound Effects – Become A Professional Sound Engineer
In this episode, host Alex Carlson explores ElevenLabs' sound effects feature - a powerful tool for podcast creators and content marketers. Alex demonstrates how to use both the traditional sound effects library and the brand new ElevenLabs soundboard feature, showing...
Episode 335: Creating an AI Generated Podcast – Simple Process for Scaled Video Content
In this episode, Alex breaks down the complete workflow used to create the AI Marketing Navigator's first fully AI-generated podcast episode (Episode 334). He walks through the entire process, from research and script development to avatar creation and final assembly,...
Episode 334: AI Generated Digest – Continuous Thought Machines, Figma AI Features, LegoGPT
In this first AI-generated digest episode, we explore three significant AI developments: Sakana AI's Continuous Thought Machine (CTM) architecture, Figma's new AI features announced at Config 2025, and Carnegie Mellon University's LegoGPT. This episode is narrated by...
Episode 333: HeyGen Avatar IV – The Easiest AI Avatar Generator
In this episode, we explore HeyGen's new Avatar IV, a significant advancement in AI avatar generation that allows users to create dynamic video avatars from a single image and audio input. Unlike previous versions that required video footage for motion modeling,...