Authority Hacker Podcast – AI & Automation for Small biz & Marketers
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GPT-5.5 vs Claude: I Switched For 7 Days
GPT-5.5 dropped last week and the internet hasn't shut up about it. Switch now. Drop Claude. Move everything to OpenAI.So Gael actually did it. He swiped completely to Codex and GPT-5.5 for a week, ran the same business prompts on both ...
We Just Tested ChatGPT Image 2
We just tested OpenAI's new image model and generated a YouTubethumbnail of Gael that looks more real than he does. No cutouts,no Photoshop, one prompt.This isn't a marginal upgrade. On the LLM Arena benchmark, GPTImage 2.0 ...
Why Everyone Says Claude Opus 4.7 Is Mid
A month ago Anthropic could do no wrong. Now every AI commentator is piling on Opus 4.7 just hours after it shipped. In this episode we cut through the noise: the model is mostly a side grade, but the new Claude Desktop app, auto m...
Claude Mythos Changes Everything
Anthropic just announced Mythos. A model so powerful they won't release it to the public. It scored 93.9% on coding benchmarks where every other model has been stuck around 80. It hacked Firefox 84% of the time. And they're only giving it to co...
Your Claude Code Tokens Are Disappearing
Anthropic accidentally leaked the entire Claude Code source code. 512,000 lines of code, 1,906 files, every system prompt and sub-agent architecture exposed. We dug through the leak and found unreleased features including an always-on backgroun...
My Notion Runs Claude Code While I Sleep
Last Sunday my Gael texted me that he'd connected Claude Code to our Notion task board. You tick a checkbox, and Claude Code picks up the task, runs it headlessly, and comments back with the results. No terminal open. No VS Code. Just Notion.
Your AI Bill Doubles Next Month
We've all been riding double usage promos on Claude and Codex for weeks. Most people don't even know these promos exist. They end March 31, and your bills are going up.In this episode we break down:→ Why your AI usage costs are about...
GPT 5.4 Just Changed Everything
OpenAI just dropped GPT 5.4 and it's not just another model update. The first heading of their announcement wasn't coding. It was knowledge work. That's a signal. We tested it head to head against Claude Code for real business use cases, and th...
Social Media Platforms Are Coming For Your AI Content
Everyone's trying to automate social media with AI. Just plug in a prompt, hit post, watch the followers roll in. Sounds great. Except it doesn't work.It's actually one of the biggest traps in AI right now. You end up with generic, soul...
Claude Code Converted Me (I'm Not a Developer)
For 6 months my co-founder told me to use Claude Code. I brushed it off as it looked like a developer tool and I'm not a developer.Then I spent one morning with it and built a full financial dashboard pulling live data from two Stripe a...
Claude Opus 4.6 has a BIG Problem...
Want to learn how to use AI to automate your business? Check out AI Accelerator: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI's Codex 5.3 dropped on the same day, battling for dominance as we move from vibe c...
Do NOT Install Clawdbot (I turned mine off)
Want to learn how to use AI to automate your business? Check out AI Accelerator: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/An open-source AI agent is buying things with p...
Claude's new CoWork Feature has a SERIOUS Problem..
LAST CALL: The Prices of our AI Accelerator are going up forever, join before it's too late: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/The internet is about to become unrecognizable.While you've been focused on which chatbo...
I Quit ChatGPT. Here's Why.
LAST CALL: The Prices of our AI Accelerator are going up forever, join before it's too late: https://www.authorityhacker.com/ai-accelerator/ChatGPT isn't the best AI tool anymore.While you've been using ChatGPT out of habit, the ...
New ChatGPT Stealth Update: Connect ANY App (MCP)
You're using ChatGPT all wrong.Until now, using ChatGPT meant endless copying and pasting between your apps. A newly released feature, MCP connectors, shatters those limitations, transforming ChatGPT into a super agent that can connect t...
Is Google's new Image Model OVERHYPED ? (Test Results)
Is Google's new Gemini 2.5 Flash the image AI revolution everyone's claiming, or just another overhyped tool? AI influencers are calling it "insane" and "the best thing since sliced bread." But after 24 hours of brutal...
GPT-5 vs Claude vs Gemini: 7 Brutal Real-life Tests
What if the world's most powerful AI model was also the most deceptive?The GPT-5 hype is exploding, with reports of it crushing every benchmark. But how does it perform on real-world business tasks? In this epi...
How to Rank on ChatGPT (With Steve Toth)
Is traditional SEO dead? And is "ranking" on ChatGPT and other AI chatbots the new frontier for traffic and sales?Many businesses are seeing their search traffic decline, while a new, highly-lucrative source of customers is emerging fro...
We Vibe Coded a $16k AI App. It was Amazing & Terrifying
Thanks to Fatjoe for Sponsoring this episode. Check out their white label Digital PR campaign services here: https://fatjoe.com/pr-campaigns/Want to work directly with us?https://www.systemstack.ai/---What if you cou...
The Easy AI Service That Pays $8,000 Per Client
Want more AI tips & tricks for marketers & business owners? https://www.authorityhacker.com/subscribe/Want to work directly with us?https://www.systemstack.ai/---What if you could launch a service business th...
New AI Tool Builds ANY Automation in Minutes (Live Demo)
This episode is sponsored by https://seowriting.ai/ - Create SEO-optimized long-form content that actually ranks with their super pages feature. Use code HACKPODCAST for 25% off.---Tired of complex automation tools that break when you c...
Google’s Secret AI Tool Builds $10k Websites FREE
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ChatGPT o3 UPGRADE: This Changes Everything
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GPT-4o Just Replaced Your Designers (For Free)
ChatGPT just unleashed groundbreaking image generation, changing the game for visual content overnight. In this episode, we dive deep into this powerful new feature, moving beyond the memes to uncover its real business potential. We reveal 4 sp...