Human In the Loop

A human-first AI podcast. Real talk. Unpopular opinions. No hype. Two builders — Oscar Gallo and Matt Wozniak — cut through the AI hype cycle every week. Signal or Noise filters the headlines. Rotating segments debate real ideas. New episodes weekly.

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  Ep 17: AI Made Engineers Faster. Leadership Fell Behind

  Aug 4, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>AI made engineers faster. It did not make companies better at deciding what to build.</p><p><br></p><p>Oscar Gallo and Matt Wozniak sit down with Mike Lyons and Greg Pfister from KaiRise to discuss AI, Agile, leadership, and product management.</p><p><br></p><p>Mike explains how a $4.3 million voter registration system shipped on time, on budget, and on scope, then failed with users. Greg explains why making engineering faster can expose delays across the rest of the company.</p><p><br></p><p>They discuss:</p><p>- Why long-term plans and annual budgets...

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  Ep 16: They Want to Ban Kimi K3

  Jul 28, 20261h 56mS1

  <p>Kimi K3 got hot enough to trigger a U.S. ban debate. If Washington restricts a model you can download and run yourself, is that national security, closed-model protection, or both?</p><p><br></p><p>Oscar Gallo and Matt Wozniak cut through the week’s real AI stories.</p><p><br></p><p>SIGNAL OR NOISE</p><p>- Kimi K3 demand and the U.S. restriction debate</p><p>- OpenAI’s agent breach at Hugging Face during a security evaluation</p><p>- Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 release and immediate GitHub Copilot rollout</p><p>- Meta A...

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  Ep 15: Your CEO Says “We Need AI.” Now What?

  Jul 21, 20261h 9mS1

  <p>Your CEO says, “We need AI.” What do you do next?</p><p><br /></p><p>In our first Dear Human in the Loop episode, Oscar Gallo and Matt Wozniak answer four practical questions from founders, developers, and engineering leaders:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Where should a company start with AI?</p><p>2. Should an AI engineer be a startup's first technical hire?</p><p>3. Should leaders push developers who do not trust AI?</p><p>4. Which skills will still matter five years from now?</p><p><br /></p><p>The advice is direct. Map your processes. Pick one...

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  Ep 14: Apple v. OpenAI and Meta's New AI Model

  Jul 14, 20261h 32mS1

  <p>Apple has sued OpenAI over alleged trade-secret theft tied to OpenAI's hardware work. OpenAI says it has no interest in other companies' secrets. We debate what the case means for hiring, product plans, and AI hardware.</p><p><br></p><p>Signal or Noise:</p><p>- Apple v. OpenAI</p><p>- Meta Muse Spark 1.1 and the Meta Model API</p><p>- GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API</p><p>- Grok 4.5 for coding and agentic work</p><p>- Anthropic and OpenAI using quota resets during a fight for power users</p><p><br></p><...

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  Ep 13: Meta Compute and the Next AI Startup Bets

  Jul 7, 20261h 13mS1

  <p>Meta may become a cloud company by accident. After spending huge sums on AI infrastructure, it is reportedly building a business to sell excess AI compute. Smart way to fund the AI race, or proof that nobody knows how to price the bill?</p><p><br></p><p>This week on Signal or Noise:</p><p>- Meta building a cloud business for excess AI compute</p><p>- OpenAI reportedly proposing to give 5% equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund</p><p>- Claude Sonnet 5 shipping with cheaper agentic execution, which we call noise until it changes...

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