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The Family History AI Show

The Family History AI Show

Von: Mark Thompson and Steve Little
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Welcome to "The Family History AI Show," your go-to podcast for the latest news and views on artificial intelligence and family history. Join Steve Little, world-class authority in AI and genealogy, and Mark Thompson, professional genealogist, educator, and technology expert, as they explore the fascinating intersection of family history and AI. In each episode, Mark and Steve unpack the latest news and tools in AI, delivering clear, accessible insights on how you can transform your personal genealogy journey using AI and how AI is reshaping the genealogy community as a whole.Copyright 2024 The Family History AI Show Politik & Regierungen
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  • EP43: Ancestry's AI Stories, Model News, Scheduled Agents, Goodbye GPTs, AI Slowdown

    EP43: Ancestry's AI Stories, Model News, Scheduled Agents, Goodbye GPTs, AI Slowdown
    Sep 25 2026
    This episode is sponsored by the Family History AI Show AcademyBeginning October 27, 2026, Mark and Steve are teaching Advanced Family History AI, the Level II course in their Family History AI series. The course is designed for genealogists with several months of experience using artificial intelligence tools who are ready to move beyond basic prompting to new tools and powerful techniques for researching and telling their family's story.Register for Mark and Steve's classes at:https://tixoom.app/fhaishowDescriptionCo-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little report from the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference in Boston, where genetic genealogists were adopting artificial intelligence far faster than expected. They then look at Ancestry's AI Stories, which turn a single record into a narrated story about an ancestor, and why the record itself should remain the evidence.The hosts explain why new models solving century-old math problems matter to family historians, as experienced genealogists begin bringing their hardest research problems to these tools, and what the planned retirement of custom GPTs means for researchers who rely on them for their saved prompts.In the Tip of the Week, Mark sets up a scheduled agent that checks Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, Library and Archives Canada, and other repositories each week for newly released records in the places he researches, and compares how Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini handle the job.In RapidFire, the hosts cover Claude's memory controls, which can keep one family's research from bleeding into another's, Apple's Gemini-powered Siri, and the calls to slow artificial intelligence development, ending with a reminder that genealogists can already do far more with today's tools than most realize.TimestampsOpening00:06 Family History AI Show Academy: Advanced Family History AI Course01:35 Trends from the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference: Adoption Goes Mainstream05:46 Today's Headlines: A Preview of the EpisodeIn the News07:18 New Features at Ancestry: Document Transcription and AI Stories11:18 Artificial Intelligence Model News: Claude Fable 5.1, GPT-6 Astra, and Navier-Stokes20:34 Another Round of Simplification: Claude Merges Chat and Cowork, Custom GPTs RetireTip of the Week30:05 Scheduling Your Artificial Intelligence Agent: Weekly Checks for New Record CollectionsRapidFire42:56 Claude Memory: Editable, Project-Aware, and Worth Checking49:50 Apple's Smarter Siri (Again): Google Gemini Under the Hood54:03 Calls to Slow Down Artificial Intelligence: Separating Real Risks from HeadlinesFinal Thoughts1:16:53 Episode WrapResource LinksFamily History AI Show AcademyAdvanced Family History AI Course Registrationhttps://tixoom.app/fhaishowTrends from the East Coast Genetic Genealogy ConferenceEast Coast Genetic Genealogy Conferencehttps://ecggc.org/New Features at AncestryAncestry Brings Family History to Life with New AI-Powered Storieshttps://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/ancestry-news/ancestry-brings-family-history-to-life-with-new-ai-powered-storiBuild Deeper Connections with Ancestry's Redesigned Record Pagehttps://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/ancestry-news/redesigned-record-page-fosters-easier-discoveriesThe Science Behind Full-Text Search on Ancestryhttps://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/ancestry-news/ancestry-uses-science-and-ai-resources-to-transcribe-historical-documents/Artificial Intelligence Model NewsIntroducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1https://www.anthropic.com/claude-fable-and-mythos-5-1GPT-6 Astra: A New Generation of Intelligencehttps://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/OpenAI on the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problemhttps://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/Another Round of SimplificationClaude Cowork and Chat Are Now One Claudehttps://claude.com/blog/cowork-is-now-claudeCustom GPT Retirement and Migration FAQ: Retirement Planned for December 11, 2026https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001519-custom-gpt-retirement-and-migration-faqScheduling Your Artificial Intelligence AgentSchedule Recurring Tasks in Claude Coworkhttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/13854387-schedule-recurring-tasks-in-claude-coworkScheduled Tasks in ChatGPThttps://help.openai.com/en/articles/10291617-scheduled-tasks-in-chatgptCreate and Manage Schedules for Tasks in Gemini Sparkhttps://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17094710Claude MemoryUse Claude's Chat Search and Memory to Build on Previous Contexthttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-contextApple's Smarter SiriSiri AI, a Profoundly More Capable and Personal Assistant, Is Herehttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/siri-ai-a-profoundly-more-capable-and-personal-assistant-is-here/Calls to Slow Down Artificial IntelligenceDario Amodei: We Must Pace the Frontierhttps://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontierTagsArtificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, Anthropic, OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Ancestry...
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    1 Std. und 18 Min.
  • EP42: Summer Model Releases, Desktop Apps, AI Hacking Spree, and Handwriting Transcription

    EP42: Summer Model Releases, Desktop Apps, AI Hacking Spree, and Handwriting Transcription
    Aug 17 2026

    Description

    Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little return from institute season to unpack a summer that reshaped the artificial intelligence landscape, beginning with the new model families from OpenAI and Anthropic and how to choose among them.

    The hosts then examine desktop artificial intelligence applications, which read and write files directly in a folder on your own computer, followed by Mark’s Tip of the Week on connecting ChatGPT Desktop to Excel to update one of his complex spreadsheets.

    In RapidFire, the hosts cover the hacking spree that both OpenAI and Anthropic disclosed this summer, models solving mathematical problems that stumped researchers for decades, and handwritten text recognition finally crossing the line into everyday usefulness.

    The through line in today’s episode is the shrinking list of things artificial intelligence cannot do, and what that might mean for genealogy.

    This episode is sponsored by the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference

    The East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference is one of the best places in the world for advanced genetic genealogists to learn how the newest advances in genetic genealogy can improve their family history research. Mark and Steve are both presenting, and the conference begins August 21, 2026, in Boston. In person and online options are both available.

    https://ecggc.org/

    TimestampsOpening

    00:16 East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference in Boston

    In the News

    03:40 Summer Model Releases: Choosing Between Fast, Cheap, and Good

    07:54 The Rise of the Desktop Apps: Artificial Intelligence That Reads Your Local Files

    Tip of the Week

    16:20 Connecting ChatGPT Desktop to Excel: Rebuilding a Complex Spreadsheet

    RapidFire

    25:58 Artificial Intelligence Breaks Out: OpenAI and Anthropic Disclose Sandbox Escapes

    31:24 Century-Old Math Problems Solved: Why Verifiable Fields Fall First

    38:03 Handwritten Text Recognition: Transcription Is No Longer the Hard Part

    Final Thoughts

    46:10 Episode Wrap and Boston Send-Off

    Resource Links

    East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference

    https://ecggc.org/

    Summer Model Releases

    United States Government Grounds Anthropic

    https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

    Sol Cheated on Itself

    https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-6

    The Rise of the Desktop Apps

    Download ChatGPT for Desktop

    https://chatgpt.com/download/

    Install Claude Desktop

    https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10065433-install-claude-desktop

    Download Google Antigravity

    https://antigravity.google/

    Artificial Intelligence Solves Century-Old Math Problems

    Ten Math Claims, Public Receipts from OpenAI

    https://openai.com/index/ten-advances-in-mathematics/

    Anthropic Cracked an 87-Year Math Problem

    https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/ai-solves-jacobian-conjecture-levant-alpoge-claude-fable-5/

    Handwritten Text Recognition

    Dan Maloney’s Artificial Intelligence Handwriting Transcription Rankings

    https://www.genea.ca/rankings/

    Tags

    Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, OpenAI, Anthropic, ChatGPT Desktop, Claude Desktop, Google Antigravity, Desktop Applications, Excel, Spreadsheet Automation, Handwriting Recognition, Document Transcription, Gemini, Model Selection, Sandbox Escape, Mathematics, Genetic Genealogy, Dan Maloney, AI Tools
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    47 Min.
  • EP41: MyHeritage Announces Scribe AI, Dave Vance Talks AI at FamilyTreeDNA, Full Text Search at Fold3, Wikipedia's AI Ban

    EP41: MyHeritage Announces Scribe AI, Dave Vance Talks AI at FamilyTreeDNA, Full Text Search at Fold3, Wikipedia's AI Ban
    Apr 6 2026

    Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little open with a deep look at MyHeritage's new Scribe AI, a new AI tool that analyzes records, photographs, gravestones, and coats of arms and provides genealogy relevant research suggestions. It even works on your own photographs.

    This episode features an interview with Dave Vance, General Manager of Family Tree DNA, exploring how the hottest new genetic genealogy tests, provided by next-generation sequencing, deliver 400 times more genomic info than traditional microarray chips and what that means for matching, triangulation, and the future role of AI in genetic genealogy.

    In RapidFire, the hosts cover Fold3's AI-powered full-text search for Revolutionary War pension files, Claude for Excel as a practical AI plug-in for Microsoft's spreadsheet, and Wikipedia's decision to ban AI-generated article content.

    TimestampsOpening

    00:05 GRIP 2026 Course Announcements

    In the News

    05:03 MyHeritage Scribe AI: Record and Photo Analysis for Genealogists

    Interview

    14:58 Dave Vance, Family Tree DNA: Next-Generation Sequencing and AI in Genetic Genealogy

    RapidFire

    45:54 Fold3 Full-Text Search: Revolutionary War Pension Files Now Searchable

    53:46 Claude for Excel: AI-Powered Spreadsheet Analysis Plug-in

    1:00:47 Wikipedia's AI Policy: Editors Vote to Ban AI-Generated Content

    Final Thoughts

    1:08:19 Episode Wrap and Next Interview Preview

    Resource Links

    GRIP Genealogy Institute 2026 Courses

    GRIP Genealogy Institute https://grip.ngsgenealogy.org/

    MyHeritage Scribe AI

    Introducing Scribe AI https://blog.myheritage.com/2026/03/introducing-scribe-ai/

    Fold3 Full-Text Search

    Revolutionary War Pension Files: Now Available Through Full-Text Search https://blog.fold3.com/revolutionary-war-pension-files-now-available-through-full-text-search/

    Claude for Excel

    Use Claude for Excel https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12650343-use-claude-for-excel

    Wikipedia AI Policy

    Wikipedia Cracks Down on the Use of AI in Article Writing https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/wikipedia-cracks-down-on-the-use-of-ai-in-article-writing/

    Wikipedia: Artificial Intelligence Policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Artificial_intelligence

    Tags

    Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, MyHeritage, Scribe AI, Family Tree DNA, Dave Vance, Next-Generation Sequencing, Genetic Genealogy, Fold3, Handwriting Recognition, Full-Text Search, Claude for Excel, Wikipedia, AI Policy, Record Analysis, Photo Analysis, Revolutionary War, RootsTech, AI Tools
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    1 Std. und 9 Min.
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