AI Office Hours | Navigating the AI Frontier: Agents, Voice Workflows, and Vibe Coding in Practice

In this special simulcast of *The Neil Haley Show* and *AI Office Hours**, **Neil “The Media Giant” Haley* and *Patrick Riley* discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence, including AI agents, voice assistants, app development, website creation, vibe coding, and the challenges that come with relying on rapidly changing AI platforms. The conversation explores how AI is becoming part of everyday business workflows while also highlighting the limitations, outages, privacy concerns, and unexpected issues users can encounter. Patrick begins by sharing several updates on his AI agent, Rich, which has been helping him improve his web app. He explains that Rich helped integrate RevenueCat and work through issues with the application, including problems with Markdown formatting. Patrick describes how the agent was able to go through the code and resolve formatting issues involving bold and italic text, allowing him to continue working on the larger list of improvements he wants to make to the app. The discussion explores Manus and its newer AI tools, including creating custom agents for tasks such as travel research and connecting AI agents with services like GitHub, RevenueCat, and Stripe. Patrick explains how these connections could help retrieve customer and revenue information, generate reports, and allow users to work with different AI models through their own API keys. Neil and Patrick also discuss Grok, voice-based AI assistants, and Muse’s potential use with Meta glasses. They explore how voice assistants could support people during daily activities and how smart glasses could capture documents, audio, and other information for use in applications. Neil shares his recent challenges with Claude and voice-based AI workflows, including difficulties accessing files, task lists, and other tools. He explains that these limitations led him to experiment with ChatGPT and other platforms, while emphasizing the goal of building an AI system that can work with multiple models rather than depending on a single provider. Neil and Patrick also discuss the possibility of having different AI systems communicate with one another. Neil describes experimenting with Claude and ChatGPT together and considers creating a voice-based conversation between multiple AI systems. The idea reflects one of the larger themes of the episode: using several AI tools together to create a more capable personal or business assistant. They also question how many people actually use conversational AI through voice and whether voice interaction will become a larger part of everyday AI use. Data privacy is another topic as the two discuss Chinese AI models and the possibility of using local AI models. Patrick says he is interested in exploring different models but wants to consider how his data would be handled. The conversation highlights an ongoing challenge for people using AI for business and personal tasks: balancing convenience and automation with control over sensitive information. The conversation shifts to AI-generated websites and “vibe coding,” where Neil uses Claude Code to create a website by giving the AI instructions instead of manually writing the code. Patrick discusses how this approach can make website development more accessible, while Neil experiments with building a personal tutoring website. Neil and Patrick compare websites created by different AI tools and discuss the need for human creativity and editing. Although Neil likes the website’s overall structure, he wants to improve some of the graphics and visual elements, highlighting how AI-generated code can be combined with human creative direction. The episode also touches on the broader competition among AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok, Meta, and Manus. Patrick describes the rapid development of these platforms as an ongoing race to improve AI capabilities, while Neil reflects on how quickly tools can change and how frustrating it can be when a feature that previously worked becomes unavailable. Both speakers emphasize the importance of adapting as new AI products, models, and integrations continue to develop. Patrick shares updates on his website and upcoming app, which he plans to test further and improve through feedback before a wider release. Neil also highlights his work with Underway Books and his other projects. The conversation wraps up by highlighting their use of AI for software development, automation, voice technology, website creation, and connected tools. 📍To learn more about Patrick Riley’s books and upcoming projects, visit underwaybooks.com.