Episode Details

In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI.

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News stories covered in this episode:

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The Dueling Rhetoric at the AI Frontier

https://deadneurons.substack.com/p/the-duelling-rhetoric-at-the-ai-frontier

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OpenAI to add shopping cart and merchant tools to ChatGPT

https://www.testingcatalog.com/openai-to-add-shopping-cart-and-merchant-tools-to-chatgpt/

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Drugmakers turn to AI to speed trials, regulatory submissions

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/drugmakers-turn-ai-speed-trials-regulatory-submissions-2026-01-26/

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Teaching employees to use AI could add up to $6.6T to US economy

https://www.hrdive.com/news/augmenting-artificial-intelligence-employees-increase-gdp/810409/

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AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/26/ai-uk-jobs-us-japan-germany-australia

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How Americans are using AI at work, according to a new Gallup poll

https://apnews.com/article/ai-workplace-gemini-chatgpt-poll-4934bc61d039508db32bc49f85d63d99

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