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.

News stories covered in this episode:

• Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/google-will-invest-as-much-as-40-billion-in-anthropic

• OpenAI Posts Five-Principle Framework for AGI, Altman Concedes Bigger Role https://www.implicator.ai/openai-posts-five-principle-framework-for-agi-altman-concedes-bigger-role-2

• When AI starts playing doctor: governing agentic systems in healthcare - https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/ai-starts-playing-doctor-governing-102639074.html

• Billions of AI Agents Are Coming to Work: Yet Most Enterprises Are Still Asking the Wrong Questions - https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2026/04/21/billions-of-ai-agents-are-coming-to-work-yet-most-enterprises-are-still-asking-the-wrong-questions/89722914007/

• What Happens When A.I. Runs a Store in San Francisco? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/san-francisco-store-managed-ai-agent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.7jVB.5i5HUjjcUKyj&smid=url-share&utm_source=tldrai

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