The Artificial Intelligence Show
The Artificial Intelligence Show (formerly The Marketing AI Show) helps businesses grow smarter by making AI approachable and actionable. Hosts Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down AI news and provide insights to advance companies and careers. The podcast is produced by the creators of Marketing AI Institute, AI Academy for Marketers, and MAICON.
Episodes
#225: GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, Enterprise Agents, AI 2040 & Apple Sues OpenAI
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work, and GPT-Live this week, and the real story is the move from chat to computer-use agents. Paul and Mike break down what changed, then get into enterprise AI agents and the "reverse information paradox," the AI 2040 report, Apple's trade-secret suit against OpenAI, Illinois's new AI safety law, the AI Safety Index, a cheating scandal at Brown, and foreign influe
#224: Fable 5 Is Back, Palantir CEO’s Explosive Interview, the Pillars of Business AI Transformation & OpenAI Offers 5% of Company to US Government
Are enterprises blindly surrendering their competitive edge to frontier AI labs?
In Episode 224, hosts Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dissect the urgent power shift between AI developers, regulators, and the businesses that rely on them. We unpack the return of Claude Fable 5, Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s fiery warning on data ownership, and a new 8-pillar framework to safeguard your company's AI trans
#223: AI Answers - AI Washing, Flatter Org Charts, Advice for Students, Agent Security & the AI Writing Gap
The questions people ask about AI have changed. A year ago, they wanted to know what ChatGPT was; now they're asking how to redesign workflows around agents and whether a model can be trained the way a person is. In this AI Answers episode, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips take on fifteen of them, straight from our Intro to AI classes.
From choosing two or three models on a tight budget to build
#222: GPT-5.6, Government Staggers AI Model Releases, Agents Are Transforming Work & Growing Data Center Backlash
OpenAI just previewed GPT-5.6, but for the first time, the U.S. government is deciding who gets access to a frontier AI model. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down what they're calling the soft nationalization of artificial intelligence: a staggered, government-approved release, the Dean Ball essay responding to it, and what it means when Washington, not the labs, controls the most powerful mode
#221: Anthropic vs. the White House, Microsoft CEO on the Future of Firms & AI’s Token Crisis
Anthropic's most powerful models are still offline, and the U.S. government now wants a guarantee no lab can give. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput unpack the ongoing export-control standoff, the Lutnick letter, and what it means for the models expected this week, then turn to Satya Nadella's "future of the firm" essay, the unsolved mess of AI pricing and usage limits, a wave of lab talent shakeups inc
#220: AI Answers - The 2026 State of AI for Business Report
Seventy-one percent of professionals expect AI to eliminate more jobs than it creates — but only 20% worry about their own. In this AI Answers episode, Taylor Radey joins Paul and Mike to unpack that disconnect and nine other findings from the 2026 State of AI for Business report, drawn from 2,109 respondents.
From why CEOs rate themselves furthest ahead to why only 13% of organizations have the
#219: Claude Fable 5, OpenAI IPO, Apple Siri AI Finally Unveiled & Is the Era of Affordable AI Over?
The U.S. government forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 from general availability just days after they launched as the most capable models publicly available. Paul and Mike work through how it happened, Dario Amodei's policy essay, and the question every business leader should be sitting with: what do you build on when a model can be switched off?
Then it's OpenAI's confidential IPO fil
#218: Anthropic IPO, Trump AI Executive Order, Rising AI Costs & OpenAI Merges Codex Into ChatGPT
Anthropic filed for an IPO and published a paper warning that recursive self-improvement may arrive faster than anyone is ready for. Paul and Mike break down both, then cover Trump's AI executive order, government stakes in AI labs, and the corporate scramble to control AI token costs.
Rapid fire: Apple WWDC previews, OpenAI's Codex-ChatGPT merger, Brockman's super PAC, AI rolling up the accounti
#217: The Pope's AI Encyclical, AI's PR Emergency, The Soaring Cost of Intelligence & The Great AI Jobs Disconnect
Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, 43,000 words on AI and human dignity, and Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah was at the Vatican for the unveiling. Paul and Mike break down what the church's entry into the AI debate means for global public perception, then cover the PR emergency building among young people, the token cost crisis hitting corporate budgets, Claude Opus 4.8, competing AI job
#216: Google I/O, Musk v. OpenAI Verdict, Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic & Meta Layoffs
Google I/O dropped dozens of announcements this week, including Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, the "biggest upgrade to search in 25 years," and a closing statement from Demis Hassabis that we are at the foothills of the singularity.
Paul and Mike unpack it all: what the Karpathy-to-Anthropic move really means, why the Musk v. OpenAI verdict matters beyond the headlines, and what to make of profi
#215: Musk v. OpenAI Round 3, AI's Hot New Job, The AI Jobs Apocalypse Debate & The 2026 State of AI for Business Report
Three big stories define this week: the Musk v. OpenAI trial wraps with the jury advising but the judge deciding. Then: why did every major AI commentator publish the same argument in the same week that AI won't kill jobs? And: Forward Deployed Engineers: are they the future of enterprise AI adoption or just consultants with a better name?
Rapid fire covers the AI hate wave showing up across the
#214: Musk v. OpenAI Round 2, Coinbase AI Layoffs, AI “Soft Nationalization & xAI Folds Into SpaceX
The second week of Musk v. OpenAI delivered texts, secret Tesla AI plots, and backstage chaos around Sam Altman's 2023 firing. Paul and Mike also break down Coinbase's AI-native restructuring memo, the White House's very brief flirtation with model vetting, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark's prediction that AI will autonomously train its own successors by 2028, and the bizarre Anthropic-SpaceX comp
#213: AI Answers - What AI Should Never Do, Enterprise Scaling, Governing AI & Navigating IT Roadblocks
Leadership wants AI everywhere. IT security can't keep up. Marketing is racing ahead while legal and finance dig in. And every week brings another story of an AI agent doing something nobody told it to do. Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer 15 listener questions on how to actually move organizations forward and where the real opportunities lie for individuals, SMBs, and enterprises right now
#212: Musk v. OpenAI Trial Begins, OpenAI-Microsoft Partnership, Big Tech Earnings & Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation
Elon Musk's federal trial against OpenAI opened this week, and he admitted under oath that xAI distills OpenAI's models. That's just where Episode 212 starts.
Paul and Mike cover the full story: the Musk-OpenAI trial and its implications for every company built on ChatGPT, the abrupt rewrite of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership and the removal of the AGI clause, blockbuster Big Tech earnings (Goog
#211: GPT-5.5, ChatGPT Workspace Agents, The Messy Reality of Agents & Google Cloud Next
Three major AI companies launched agent products in the same 48 hours. The announcements were confident. The questions enterprises actually have remained mostly unanswered.
OpenAI dropped GPT-5.5 and Workspace Agents in ChatGPT. Google rebranded its entire enterprise AI stack as the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at Cloud Next '26. Microsoft made Copilot agentic across Office. Meta got caught p
#210: Stanford 2026 AI Index, OpenAI Internal Shakeups, What Agents Mean for Business, Claude Design & Dwarkesh vs. Jensen
OpenAI is "deeply unfocused," says one of its own early investors. And that's only one of many threads pulling at the company this week.
Paul and Mike dig into OpenAI's reorg, IPO drama, and valuation pushback, Stanford's 2026 AI Index, the real implications of AI agents in the enterprise, Tim Cook's Apple exit, Anthropic's White House thaw, the Dwarkesh-Jensen Huang debate, Claude Design's launc
#209: Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI Raises $122B & the End of Middle Management
An Anthropic AI model powerful enough to trigger emergency government briefings. A source code leak. A $122 billion OpenAI funding round. A Ronan Farrow exposé. Physical attacks on Sam Altman. Paul and Mike are back with two weeks of AI news and the analysis you need to make sense of it all.
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:44 — Claude My
#208: Q1 Trends Briefing - Model Release Frenzy, AI Lobbying, Anthropic v. U.S. Government, and the Rise of OpenClaw
150+ stories distilled into 10 trends: ranked, contextualized, and ready to make your head spin.
In this special episode, Paul and Mike distill 150+ topics from 12 weekly episodes into 10 ranked trends. From the nonstop model release frenzy and OpenClaw's rise to AI-driven layoffs going mainstream and a cultural "vibe shift" around AGI, this episode is your fastest path to catching up on everythi
#207: OpenAI vs. Anthropic Feud, Claude Mythos Leak, Brutally Honest CEOs & Data Center Moratorium
Five companies are about to decide the future of the economy, geopolitics, and your career… and two of them have been locked in a deeply personal feud since 2016.
This week, Paul and Mike dig into a Wall Street Journal investigation tracing the OpenAI vs. Anthropic rivalry back to broken promises and a San Francisco group house, explore what Anthropic's accidentally leaked "Mythos" model means fo
#206: Building AI Councils That Work, Motivating Passive Adopters, Why Pilots Stall, and Amazon’s AI Slowdown
Not a single company leader Paul has spoken with is fully prepared for what AI is about to do to their workforce. In this AI Answers episode, Paul and Cathy work through 15 real questions from a recent Scaling AI class, covering everything from the AI divide inside companies to why most AI strategies fail before they start.
Topics include job displacement and underemployment, why enterprises hand
#205: AI Labs Refocus on Agents and Enterprise, Trump’s New AI Framework, Meta’s Rogue Agent & What 81,000 People Want from AI
Claude Code didn't just change one company's trajectory, it triggered a chain reaction across every major AI lab. In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down how OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft are all scrambling to catch up in the agent and enterprise race, and why the next three to six months could look radically different from anything we've seen.
In rapid fire: Microsoft
#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board & Do Reasoning Models Actually Reason?
Billable hours are in the past, human creativity gets its strongest case yet, and Paul explains what happens when ten AI agents start collaborating like a marketing team. Paul and Cathy tackle 16 real questions on career pivots into AI, the risks of over-reliance on productivity gains, enterprise training personalization, labor replacement pricing, whether AI actually reasons, and what leaders sho
#203: Anthropic vs. Pentagon Round 3, NYT AI vs. Humans Writing Test, Atlassian’s AI-Era Layoffs & Grammarly's Expert Cloning Scandal
Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits to block the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation and the back-and-forth on X between the Pentagon CTO and AI policy experts is revealing what this fight is really about. Paul and Mike unpack the politics, the implications, and why a deal is inevitable.
Then: 86,000 people took the NYT's AI writing quiz and most preferred the machine. Paul shares his h
#202: AI Answers - AI for Marketing, Sales & Customer Success, Marketing Agent Swarms, Entry-Level Job Disruption, Environmental Impact and AI Privacy
A VC-backed startup just admitted its strategy is to clone incumbent software using Claude Code and sell it for 90% less. Entry-level marketing roles are vanishing as leaders realize they can generate entire campaigns in minutes. And agent swarms that function as out-of-the-box marketing teams could arrive by year's end.
Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput answer 15 questions from business leaders across
#201: Anthropic vs. Pentagon Round 2, AI Job Impact Study, Services as the New Software & GPT-5.4
The data is in, and it's harder to ignore. Anthropic's new "observed exposure" study reveals AI can handle 94% of knowledge work tasks in theory and the gap between theory and reality is narrowing fast. Paul and Mike unpack what that means for your career, your company, and the broader social contract around work.
This week: the Anthropic vs. Pentagon saga escalates, a Sequoia partner predicts AI
#200: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, OpenAI's $110B Round, Interview with Claude Code’s Creator & Block’s AI-Driven Layoffs
Episode 200 arrived in the midst of a very dramatic week in AI and we recorded it live with AI Academy Mastery members for the first time!
This week, Paul and Mike discuss an eventful 72 hours beginning with the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Anthropic. Eventually Anthropic refused, got blacklisted, and hours later OpenAI stepped in to take the deal. Paul and Mike unpack every twist, includi
#199: AI Answers - Do Custom GPTs Still Matter? AI Output Validation, 2026 Job Disruption, Preventing Burnout, and Build vs. Buy
There is no shortcut for AI verification, and that's a good thing.
Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer 15 questions business leaders continue asking again and again. They unpack why AI output verification has no shortcut, where agent-building tools like Claude Code and Lovable actually stand, and the uncomfortable math behind which roles get disrupted next. Paul explains why enterprises are
#198: Microsoft AI CEO Predicts Job Automation in 18 Months, AI Productivity Evidence, Dario Amodei Interview & Seedance 2.0
Microsoft's AI CEO just put a 12–18 month expiration date on most white-collar work. But after spending weeks with enterprise executives, Paul Roetzer sees a very different reality: most companies haven't even gotten past giving their teams AI access.
In Ep. 198, Paul and Mike unpack the growing disconnect between AI capability and AI adoption, share Paul's 7-point thought experiment on the futur
#197: Something Big Is Happening, Claude Safety Risks, AI for Customer Success & High-Profile Resignations
Is the AI disruption we’ve been discussing more prominent than ever? Hosts Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dissect Matt Shumer’s viral "Something Big Is Happening" essay and a new sabotage report from Anthropic. We break down the latest departures from OpenAI and xAI, the delay of OpenAI’s device, and how AI is intensifying (not lightening) the modern workload.
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#196: SaaSpocalypse, Claude Super Bowl Ad, SpaceX Acquires xAI & Claude Opus 4.6
Is the SaaS business model dead? Wall Street just wiped out $300B in software value as fears grow that AI agents will replace human seats. Paul and Mike break down the market drop, Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads targeting OpenAI, and the rise of "Move 37" moments where experts admit AI superiority. Plus: SpaceX buys xAI, Claude Opus 4.6, and the $650B race for compute.
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#195: Moltbook Goes Viral, OpenAI Seeks $100B, Microsoft Stock Plummets & SpaceX-xAI Merger Rumors
Are AI agent swarms here?
Paul and Mike break down the viral "Moltbook" phenomenon, OpenAI’s massive funding talks, and the sobering new essay from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Plus: Google’s Project Genie, Microsoft’s stock dip, and the new Marketing Talent AI Impact Report.
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — In
#194: Agentic AI Timelines, Generalists vs. Specialists, Resume Tips, AI Learning Ownership, & Handling Model Updates
Who actually owns AI learning: L&D, HR, or you?
Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips break down the talent crisis, the rise of the generalist, and realistic timelines for AI agents. They explain the specific signals that tell you a pilot is failing due to human resistance rather than tech, why it is unlikely we will see a universal "GPT-4 moment" for agents this year, and the critical importance of
#193: AGI Talk at Davos, Amazon Layoffs, AI for Course Creation, OpenAI Cybersecurity Warning, New Claude Constitution & Credit-Based AI Pricing
World leaders and tech titans are debating AGI timelines at Davos, but Amazon’s latest moves suggest the disruption is already here. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dissect the disconnect between the "powerful AI" promised by labs and the labor market "tsunami" warned by the IMF.
From the White House’s "Great Divergence" report to Anthropic’s new 84-page Constitution and xAI’s "human emulators," we e
#192: AI Answers - Responsible AI Adoption, Agency Transformation, Rethinking Workflows, Data Privacy, & Leadership in the Age of AI Agents
No business school prepared leaders for managing humans alongside autonomous AI agents. In this AI Answers episode, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips break down the immediate strategic shifts required for 2026. They explore where marketing agencies can use AI in a post-billable-hour world, the rise of the AI Output Verification manager, and why LLM’s "alien technology" requires a new approach to r
#191: Ads in ChatGPT, Claude Cowork, Elon Musk vs. OpenAI, Personal Intelligence from Gemini & Real-World AI Use Cases
OpenAI turns to ads, while Anthropic puts an agent on your desktop.
In Episode 191, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput analyze the arrival of "Claude Cowork," an autonomous agent that could replace entry-level tasks, and OpenAI’s decision to begin testing ads in ChatGPT.
We also cover the explosive Elon Musk vs. OpenAI lawsuit, Apple’s choice to use Google Gemini for the next-generation Siri, and OpenA
#190: ChatGPT Health, Audience Reactions to AGI, Claude Code Use Cases, xAI Raises $20B & Big Gmail AI Updates
Is the AI "tipping point" already here? Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput jump into ChatGPT Health, Claude Code, and why we don't need AGI to transform work. We also break down how AI is reshaping healthcare, the $20B xAI funding round, and real-world use cases for building apps in minutes with Lovable. Plus, a look at Google Gemini’s Gmail updates and the dark side of Grok’s latest image tools.
Show N
#189: Is Claude AGI?, AI Change Management, Nvidia-Groq Deal, Meta Acquires Manus, Yann LeCun Speaks Out & OpenAI Preps AI Device
A Google principal engineer claims Claude Opus 4.5 completed a year's worth of work in a single hour. Now, the industry is grappling with a sudden, massive leap in coding capabilities that has experts warning that everything is about to change.
In this week’s episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dissect the signals that we may have entered the "singularity." They explore the fallout from Yann LeC
#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?
Is 2026 the year society finally pushes back against artificial intelligence? In this year's final episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput explore the immediate future of AGI, analyzing Demis Hassabis’s warning of a shift ten times larger than the Industrial Revolution and Shane Legg’s prediction of human-level intelligence by 2028.
The hosts break down critical developments, including Google’s Gemi
#187: AI Answers - Overcoming AI Stigma, Vibe Coding, Redefining Productivity, Building AI-Native Companies, and Finding Trusted Sources
As we close out the year, this AI Answers episode offers a reflective look at how organizations are actually navigating AI adoption.
Cathy McPhillips and Paul Roetzer take a step back from tools and headlines to talk about the human side of AI: leadership behavior, workplace culture, and how long-held ideas about productivity and value are being quietly challenged as AI becomes part of everyday
#186: GPT-5.2, Disney-OpenAI Deal, New Trump AI Executive Order, OpenAI State of Enterprise AI Report, Teen AI Usage & Data Centers in Space
A billion-dollar check from Disney. A federal crackdown on state AI laws. And a new model from OpenAI that beats human experts 71% of the time.
In Episode 186, Paul and Mike unpack the release of GPT-5.2, Disney’s strategic pivot to license its IP for Sora, and President Trump’s executive order designed to accelerate "American AI dominance" at all costs.
Plus: Is the future of data centers in sp
#185: AI Answers - Getting Started with AI, Core AI Concepts, In-Demand AI Jobs, Data Cleanliness & AI Fact-Checking
What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts reshaping every task inside your company?
In this AI Answers episode, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips go through audience questions on where AI jobs are really heading, how agents and “AI ops” are emerging, and what to expect as reasoning models accelerate into 2026.
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Timestamps:
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#184: OpenAI “Code Red,” Gemini 3 Deep Think, Recursive Self-Improvement, ChatGPT Ads, Apple Talent Woes & New Data on AI Job Cuts
OpenAI has officially declared a "Code Red," reportedly delaying future product launches to frantically shore up ChatGPT against a resurgent Google. This defensive pivot comes just as Google unveils Gemini 3 Deep Think and Workspace Studio, powerful new tools that allow users to build autonomous agents without writing a single line of code.
On this week’s episode, Paul and Mike analyze this shift
#183: AI Job Automation, Is There an AI Bubble?, AI Political Divides, ChatGPT Turns 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Google vs. Nvidia & DeepSeek V3.2
Is the "AI Bubble" real? We analyze "The Big Short" investor Michael Burry’s bet against the industry. Mike and Paul also break down MIT’s "Project Iceberg," which suggests 11.7% of the workforce is already exposed to replacement, and a new McKinsey report on the 7x growth in demand for AI fluency. Plus, Claude Opus 4.5, Artificial Superintelligence, political divides over AI, and more in our rapi
#182: Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro, GPT-5.1 Pro, Nvidia Earnings, Karen Hao Book Controversy & Entry-Level Unemployment
Google released Gemini 3, its most advanced model yet, along with Nano Banana Pro, a leading image generation and editing model.
On this week's episode, Paul and Mike go deeper on those topics and other top news this week, including GPT-5.1 Pro, controversy around a popular AI book, Nvidia earnings, and more.
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
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#181: AI Answers - Measuring AI Skills, Aligning Leaders, AI Literacy Frameworks, Overcoming Resistance & Preparing for AI Agents
AI literacy is becoming essential across every organization, but most leaders are still figuring out how to measure it, teach it, and communicate its value.
In this episode of AI Answers, we dig into questions about emerging AI skills frameworks, why literacy matters for every employee, how to talk about risk and responsible AI guidelines, and what to do when teams resist training or demand proo
#180: GPT-5.1, AI That Brings Back the Dead, Beliefs vs. Truth in AI, First AI-Led Cyberattack & AI-Generated Song Tops Charts
OpenAI has released GPT-5.1, a controversial new AI app is bringing people back from the dead, and there's a big debate in AI about very different belief systems.
On this week's episode, Paul and Mike go deeper on those topics and other top news this week, including political backlash to AI, the first AI-orchestrated cyberattack, an AI-generated song topping the charts, and much more.
Show Notes
#179: OpenAI Government “Backstop” Controversy, Microsoft Humanist Superintelligence, Google’s Future of Learning, AI Driving Layoffs & Coca-Cola AI Ad Backlash
OpenAI is drawing fire after its CFO hinted the company might want a government "backstop" for its massive infrastructure costs. And Microsoft has published a new manifesto pledging to build "humanist superintelligence" that keeps humans in control.
This week, Paul and Mike talk about those stories and more, including Google's new paper on the future of AI in learning, new data that shows AI is d
#178: OpenAI’s Automated AI Researcher, OpenAI Restructuring, The Fed Warns About AI’s Impact on Hiring, Nvidia Hits $5 Trillion & Wharton Data on AI ROI
OpenAI says it's aiming to build a totally automated AI researcher by 2028...
And it has completed its transition from non-profit to for-profit company, paving the way for an eventual IPO.
This week, Paul and Mike talk about those stories and more, including a warning from the Fed chair about AI's impact on hiring, a new index measuring how well agents do remote work, and Nvidia's $5 trillion va
#177: AI Answers - AI Ethics, Flagging AI Content, AI Accuracy, Book Recommendations, & AI Intellectual Property
In this episode of AI Answers, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer the complex, and often uncomfortable questions shaping the future of AI. From the moral framing of “good” versus “evil,” to the technical risks of viruses, misinformation, and intellectual property, the discussion unpacks what it really means to use AI responsibly in a world moving faster than regulation or understanding.
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#176: ChatGPT Atlas, ChatGPT Atlas Security Issues, Letter to Pause Superintelligence, Amazon’s Plan to Automate 600,000 Jobs & New Data on AI Relationships
OpenAI just entered the browser wars. And it's already getting messy.
This week, Paul and Mike talk everything ChatGPT Atlas, OpenAI's agentic AI browser...including its glaring security issues.
This week's episode also covers a new letter advocating a pause on the development of superintelligence signed by an eclectic group of celebrities and public figures.
Not to mention, we talk about Amaz
#175: AI Answers - AI for 10X Innovation, Rethinking GTM, Dangers of Progress at All Costs, Autonomous Marketing, How to Keep Up with AI, and Future of Web Traffic
Fresh from MAICON, where we spent time both teaching and learning, we also recorded a special edition of AI Answers just for you. In this episode, Mike Kaput joins Paul Roetzer live from the conference to tackle questions submitted by MAICON attendees. From hands-on use cases to the future of AI in marketing and business, our hosts dive into the biggest themes shaping AI adoption today.
Show Note
#174: ChatGPT’s Getting More “Adult,” MAICON 2025 Takeaways, AI’s Impact on Talent, Claude Haiku 4.5 & Anthropic’s Feud with the White House
AI isn’t just becoming more capable. It’s becoming more personal. And even more "adult."
This week, Paul and Mike lead off with Sam Altman’s provocative comments about ChatGPT’s role in mental health and the growing debate over our emotional relationships with AI.
Then, from blue-collar workers adopting ChatGPT as a daily tool to tech CEOs warning of an impending jobs shock, the episode explores
#173: OpenAI Dev Day, AI Gets Political, Sora Copyright Drama Continues, Gemini Enterprise & AI’s Impact on Job Hunting
As AI races toward full automation, billionaires, policymakers, and everyday workers are colliding in a new kind of power struggle.
In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput tackle the biggest AI shifts shaking business, politics, and society. From OpenAI’s Dev Day to a new Senate report warning that automation could wipe out 100 million U.S. jobs, the conversation examines what’s really comi
#172: Sora 2, Claude Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT Instant Checkout, How OpenAI Uses AI, Grokipedia & Mercor’s AI Productivity Index
Sora 2 is here, and it's a mind-blowing, copyright-defying mess.
That kicks off this week's episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show. In it, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down everything going on in AI this week, including the release of Claude Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT's new Instant Checkout feature, Elon Musk's Grokipedia, and much more.
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#171: AI Answers - AI in Regulated Industries, AI Agents, AI Training, When AI Gets It Wrong, and Critical Skills for Early-Career Pros
Think you’re asking the right questions about AI?
In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips tackle questions from our audience about AI adoption, from reimagining business models to managing risk in regulated industries. With candid insights, real-world use cases, and a few unexpected laughs, this “AI Answers” session reveals where companies are gettin
#170: How ChatGPT Is Used at Work, New GDPval Benchmark, AI “Workslop,” ChatGPT Pulse, Meta Vibes & More AI Economy Warnings
Never-before-seen research on how ChatGPT is actually used at work, a brand new evaluation framework to determine AI's impact on the economy, and the rise of "AI workslop"...
Needless to say, it's been a busy week. In this week’s episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down everything going on in the world of AI, including the topics above and brand new AI r
#169: AI Answers - AI for Job Searching, Cutting Through the AI Noise, SEO vs. GEO/AEO, The Loss of Critical Thinking & How AI Is Reshaping Education
What’s the smartest way to learn AI if you don’t have a tech background? How can AI help you in your job search? And how do we balance innovation with ethics while holding on to what makes us human? Drawing on questions from our 51st Intro to AI class, Cathy and Paul are here with answers.
Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:07:07 — Question #1
#168: The AI Economy, How People Use ChatGPT, AI-Native Companies, Meta Ray-Ban Display AI Glasses & How Americans View AI
AI isn’t just shaping business anymore, it’s rewriting the economy.
In this week’s episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput connect the dots on the rapid rise of the “AI economy,” from mass corporate restructuring and three-day workweek predictions to research forecasting trillions in productivity gains. They explore how people are really using ChatGPT, the future
#167: OpenAI-Microsoft Deal, Replit Agent 3, AI Avatars for Executives, OpenAI-Oracle Deal, FTC Targets AI Companions & Retail AI Case Studies
Would you trust a synthetic version of yourself to teach your audience? One CEO just did, and it’s raising questions about authenticity, attention, and the future of thought leadership.
In this week’s episode, Paul and Mike examine OpenAI’s billion-dollar power plays, the deeper implications of its “People First AI Fund,” and why Microsoft, Oracle, and OpenAI might be creating value out of thin a
#166: OpenAI Jobs Platform, Salesforce AI Job Cuts, White House AI Education Initiative & OpenAI Secondary Sale and Cash Burn
If your company isn’t talking about an AI-forward strategy, it might be falling behind.
In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down what Salesforce’s Marc Benioff and other leaders are saying about AI-driven job cuts, OpenAI’s bold new plan to certify 10 million Americans in AI skills, and how the U.S. government is teaming up with Big Tech to push AI education. Plus, in our rapid-fir
#165: AI Replacing Young Workers, AI Industry Gets Political, Google’s “Nano Banana,” ChatGPT Parental Controls & Anthropic Settles Author Lawsuit
We paused for the holiday, but the AI news didn’t!
In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput explore how AI is already reshaping the job market, with new research showing sharp declines in entry-level roles. They unpack Silicon Valley’s $100M super PAC aimed at blocking AI regulation, highlight Google’s breakthrough “Nano Banana” image editor, Meta’s AI team
#164: New MIT Study Says 95% of AI Pilots Fail, AI and Consciousness, Another Meta AI Reorg, Otter.ai Lawsuit & Sam Altman Talks Up GPT-6
AI that feels conscious is coming faster than society is ready for…
In Episode 164 of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput unpack the viral MIT study, the brutal reality of companies forcing AI adoption, and Mustafa Suleyman’s warning about “seemingly conscious AI.” Alongside these deep dives, our rapid-fire section gives updates on Meta’s AI reorg, Otter.ai’s legal troub
#163: AI Answers - AI Environmental Concerns, Agentic Workflows, SEO Impact, The Future of Creative Careers, & Human-First Processes
From the environmental costs of data centers to the cultural biases baked into today’s models, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer your questions from our 50th Intro to AI class. Throughout the episode, they unpack the gray areas of AI-generated content, debate what the rise of agents means for work, and consider how creatives can stay ahead with AI.
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#162: GPT-5’s Messy Launch, Meta’s Troubling AI Child Policies, Demis Hassabis’ AGI Timeline & New Sam Altman / Elon Musk Drama
The aftershocks of GPT-5’s chaotic rollout continue as OpenAI scrambles to address user backlash, confusing model choices, and shifting product strategies.
In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput also explore the fallout from a leaked Meta AI policy document that raises major ethical concerns, share insights from Demis Hassabis on the path to AGI, and cover the latest AI power plays: Sam Alt
#161: GPT-5, Google DeepMind Genie 3, Cloudflare vs. Perplexity, OpenAI’s Open Source Models, Claude 4.1 & New Data on AI Layoffs
GPT-5 finally landed, and the hype was matched with backlash. In this episode, Paul and Mike share their takeaways from the new model, provide insights into the gravity of DeepMind’s photorealistic Genie 3 world-model, unravel Perplexity’s stealth crawling controversy, touch on OpenAI’s open-weight release and rumored $500 billion valuation, and more in our rapid-fire section.
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#160: OpenAI Hits $12 Billion in Revenue, ChatGPT Study Mode, More AI Job Losses, AI Is Coming for Consultants, Big Tech Earnings & Gemini 2.5 Deep Think
This episode may just be the calm before the GPT-5 storm…
We’re back with another rapid-fire episode—there was just too much AI news to cover any other way. In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dig into the possible release of GPT-5, unveil what’s coming in our reimagined AI Academy 3.0, and examine how AI is transforming job markets, consulting, and en
#159: Trump’s AI Action Plan, AI Could Upend the World Economy, GPT-5 Rumors, AI Tech Layoffs, Advice for College Students & First AI for Therapy
What if the U.S. built its future on AI factories? And what if AGI shows up just in time to run them?
Join Paul and Mike as they break down the White House’s aggressive three-part Action Plan, including its call to build more data centers and ban “woke” AI. They unpack what Google's staggering token usage tells us about the pace of AI development—and how that connects to the rumored, unified GPT-
#158: ChatGPT Agent, Grok 4, Meta Superintelligence Labs, Windsurf Drama, Kimi K2 & AI Browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity
AI salaries are outpacing NBA MVPs. Grok is turning heads, and stirring controversy, as competition among top AI labs heats up.
This week, Mike and Paul unpack OpenAI’s massive update that turns ChatGPT into a full-blown digital assistant, Meta’s $200M+ AI talent raids, and the spiraling drama at Grok. They break down Microsoft’s AI-driven layoffs, AI browser competition, Apple’s quiet AI pivot,
#157: Anthropic Wins Key Copyright Lawsuit, AI Impact on Hiring, OpenAI Now Does Consulting, Intel Outsources Marketing to AI & Meta Poaches OpenAI Researchers
AI is reshaping hiring, law, and business strategy.
Join Mike and Paul as they unpack Anthropic’s major legal win over authors suing for AI training data use, explore the tsunami of AI-generated resumes flooding recruiters, and analyze why OpenAI is now doing high-ticket consulting. They also weigh Salesforce’s claim that AI does half its work, Meta’s billion-dollar talent raids, and OpenAI’s mys
#156: AI Answers - Data Privacy, AI Roadmaps, Regulated Industries, Selling AI to the C-Suite & Change Management
Data integrity, executive skepticism, and turning AI-driven time savings into real gains—Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer your questions from our latest Scaling AI class and offer informative, candid answers.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:04:51 — Question #1: How do we ensure data integrity, security, and privacy when we scale AI?
#155: The New Jobs AI Will Create, Amazon CEO: AI Will Cut Jobs, Your Brain on ChatGPT, Possible OpenAI-Microsoft Breakup & Veo 3 IP Issues
This week, Paul and Mike unpack the New York Times’ list of 22 upcoming roles (from “AI auditors” to “personality directors”), weigh Andy Jassy’s memo that generative AI will mean leaner teams, and dissect the viral MIT study about what ChatGPT might be doing to your brain. Rapid-fire hits include Meta’s billion-dollar talent raid, Apple’s rumored Perplexity bid, and fresh OpenAI-Microsoft frictio
#154: AI Answers: The Future of AI Agents at Work, Building an AI Roadmap, Choosing the Right Tools, & Responsible AI Use
In this episode of AI Answers, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips tackle 20 of the most pressing questions from our 48th Intro to AI class—covering everything from building effective AI roadmaps and selecting the right tools, using GPTs, navigating AI ethics, understanding great prompting, and more.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:08:46 — Question #1: H
#153: OpenAI Releases o3-Pro, Disney Sues Midjourney, Altman: “Gentle Singularity” Is Here, AI and Jobs & News Sites Getting Crushed by AI Search
o3 Pro is here. Sam Altman thinks the singularity might be too.
This week, Paul and Mike dive into OpenAI’s o3 Pro reasoning model and what makes it fundamentally different. They explore Sam Altman’s bold claim that the singularity has begun, Meta’s superintelligence ambitions, and Disney’s high-stakes lawsuit against Midjourney.
They also break down search traffic freefalls, mechanized job
#152: ChatGPT Connectors, AI-Human Relationships, New AI Job Data, OpenAI Court-Ordered to Keep ChatGPT Logs & WPP’s Large Marketing Model
What happens when AI feels too human?
This week, Paul and Mike unpack OpenAI’s newest releases, the growing emotional bonds people are forming with AI, and fresh data on how AI is reshaping jobs—for better and worse.
They also reexamine AGI timelines, AI cybersecurity, and why verifying AI output might be the next big challenge. Plus: Reddit sues Anthropic, Google drops expert AI avatars, and m
#151: Anthropic CEO: AI Will Destroy 50% of Entry-Level Jobs, Veo 3’s Scary Lifelike Videos, Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ads & Perplexity’s Burning Cash
Anthropic’s CEO says AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs—and people are finally paying attention. We unpack why this moment feels like a tipping point, look at new data that backs it up, and talk about what needs to happen next. Plus: Meta’s AI shake-up, Miami schools go all-in on Gemini, the rise of grief bots, and AI videos that mess with your mind.
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#150: AI Answers - AI Roadmaps, Which Tools to Use, Making the Case for AI, Training, and Building GPTs
Welcome to Episode 150 of The Artificial Intelligence Show—a special milestone that marks the launch of a brand-new series: AI Answers. In this episode, Paul Roetzer is joined by Cathy McPhillips to debut a fresh format designed to systematically answer the best questions we get during our live AI education sessions.
Over the past few years, our free Intro to AI and Scaling AI classes have attrac
#149: Google I/O, Claude 4, White Collar Jobs Automated in 5 Years, Jony Ive Joins OpenAI, and AI’s Impact on the Environment
This week was a masterclass in how fast AI is moving. Join us as Paul and Mike break down everything from Google’s massive I/O announcements (Gemini, Veo, Live, and more), to Claude Opus 4’s impressive—and borderline alarming—capabilities and Paul shares a wild experiment that shows how current AI tools may already be enough to automate white-collar jobs.
Rapid-fire topics include OpenAI’s $6.5B
#148: Microsoft’s Quiet AI Layoffs, US Copyright Office’s Bombshell AI Guidance, 2025 State of Marketing AI Report, and OpenAI Codex
AI is moving faster than most people realize—and it’s continuing to reshape the workforce. Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dig into Microsoft’s 6,000 job cuts and what they signal about the future of AI-powered automation, they also explain the major copyright report that triggered a high-level firing and they break down new data from the 2025 State of Marketing AI Report.
The episode also covers Op
#147: OpenAI Abandons For-Profit Plan, AI College Cheating Epidemic, Apple Says AI Will Replace Search Engines & HubSpot’s AI-First Scorecard
This week, Paul and Mike dissect OpenAI’s latest moves, discuss how AI tools are fueling a cheating crisis in education, and explain why our relationship with search is headed for a hard reset. Rapid-fire covers AI-first CEO memos, new product launches, new funding and more.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:05:52 — OpenAI Abandons Plan to Become For-Pro
#146: Rise of “AI-First” Companies, AI Job Disruption, GPT-4o Update Gets Rolled Back, How Big Consulting Firms Use AI, and Meta AI App
Fresh off a wave of “AI‑first” CEO manifestos, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput slice into the fallout: Duolingo and Box join Shopify’s AI-first pledge, more signals of AI job disruption emerge, and OpenAI rolls back 4o due to an overly agreeable personality. Then it’s rapid‑fire —Johnson & Johnson bins 90 % of its 900 gen‑AI pilots, Big‑Tech earnings put real numbers on the AI boom, Nvidia spars with
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