On 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 promise and peril of ‘agentic AI’ https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514480/the-promise-and-peril-of-agentic-ai.html

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Klarna: AI lets us cut thousands of jobs - but pay more

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/klarna-ai-lets-us-cut-thousands-of-jobs-but-pay-more/ar-AA1pzpg1

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How should the labor movement handle the challenges of AI, automation at work? https://phys.org/news/2024-08-qa-labor-movement-ai-automation.html

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AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/ai-companies-are-pivoting-from-creating?utm_source=tldrai

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