About this episode

Erick and Rich discuss AI automation for MSPs, governance, and security implications of leading-edge LLMs, along with a notable incident involving Waymo.

Erick and Rich discuss why service desk automation startup Squash believes there’s a close connection between AI automation for MSPs and governance and why they’re probably correct, as well as three steps MSPs can take to ready tomorrow’s generation of leaders today. Then they’re joined by Arve Kjoelen for a timely conversation about the security implications for MSPs and their customers posed by leading-edge LLMs like Mythos and GPT-5.6. And finally, one last thing: how two joy-riding teens discovered the hard way that the long arm of the law extends into Waymos. Discussed in this episode: It’s Governance First, AI Second at Squash Police detain 2 teens after a joy ride in a Waymo in Northern California Some guests on this podcast are clients of Channel Mastered. Compensation plays no part in their appearance or the content of the discussion unless the episode they appear on is a “bonus episode” explicitly labeled as sponsored.

People in this episode

Hosts: Erick, Rich

Guest: Arve Kjoelen

Topics covered

• service desk automation
• AI automation
• governance
• MSPs
• security implications
• LLMs
• Waymo incident

Keywords

• service desk automation
• AI automation
• MSPs
• governance
• security
• LLMs
• Waymo
• Mythos
• GPT-5.6
• teen joy ride

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Squash, Mythos, GPT-5.6

Places: Northern California

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