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The episode discusses the high costs of AI development, legal battles in telecommunications, and the implications of AI on society and workforce.

What happens when three developers burn through $1.3 million in AI compute in just 30 days? This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke break down the explosive cost of AI coding agents after OpenClaw revealed massive token usage powered by OpenAI systems, raising serious questions about whether autonomous development workflows are financially sustainable. They also discuss AT&T’s legal battle to shut down California’s copper phone network, Governor Gavin Newsom’s new AI workforce disruption initiative, IBM’s billion-dollar quantum chip foundry project in New York, NVIDIA’s growing export-control pressure tied to Super Micro investigations, Check Point’s acquisition of Deepchecks to secure AI agents, and Pope Leo XIV’s unprecedented warning about AI-driven inequality, warfare, and “digital colonialism.” From infrastructure modernization to AI regulation and quantum computing, this episode explores the biggest forces reshaping enterprise technology in 2026. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown 1:26 - OpenClaw Creator Hits $1.3M OpenAI Bill in One Month 4:25 - AT&T Sues to End POTS Service…

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