The AI Files Ep. 94: OpenAI Ads, the AI Skills Gap, and the Future of Work

The AI Files Ep. 94: OpenAI Ads, the AI Skills Gap, and the Future of Work

From The AI Files by Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain

April 4, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 94

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The episode discusses significant AI news, including OpenAI's ad business growth, the AI skills gap, and predictions for the future of work.

In this episode of The AI Files, we break down one of the biggest weeks in AI news and what it means for business leaders, technologists, and everyday professionals trying to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape. From Jamie Dimon’s bold prediction that AI could one day shrink the workweek to just three and a half days, to OpenAI’s ad business quietly surging past $100 million in ARR, this episode explores how AI is moving from hype into real economic, workplace, and platform-level impact. We also dig into the growing AI skills gap, why power users are already pulling ahead, and what that could mean for inequality, workforce disruption, and the future of knowledge work. Plus, we unpack why OpenAI really shut down Sora, why Google’s latest moves with Gemma 4, Veo 3.1 Lite, and TurboQuant matter, and how ChatGPT’s arrival in Apple CarPlay signals that conversational AI is expanding into entirely new environments. Finally, we cover Microsoft’s major upgrade to Researcher inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, where multi-model intelligence is starting to make AI research look more like peer review than simple chatbot output. If you want sharp analysis on where AI is heading next—from…

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Hosts: Jaime Basilico, Shadab Hussain

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Organizations: OpenAI, Google, Sora

Products: ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Researcher, Gemma 4, Veo 3.1 Lite, TurboQuant

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