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The episode discusses recent AI product launches and the implications for enterprises amidst major announcements from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta.

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 planning to track employee keystrokes for AI training data and cut 10% of its workforce in the same breath. Plus Jeff Dean on AGI timelines, the SmarterX State of AI for Business report built in a day, Apple's CEO transition, and a full rapid-fire round. Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here AI-Pulse Survey: Fill out this week's AI-Pulse Survey here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:06:45 — GPT-5.5 Launches 00:17:28 — Workspace Agents in ChatGPT 00:27:13 — Agent Usage: Separating Fact from Fiction 00:46:31 — Google Cloud Next '26 00:55:07 — Meta's AI Employee Surveillance + Layoffs 01:03:46 — Apple Leadership Transition 01:09:59 — AI Use Case Spotlight 01:16:28 — AI Academy Spotlight 01:21:41 — AI Product and Funding Updates This week’s episode is brought to you by MAICON…

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