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The episode discusses MyHeritage's Scribe AI, features an interview with Dave Vance on genetic genealogy, and covers various AI-related news.

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little open with a deep look at MyHeritage's new Scribe AI, a new AI tool that analyzes records, photographs, gravestones, and coats of arms and provides genealogy relevant research suggestions. It even works on your own photographs. This episode features an interview with Dave Vance, General Manager of Family Tree DNA, exploring how the hottest new genetic genealogy tests, provided by next-generation sequencing, deliver 400 times more genomic info than traditional microarray chips and what that means for matching, triangulation, and the future role of AI in genetic genealogy. In RapidFire, the hosts cover Fold3's AI-powered full-text search for Revolutionary War pension files, Claude for Excel as a practical AI plug-in for Microsoft's spreadsheet, and Wikipedia's decision to ban AI-generated article content. TimestampsOpening 00:05 GRIP 2026 Course Announcements In the News 05:03 MyHeritage Scribe AI: Record and Photo Analysis for Genealogists Interview 14:58 Dave Vance, Family Tree DNA: Next-Generation Sequencing and AI in Genetic Genealogy RapidFire 45:54 Fold3 Full-Text Search: Revolutionary War Pension Files Now Searchable 53:46 Claude for…

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