475. Weekly Pulse Check of Automation & AI News - 04.17.26

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The episode discusses recent news headlines in automation and AI, including the challenges faced by the ChatGPT app store and concerns from Gen Z workers about AI job displacement.

In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI. News stories covered in this episode: • ChatGPT app store falters six months after launch https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-03-30/chatgpt-app-store-falters-six-months-after-launch • Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First - https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/561e7512-253e-424b-9734-ef4098440601/Industrial%20Policy%20for%20the%20Intelligence%20Age.pdf • AI Scientist in Publishing: Is Peer Review Being Outpaced? - https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ai-scientist-publishing-peer-review-being-outpaced-2026a1000aoz?form=fpf • How AI is—and isn’t—changing the future of work https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/how-ai-is-and-isnt-changing-the-future-of-work • Gen Z workers are so fearful AI will take their job they’re intentionally sabotaging their company’s AI rollout - https://fortune.com/2026/04/08/gen-z-workers-sabotage-ai-rollout-backlash/ Visit us on our socials: 🦾 Get started with SS&C Blue Prism…

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Hosts: Brad Hairston, Michael Marchuk

Topics covered

• automation
• AI news
• future of work
• Gen Z
• peer review
• industrial policy

Keywords

• automation
• AI
• ChatGPT
• Gen Z
• future of work
• peer review
• industrial policy

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Organizations: ChatGPT, OpenAI, Medscape, McKinsey, Fortune

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