477. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News

477. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News

From Transform NOW by SSNC Blue Prism

April 24, 2026 · 37 min

About this episode

The episode discusses recent news headlines related to automation and AI.

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: . Meta workers outraged over internal software tracking keystrokes, mouse movements: ‘How do we opt out?’ https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/business/meta-workers-outraged-over-software-tracking-keystrokes-mouse-movements/ . Coding agents ignore their own budgets https://x.com/RampLabs/status/2046624992956146158 . AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-ruling-prompts-warnings-us-100118983.html . ‘Silent failure at scale’: The AI risk that can tip the business world into disorder https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/01/ai-artificial-intelligence-economy-business-risks.html . A Newspaper Is Allegedly Slapping Humans’ Names on AI Stories Without Their Permission - https://gizmodo.com/newspaper-company-allegedly-puts-humans-bylines-on-ai-articles-unless-contractually-prevented-from-doing-so-2000749344 . Don't Default To The Biggest AI Model: Agentic Systems Deserve Better…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Hairston, Michael Marchuk

Topics covered

  • automation
  • AI news
  • technology
  • business risks
  • software tracking
  • coding agents

Keywords

  • automation
  • AI
  • Meta
  • software tracking
  • business risks
  • coding agents
  • legal warnings
  • agentic systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, RampLabs, Yahoo, CNBC, Gizmodo, Forbes

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