485. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News

About this episode

The episode discusses recent news headlines in automation and AI, including lawsuits, production failures, and economic impacts.

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:.Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI - https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/05/18/elon-musk-loses-lawsuit-openai/90145826007/ .81% of Enterprise Technology Leaders Report Production Failures from AI-Generated Code https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/81-of-enterprise-technology-leaders-report-production-failures-from-ai-generated-code-new-research-shows-1036175180 .Three-quarters of AI’s economic gains are being captured by just 20% of companies – with the leading companies focused on growth, not just productivity https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/press-releases/2026/pwc-2026-ai-performance-study.html .‘Lower-value human capital’ is what bank CEO calls thousands of workers he’s cutting because of AI https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ai-in-focus-as-standard-chartered-bank-replaces-lower-value-human-capital-slashing-back-office-workers-by-15-bd147174 .Bain sees US$100 billion SaaS market in agentic AI automation…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Hairston, Michael Marchuk

Topics covered

• automation
• AI news
• enterprise technology
• production failures
• economic gains
• human capital
• agentic AI

Keywords

• automation
• AI
• Elon Musk
• OpenAI
• production failures
• economic gains
• human capital
• agentic AI
• Bain
• PwC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Bain, Standard Chartered Bank, Anthropic, PwC

Places: US

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