Unisys CEO & President Mike Thomson on AI Hype, Layoffs, Data Centers, and the Workforce Reality Check
I talk with Mike Thomson, President and CEO of Unisys, about the real state of AI inside companies. We get into why some organizations are using AI as cover for layoffs, why the backlash against data ...
29 Jun 53min
ChatGPT 5.6 Is Here, California's AI Job-Loss Tracker, and Why Executives Don't Want the CEO Job
June 26, 2026: OpenAI launched ChatGPT 5.6 with limited access to only 20 organizations, showing how frontier AI capability and government review are starting to split. Then I get into California's ne...
26 Jun 24min
Meta Pauses AI Surveillance, Losing Access to Fable 5 Triggers Lawsuit, and Engineers Hit AI Paralysis
June 24, 2026: Meta's employee surveillance program, which tracked keystrokes, mouse activity, and screenshots before a data exposure forced the company to pause it. Then I get into Legion's lawsuit a...
24 Jun 31min
The AI Productivity Paradox and the Real Question Behind Adam Grant's Research on Return-to-Office Mandates
June 23, 2026: Companies are drowning in AI pilots, prototypes, and scattered use cases that make teams busier without necessarily making the business better. I talk about why the real advantage may c...
23 Jun 33min
The Data Center Race Behind AI: Solidigm's SVP on Why Storage, GPUs, and Scale Matter
I talk with Greg Matson, Senior Vice President and Head of Marketing and Products at Solidigm, about the storage infrastructure powering the AI boom. We get into why AI training and inference require ...
22 Jun 44min
More Info on Anthropic's Fable 5 Shutdown, Fortune 500 Headcount Shrinks, and Why AI Ads Are Losing to Humans
June 19, 2026: Anthropic's Fable 5 shutdown appears to be tied to SK Telecom, Project Glasswing, Amazon researchers, the White House, David Sacks, and a dispute over whether Anthropic should fix or de...
19 Jun 35min
AI Costs Are Rising, Ghost Jobs Face a Probe, and Wall Street's Talent Pipeline Is at Risk
June 18, 2026: Companies are starting to count the real cost of AI after two years of broad experimentation, from rising token bills to the higher wage premiums commanded by AI-skilled workers. Then I...
18 Jun 37min
