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Host Emily Laird breaks down why Anthropic hit the brakes on Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model so good at finding software flaws it got routed into a restricted defensive program instead of a public ...

13 Apr 13min

Host Emily Laird digs into The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist and the real gut-punch was not just the film, it was the empty seats. This episode breaks down why AI literacy still feels like...

1 Apr 13min

Host Emily Laird breaks down ASAP, the free AI Skills Access Passport series built to help real people make sense of generative AI before it starts running the group chat, the bank app, and your kid’s...

31 Mar 11min

Last week, I helped to roll out the ASAP AI Skills Passport for the state of Wisconsin. Needless to say, it was a lot of travel and I needed some catching up on all things AI. So I figured, we'd catch...

30 Mar 11min

Host Emily Laird breaks down why creative AI is ditching the one-hit-wonder phase and moving into full-blown media megaplex mode. Canva, Adobe, CapCut, and the rest are battling to become the place wh...

25 Mar 9min

Host Emily Laird breaks down a16z’s March 2026 generative AI consumer app rankings, and the verdict is clear: AI is no longer the shiny new kid, it is the plumbing, the lighting, and the landlord. Fro...

24 Mar 9min

Host Emily Laird breaks down a16z’s Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps like a box office chart for the internet age, less hype machine, more behavioral receipts. This episode explains why the ranking works ...

23 Mar 10min

Host Emily Laird breaks down Amazon’s outage week, where one stale wiki, one overconfident AI tool, and one very human decision turned into a retail-scale faceplant. This episode slices through the hy...

19 Mar 11min