118: Today in AI: $4K/Hour AI Workshops, Deloitte's $440K Blunder, 50% Use AI Untrained

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This video is from the ‘AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream’ First aired: 6 January 2026

Summary: I spent this morning talking about something that's been making a steady stream of income over the last few years - teaching companies how to use AI without looking like complete idiots. The catalyst for all this? Deloitte managed to embarrass themselves twice in 2025, charging the Australian government $440K for an AI-generated report full of hallucinations and made-up academics, then doing the exact same thing in Canada. These aren't small mistakes - they're bringing the entire consulting industry into question because nobody bothered to train their staff properly. The most I've been paid for this work is $4K for one hour, which is pretty mental when you think about it.

The opportunity here is massive because there's this huge gap between what staff are doing and what companies know about. MIT found that 90% of employees are using AI at work, but only 40% of companies have actually provided training. That extra 50% are just winging it with their own ChatGPT accounts - what IT departments call "shadow IT" - and it's causing absolute chaos. The thing is, if you're watching someone talk about AI on a live stream, you're already miles ahead of the people who desperately need this help. Companies are genuinely panicking about this right now, and they'll pay well for someone to sort it out properly.

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—— Time Stamps ——

0:00 How I Make $4,000/Hour Teaching AI to Businesses

1:24 Deloitte's $440K AI Disaster - They Did It Twice

3:09 Shadow IT Crisis: 90% Using AI, Only 40% Trained

5:13 Free Webinar Announcement

6:06 The AI Capability Overhang

8:30 You Don't Need to Be an AI Expert

9:37 Why the PhD Trainer Failed: The KPMG Story

11:25 Finding Your AI Niche

13:06 Why Workshops Beat Social Media and Consulting

15:08 The 60-Minute Workshop Framework

18:30 What Employers Actually Want: Safety Training

19:02 Workshops as a Reusable Asset

19:20 Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking

20:58 Q&A: Online vs In-Person Workshops

23:45 Course and Resources

23:56 Q&A: Lovable for E-commerce? (SEO Warning)

26:27 Q&A: Cheapest Way to Build a Website with AI

27:44 Advice for AI Beginners

28:31 Q&A: Pre-recorded Workshops?

30:17 AI Workshop Kit Launch Jan 12th

31:15 Q&A: Beta Testing Apps + PostHog

33:27 Q&A: Async Options for Time Zones

35:39 Notebook LM Demo: Free AI Presentations

37:20 Q&A: Gamma vs Notebook LM

38:17 Wrap Up

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