Stanford Says Young Workers Feel the AI Squeeze, Companies Cap AI Usage, & Anthropic's Watermark Fight
August 12, 2026: I look at Stanford's updated Canaries in the Coal Mine research, which finds young workers in highly AI-exposed jobs are falling behind while experienced workers are holding up. Then ...
12 Aug 44min
Bad Pay Costs Talent, Worker Share Hits Record Low, and LinkedIn Cracks Down on AI Slop
August 6, 2026: I look at why more than a third of U.S. employers are handing out flat "peanut butter raises" even as top performers use AI to do more. Then I get into new data showing workers' share ...
6 Aug 25min
Parents Invade Gen Z Careers, KPMG Interns Want the C-Suite, and LinkedIn Ranks Top Colleges
August 5, 2026: I look at the Wall Street Journal story on parents getting involved in their adult children's careers, from job fairs to calls with hiring managers. Then I get into a new KPMG survey s...
5 Aug 28min
Billionaire CEO Naveen Jain on Why Non-Experts Win, Raising Builders, and Why Socialism Kills Innovation
I talk with Naveen Jain, founder and CEO of Viome Life Sciences and author of Counterintuitive, about why entrepreneurs should focus on big problems instead of small ideas. We get into his framework o...
3 Aug 55min
Amazon's AI Cost Disaster, Florida's Classroom AI Rules, and Anthropic's Security Test Failure
July 31, 2026: I look at Amazon's AI projects that ran massively over budget, including one Claude-powered project that came in 860% over plan. Then I get into Florida's proposed rule that would let p...
31 Juli 39min
Meta's AI Bet Gets Expensive, AI Fund Sells Portfolio After Drop & PwC's Fake AI Citations
July 30, 2026: I look at Mark Zuckerberg's argument that AI superintelligence should be for everybody, and why Meta's falling operating margin and massive AI spending tell a more complicated story. Th...
30 Juli 47min
KPMG Rebuilds Entry-Level Jobs, AI Hits the CFO Cost Wall, and Where Hiring Is Coming Back
July 29, 2026: I look at how KPMG is rebuilding the entry-level audit role as AI takes over routine testing and forces companies to rethink how young employees learn judgment, critical thinking, and b...
29 Juli 43min
