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Apple Keynote, Maths Homework & Long Weekends
This week we're talking the Apple Keynote, featuring exciting new colours but not much else, Telegram's new privacy turnaround and the danger of gambling influencers.
Plus, the AI apps promising to do your maths homework, and the actual scientific benefits of the bank holiday weekend.
Let’s get into it.
Booted By Brazil, Swedish Screens & Australian Bosses
t's an international episode this week as we discuss Elon Musk's beef with Brazil, the founder of Telegram's recent arrest in Paris, and how the Swedish government are dealing with screen time.
Plus, what to do your when your TikTok catchphrase is stolen, and why Australian workers need the right to switch off.
Let’s get into it.
Summer Holiday Special
This week, many of you will be on vacation, some of us certainly are.
Unless, you’re about to take your vacation, and currently spending your days vacillating between dreaming about being poolside, or stressing about everything you need to do beforehand. Don’t worry, we’re here to give you some tips.
Or, you’ll be on your way back from vacation, and experiencing the Sunday scaries x100. Again, don’t worry – we’ve got tips for that too.
Unless you’re not taking any vacation at all, and we’re here to tell you why that might be a bad idea.
Let’s get into it.
Luddites, AI Besties & Vacation Guilt
This week we’re discussing how CrowdStrike might survive an onslaught of lawsuits, or not, meeting a new wave of Luddites, and your new AI best friend.
Plus, are interview simulators useful or another AI nightmare, and how do you beat vacation guilt?
Let’s get into it.
Gemini Fail, Monopoly Loss & Shakespearean Lawsuits
This week Gemini AI learned nothing from Apple’s AI ad backlash, Meta introduces their AI Studio on Insta and Google finally lose that monopoly court case (ouch).
Plus, Elon Musk sets off another lawsuit, and teens no longer feel the allure of Silicon Valley.
Let’s get into it.
CrowdStrike, Pickle Jars & Billionaire Bland
This week we'll be doing a CrowdStrike deep dive, why Meta are pulling their Llama AI from the EU (three guesses and no prizes) and what actually happens if you set up a blank Meta account?
Plus, Open AI have come up with a way to set AI against each other (for the good of research, apparently...) and is the pickle jar theory the original productivity hack?
Let’s get into it.
Blue Ticks, Tall Poppies & AI Marker Words
This week we'll be talking about the latest blue tick drama, which includes the EU getting involved, Donald Trump and his social network privileges, and why the Metaverse hasn't taken off in offices yet.
Plus, is tall poppy syndrome blocking female leaders, and what are AI filler words?
Let’s get into it.
Delayed Apple Intelligence, AI Dating & The Hybrid Office
This week we're talking delayed Apple Intelligence, the ex OpenAI scientist who is striking back, and how AI has taken the dating world hostage.
And out of AI and into the workplace, we'll be discussing hybrid working and what it means for the future of the office, plus how we can make the workplace more neurodivergent friendly.
Let’s get into it.
Open AI Meets NSA, Mouse Jigglers & When To Take A Break
This week we're a little concerned about OpenAI's newest development in their villain origin story, we talk health warnings for social media, and we congratulate LinkedIn on their new AI features.
Plus, we ask are mouse-jigglers over, and how do you know you need to take a computer break?
Let’s get into it.
Keynote Predictions, Total Recall & Insta Ads
This week we’re asking, What Will Apple Do?, debating the safety of the Microsoft Recall, and meeting our future AI avatars.
Plus, Instagram enforce ad breaks, and why bragging about stress at work is a bad idea.
Let’s get into it.
TikTok Election, Meta Data & The Lunch Break
This week we’ll be looking at our “TikTok Election”, Google’s AI Overviews’ fatal flaw, and how Meta are getting in on the game with our data.
Plus, would you use Google if you had another choice, and why we should stop the death of the lunch break.
Let’s get into it.
TikTok Denial, AI Assistant Ethics & Bye I
This week we’ll be talking about US TikTok creators in denial, the ethics of AI assistants, and the phone free city in the Uk.
Plus, are Apple dropping the i, and how can “Quiet Weekends” help your work-life balance?
Let’s get into it.
GPT4-o, Her & The Turing Test
This week the release of GPT4-o (the o stands for omni) launched us all once again into AI turmoil and hysteria.
We’ll be looking at what it can do, how does it pass the Turing test, and why is it doing it in Scarlett Johannson’s voice.
Plus, what happened to the safety team, and do we really need AI skills to get ahead at work now?
Let’s get into it.
Apple’s Crushing Error, Aggressive Algorithms & How To Sift
This week we’re dissecting the biggest marketing fail Apple have ever faced, looking at how TikTok will be fighting back in the face of their US ban and learning about how the UK are looking to toughen up the rules on pushing content to kids online.
Plus, we introduce the four-step method to spotting fake news, and bring you some either comforting or concerning news about using your brain at work, depending on your job…
Let’s get into it.
Algorithm Wars, Linked Games & Claude
This week we’re talking Instagram trying to fill TikTok’s shoes, as usual, introducing you to your new bestie, Claude, and playing games on LinkedIn.
Plus, teachers are taking on phones in schools and we’re trying to help you take on your emails.
Let’s get into it.
Bye Bye TikTok, Boring Phones & Main Characters
This week we will obviously be discussing the beginning of the end of TikTok, as the bell tolls giving ByteDance nine months to either sell, or hit the road, and how that will affect creators and businesses across the globe.
Plus, the deepfakes have already begun, and we look at the re-emergence of your old phones and how to be the main character in your work day.
Let’s get into it.
FYF, Microsoft Deepfakes & Student Phishing
This week we’re talking about TikTok’s overhaul of the FYF (For You Feed, to the uninitiated), Microsoft’s new deepfake machine, and the bitcoin halving event.
Plus, have you been phished by a student, and what is the big difference in making a first impression for a women in the workplace?
Let’s get into it.
Fake News, Streaming Fraud & AI Assistants
This week we’re talking why Made With AI labels may not be enough to convince our brains it isn’t real, plus we introduce you to streaming fraud and TikTok’s new Instagram.
We also ask if an AI assistant that spies on everything you do is a good or a bad idea, and why working less might not be enough to avoid burnout.
Let’s get into it.
Tragic Blue Check, Made With AI & Retro Gaming
This week we’ll be talking the tragedy of the blue check, Meta’s new “Made With AI” disclaimer, and the retro gaming boom sweeping through the generations.
Plus, is a soft life for you, and should you swap your to-do list for a did list?
Let’s get into it.
AI Apocalypse, Workaholics Anonymous & Pyjamas
This week we’re doing a deep dive into how we work with AI, after a recent scare from a thinktank predicting an AI jobs apocalypse, we’re asking if you’re seeing the glass half empty or half full?
Video game actors and wellbeing experts are coming down hard on one side…
Plus, we look at two opposite sides of the work spectrum, with one being attending workaholics anonymous, and the other going to work in actual pyjamas.
Let’s get into it.