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(00:00-19:21) When does Movie Boi: The Odyssey drop? John Rice (The Troublemaker) was on hold but he dropped during the break. Redbirds +300 to make the playoffs. Drink at SEC media days. Maybe we need to be represented at next year's SEC Media Days. Autonomous 4. You don't want your linemen with floppy breasts. Mississippi State may not win a game after seeing their TikTok. Human Centipede. A to M.(19:29-26:10) E-Mail of the Day(26:20-43:56) James Carlton is in studio but he's not gonna be much good to us today with the biggest steam engine ever coming through Webster Groves. James shot a 49 at Bellerive over the weekend. Trivia questions for kisses. Over/Under 6.5 wins for Mizzou this season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Doug says the lede is Spain winning the World Cup, and frankly, the dais is shocked. The totality of sports viewing was quite nice yesterday. Jackson's buddy hit a 5-leg future Champions parlay and got paid handsomely. Never go Full Strode. That's why Martin has the C on his sweater. Sad day for the Cardinals but the navy caps sure looked good.Doug looks like he did a rail. Jackson got a bad haircut and needs 10 days for it to bake. All hell broke loose yesterday in the Cardinal bullpen. Audio of Oli Marmol talking about the disappointing loss. McGreevy with another McGreevy-esque start. What's going on with Dustin May? Steven Time is all fired up. If this show was intelligent, no one would listen to it. Doug wolfed down two turkey burgers, chips, and an icre cream bar. TMA prom. Steve from Birmingham wants to talk about it. He says the Cardinals won't make the playoffs and Roy Oswalt is a partner.Feliz Cumpleaños Carlos Santana. Michelle Branch or Vanessa Carlton? TMA Rankings. ATMA Mondays. Audio of Mark Goldbridge reacting to Argentina fighting Spanish players after the game. Bieber killed the vibes at the halftime show. Uncomfortable with the whole Madonna situation. SEC Media Days. Hop to it, Toots.Joined by voice of the Blues, Chris Kerber. Jackson only gave Kerbs six seconds to be ready for his live read. Early look at the Blues 26-27 schedule. Signing McMichael. What are the players doing at this point in the offseason?World Cup seemed to go off without many hitches. Audio of Zlatan announcing that was his first and last time in the studio. Audio from ESPN UK's post-game calling Argentina's antics 'disgraceful.' Ryan Fox has a nice pace of play and looks like he can polish off some cheeseburgers. Bryson had himself an interesting weekend. Rory's not very fond of Bryson. Bryson wanted to enlist President Trump to get involved.Fellas, I'm over here cheating. Doug stumbled into a remarkably hoosier event this weekend. Cruisin' Lindbergh. Doug Rodham Vaughn hates when people have fun.When does Movie Boi: The Odyssey drop? John Rice (The Troublemaker) was on hold but he dropped during the break. Redbirds +300 to make the playoffs. Drink at SEC media days. Maybe we need to be represented at next year's SEC Media Days. Autonomous 4. You don't want your linemen with floppy breasts. Mississippi State may not win a game after seeing their TikTok. Human Centipede. A to M.E-Mail of the DayJames Carlton is in studio but he's not gonna be much good to us today with the biggest steam engine ever coming through Webster Groves. James shot a 49 at Bellerive over the weekend. Trivia questions for kisses. Over/Under 6.5 wins for Mizzou this season.Jackson's tribute to Sam Neill. Pipe Down, Welle. Mizzou night at Wrigley. Doug's not happy about it. Is it harder to get into Mizzou or kU? Beige aluminum siding. Has Drink been tanning? Pete Thamel reporting Ahmad Hardy is medically cleared bu timetable is still unknown. Gotta play Many Men by 50 Cent when Hardy makes his debut. Sport management is a REAL major.Jackson's not the best, but he's happy to be here.And the winner of the EMOTD is...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Panelists: Josh Anderson, Belva Smith and Brian Norton ATFAQ205: Q1. Multiple Sclerosis and office work, Q2. Sensory tools for loud environments, Q3. Screen Mag and accessibility tools for the computer, Q4. TBI memory and organizational tools, Q5. Future of autonomous transportation
(Presented by Thinkst Canary: Most Companies find out way too late that they've been breached. Thinkst Canary changes this. Deploy Canaries and Canarytokens in minutes and then forget about them. Attackers tip their hand by touching 'em giving you the one alert, when it matters. With zero admin overhead and almost no false-positives, Canaries are deployed (and loved) on all 7 continents.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 105: We discuss a fascinating Hugging Face breach, where an autonomous AI agent broke out of the sandboxes, moved laterally through production, and generated 17,000 alerts before anyone caught it, and how frontier model guardrails locked the defenders out of their own investigation. Plus, China's big AI showcase, Xi's pitch for open models and global distribution, a record 622-CVE Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and 13 years of dwell time in the Daxin backdoor. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu. Timestamps: 0:00 Introductory banter 3:51 Hugging Face discloses end-to-end agentic hack 9:42 Why Hugging Face couldn't use frontier models 13:28 AI guardrails hampering defenders 16:22 Codex vs Claude for real malware work 23:43 Flash attacks vs. going low and slow 30:27 Was it targeted, or did Hugging Face pwn itself? 38:11 Long-horizon coherence: what GLM 5.2 still can't do 41:27 Kimi K3 leapfrogs, and Xi's AI speech 52:15 Exceptionalism vs. distribution 1:11:05 Gold Eagle: the White House vulnerability clearinghouse 1:15:05 Microsoft patches 622 CVEs — a record 1:20:29 APT corner: Daxin resurfaces after 13 years of dwell time 1:29:45 Balochistan police, and Microsoft's attribution-free wiper 1:34:26 Denis Obrezkov, leaked Kaspersky records, and the wrong questions 1:46:01 Magnet Forensics sues over a burned iPhone bug 1:57:57 Shout-outs
We are now recording an audio version of written posts that we will upload to Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, which you can listen to by clicking the play button above.We continue our SoH (Strait of Hormuz) Crisis Takeaways series with a check-in on our Obliterating Peak Oil Demand theme that rejects the idea that anyone can know today what decade let alone year oil demand will ultimately peak and subsequently plateau or decline. We have yet to see a scenario from major agencies, banks, or consultants that solves for everyone on Earth some day becoming energy rich, which, in our view, is the ultimate direction of travel. The massive unmet energy needs of the other 7 billion people on Earth points to growth in all current major energy sources and technologies. Energy's natural hierarchy of needs points to a high motivation by especially billion-person-scale developing countries to crack the code on new energy technologies. How is there still any doubt that we will of course need rising amounts of both traditional and new energy sources and technologies for many, many decades to come?There is some thought among energy observers that the SoH Crisis will accelerate the timing of “peak oil demand.” It is a view we reject. Even under our base-case of a messy stalemate between the U.S. and Iran and volatile oil flows out of the Strait, we are highly skeptical we could see the kind of sustained, large-scale substitution out of refined oil products into alternatives that would result in even a plateauing of global oil demand at global GDP rates of 2.7% or higher. In fact, growth in EVs (electric vehicles) and LNG (liquefied natural gas) trucks is likely helping economic resiliency in countries like China and others in southeast Asia during a time of SoH-driven stress and therefore keeping global GDP at better levels than might otherwise be the case. The ultimate driver of all forms of energy, including crude oil, is GDP growth. The biggest risk from the SoH Crisis was (or maybe still is) a deep global recession that would hit demand for oil and other energy sources in the short run.The combination of the April 7 ceasefire and June 17 MOU—as imperfect as both agreements have been—significantly reduced worst-case “$200 oil / global recession” risks. There is also plenty of evidence that neither side is looking for the kind of prolonged full-scale ground war that could drive a more substantial and ongoing disruption of oil supplies out of the region. As such, we are skeptical the duration of the crisis has been anywhere near long enough to accelerate more meaningful behavioral change, even when measured over a longer time frame than just the next few years.As always, we keep an open mind and welcome pushback or different points of view. With that said, our confidence in this core view has only grown since we first unveiled our “Obliterating Peak Oil Demand” series three years ago (here). We use the popular Q&A format to address the main questions we receive on the failing peak oil demand thesis.Subscribe to Super-Spiked to receive all content via email. Also available on https://veriten.com.Question 1 (Q1): You had pushed back on the so-called “peak oil demand” view that was most prevalent during peak “energy transition-climate crisis” years of 2021-2023. Does the SoH Crisis mean “peak oil demand” is back on the table?Answer (A): No.We continue to push back hard on the idea that anyone today can model with any certainty when oil demand will peak, plateau, or possibly decline when the unmet energy needs of the other 7 billion people on Earth are as massive as they are. That has been and remains a core ethos of ours. There are no major external forecasters that we are aware of that have modeled full global prosperity—i.e., everyone on Earth enjoying the basic human right of being energy rich.Q2: Isn't there growing evidence that peak oil demand is at least on the horizon even if you don't think it is imminent?A: No, there isn't. In fact just the opposite. There is more evidence that it is nowhere in sight.At a big picture level, we disaggregate growth in oil demand into two component pieces: (1) global GDP growth; and (2) an “efficiency gain” metric that is the change in the number of barrels it takes to generate a $ of GDP (Exhibit 1). Incorporated into our efficiency gain metric are all the things that would improve the multiplier of GDP to oil demand, including substitute products like EVs and LNG trucks as well as fuel economy gains. It's all captured in that one metric.Our key conclusion is that every year we use slightly fewer barrels to generate a $ of GDP, but that the rate of improvement is well short of what is needed to even flatten global oil demand. The common mistake of every “peak oil demand” forecast we have seen, in particular those from the IEA and leading major oil companies, is a massive over-estimation of future efficiency gains. Typically, too quick of a ramp in EVs and other substitute products is compounded by an assumption that despite fuel economy targets having been missed by 75%-95% historically, they will be achieved at something approaching a 100% success ratio going forward. It has honestly been ridiculous how willing otherwise smart analysts have been to over model and at times double count those two impacts in particular.Exhibit 1: Oil demand derivationSource: Goldman Sachs Research, IEA, OPEC, Veriten.Q3: What is the risk to oil demand?A: It would be extended recession-like global GDP.Global GDP hasn't exactly been booming over the past several years, but at 2.7%-2.8% it has been good enough to drive around a 1 million b/d per year oil demand growth reality. Our number one concern when it comes to oil demand is always the health of the global economy. It is why we did not celebrate (from the perspective of traditional energy companies) the upside risk of $150-$200/bbl as you saw from the perma bulls. The reason being that the kind of oil price needed to motivate a global recession is hardly a bullish outcome for traditional energy companies.Q4: Aren't rising EV sales a risk to future oil demand?A: We disagree with the ICE (internal combustion engine) versus EV zero sum mindset that almost everyone has (there is common ground among the climate-is-the-top-priority crowd and oil sector enthusiasts on perceiving ICE vs EV as a zero sum game).There is no chance that especially the billion-person scale economies like China and India are going to want to subject themselves to the magnitude of oil imports that would come from achieving rich-world economic status but only with traditional energy products. We already know this from observing China and fully expect India to diversify its energy sources and technologies in order to ultimately limit oil imports relative to a scenario where alternatives did not exist. We have long championed the benefits of energy source and technology diversification as good for all forms of energy. As noted above, we believe global recession is the biggest risk to oil demand.In the case of the SoH Crisis, we believe new technologies like EVs, LNG trucks, and the ability to work-from-home via Zoom and related products has added critical flexibility to offsetting a major supply loss as has occurred with the SoH closure. To be sure, that flexibility alone did not remove the worst-case scenario of oil needing to spike to $150-$200/bbl in order to force global recession, but it certainly was part of a series of mitigations along with the material SPR and commercial inventory reductions and pipeline redirections.Let us repeat this to ensure the point is made: growth in new technologies like EVs, LNG trucks, and Zoom has been positive for oil demand in that it has been a contributing factor to ensuring ongoing global economic growth.Q5: Won't the SoH Crisis drive an even faster shift to non-ICE vehicles?A: Yes, we are bullish on global EV sales, especially in large parts of Asia.New vehicle sales are as good of an indication of healthy economic growth as any. If EV sales are growing rapidly, this is good for economic activity and hence oil demand.Q6: But those EV sales represent miles driven that won't be using gasoline?A: Correct. But they will also represent economic activity that perhaps wouldn't be occurring helping support other oil products.We would guard against analyses that show “oil demand avoided based on EV sales to date” we see being published by the IEA and others. Like the issues we see with peak oil demand in general as well as the on again-off again “oil glut” calls, these single-variable extrapolations do not tell the full story for oil demand. The fact is that you don't see the impact in our efficiency gain metric.To be sure, we agree that the outlook for gasoline is weaker than for other products like diesel, jet fuel, and petrochemical feedstocks, in part driven by rising EV sales. However, the existing ICE car park is massive and is expected to grow at a modest clip in the coming decades as highlighted in OPEC's most recent World Oil Outlook 2026 report (link).Looking at Exhibit 2, it is not obvious to us that gasoline demand will globally decline in the coming decades—a view that even many in the oil sector broadly accept. It also highlights how massive the existing stock of ICE vehicles are; the curve slopes slightly up and shows no signs of bending down.Exhibit 2: ICE car park rises slowly, while EV car park rises much faster of a small baseSource: OPEC World Oil Outlook 2026 report.Q7: Robotaxis and autonomous driving: An EV accelerant?A: Yes, quite possibly.The automotive and technology aspiration of autonomous mobility continues to make significant strides. We are optimistic on the progress to date and have high expectations that robotaxis and other forms of autonomous mobility are a present day opportunity, with the technology likely to grow significantly in the years ahead. While notionally an ICE vehicle should have as much of an opportunity to be autonomous as an EV, it is our understanding at this admittedly early stage of development that EVs will secure a more meaningful share of autonomous miles driven. This bears further analysis and an evaluation of how trends ultimately develop. The fact that EVs are inherently more “software oriented” is the reason often given for the EV preference for autonomous mobility.We will repeat the perspective we have maintained throughout this post: if the rise of autonomous mobility leads to increased economic activity—even if overwhelmingly met by EVs—it will benefit overall oil demand though non-gasoline refined products would benefit to a greater degree.Q8: Diversification benefits of having both ICE and EV?A: The idea that all economic activity should be tied to the electric grid is absurd.No country should or is going to aspire to “electrify everything.” At a country level, having a mix of energy sources and technologies is likely to create the greatest resiliency in an uncertain world. Currently, most countries are over-exposed to ICE vehicles as we can see in the car park comparison in Exhibit 2. The ability to avoid odd-even license plate days is enhanced by a greater EV share. As we have now said or implied several times in this post, we expect significant growth in EV sales in the decades ahead, outpacing growth in ICE vehicles.⚡️On A Personal Note: Onto My Third TeslaSince purchasing my first Tesla on my birthday in 2015—a 2015 Model S—I have been an EV-first driver for personal travel. In 2020, we traded in the Model S for a 2020 Model 3. About a month ago, we traded in that Model 3 for a 2026 Model Y. I love driving a Tesla and prefer it over a comparably priced ICE vehicle (I have no doubt that there are high-end ICE vehicles that would be more fun to drive than any of my Teslas). A few observations:* Full Self Driving (Supervised) is awesome and a better experience than any equivalent driver assist technology I have tried from other companies. It's not a close call in my view. Tesla appears to be well ahead of the competition on this. Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to try any of the Chinese EVs, which I will aim to do in the future.* A Model Y or Model 3, in my view, is currently a better value than comparable ICE vehicles in similar performance or price categories. As we have been shopping to refresh our two 2020-era cars, this has been a surprise. I would note that this is true at a time that there is no federal EV tax credit.* We had been hanging onto an ICE vehicle for long-distance travel. But with my parents now ten minutes away, instead of 5-7 hours away, there is no obvious reason to not consider being an all Tesla family.* On the last long distance trip we took, we rented a (ICE) minivan from Avis. This seems like a reasonable path forward. We aren't ever going to own a minivan, but our golden doodle was actually quiet and comfortable while being driven in it.Last week we took a trip to western Pennsylvania to visit relatives. It is about 250 miles in each direction. Overall, our experience with FSD was outstanding.* FSD for long-distance travel is an absolute no brainer, game changer. It is a huge improvement over equivalent driver-assist technology from the competitors I have tried.* There are two scenarios where I had less comfort: (1) construction zones with the concrete barriers during times of busy but flowing traffic including many 18-wheelers. The Model Y on FSD did not make a mistake we noticed, but the rate of speed (it drove at the speed limit) was faster on turns with trucks in the next lane than I would have attempted; (2) I made a different decision on whether to swerve or go over a deceased small animal than what FSD picked (it wanted to swerve).* FSD was especially outstanding during slow-moving traffic congestion.* Many smaller decisions it made to me seemed very “human like,” meaning it is how I would have approached the situation.* I was especially pleased to see that it recognized a person approaching a cross walk and came to a stop so they could cross (this was in a residential area of town).Autonomous driving is unquestionably a future that is fast approaching. Is the technology perfect? Of course not. But neither are human drivers. A Tesla does not text or drink and drive as an example. And while you can question some of the choices it made, it makes none of them due to drowsiness, distraction, or other stressors.Autonomous mobility is going to be a game changer in reducing overall traffic accidents and fatalities. It is going to be a game changer for people like my parents that have had to give up driving; they are both good with technology and could easily handle a future, improved version of FSD. I think autonomous mobility will be positive for miles driven and economic activity. Even if it is overwhelmingly EV focused in passenger vehicles, it is going to be positive for GDP growth and therefore oil demand.⚖️ DisclaimerI certify that these are my personal, strongly held views at the time of this post. My views are my own and not attributable to any affiliation, past or present. This is not an investment newsletter and there is no financial advice explicitly or implicitly provided here. My views can and will change in the future as warranted by updated analyses and developments. Some of my comments are made in jest for entertainment purposes; I sincerely mean no offense to anyone that takes issue.Subscribe to Super-Spiked to receive all content via email. Also available on https://veriten.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit arjunmurti.substack.com
Caleb Weiss explains the complex counterterrorism landscape in the Horn of Africa, where al-Shabaab and ISISoperate. He details how the semi-autonomous Puntland region is rejecting Mogadishu's authority. US policy faces significant hurdles as funding for African Union missions reaches a critical crossroads. (3)
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Bhaskar Sunkara grew up in Delhi, India, and moved to the states when he started working. He has lived in San Fransisco for several decades now, and has spent a lot of his professional life building systems (infrastructure, observability and now, analytics). His prior startup, AppDynamics, was eventually acquired by Cisco. In general, he stays curious about how things work, and likes to deconstruct systems to figure out how they work. Outside of tech, he is a big sports fan, enjoying football, baseball, cricket and basketball. In fact, he grew up watching Michael Jordan and the bulls.Bhaskar noticed that business teams were drowning in dashboards, and as such, were not sure how to take the next steps in the business. He and his team realized that what people needed was not a retroactive view, but a proactive one - something more akin to a 24x7 analyst.This is the creation story of Bicycle AI.SponsorsUnblockedTECH DomainsMezmoBraingrid.aiLinkshttps://bicycle.ai/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhaskarsunkara/Our Sponsors:* Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://cash.app* Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of Shift AI, Jared Wray, CEO and co-founder of Hyphen, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a wide-ranging conversation on how AI is poised to eliminate the complexity of cloud infrastructure and the DevOps role entirely.Jared shares his unconventional career journey from growing up in a small town in Idaho, where technology barely existed, to washing dishes at 15, teaching himself programming at the local ISP, and eventually founding five startups across cloud computing, energy tech, and developer infrastructure. From bootstrapping Tier 3 (acquired by CenturyLink) to co-founding Palmetto, now one of the largest energy lenders in the nation, Jared's path has been defined by a passion for solving infrastructure problems.The conversation dives deep into why DevOps has become painfully complex, with developers needing to glue together seven to thirteen different services just to deploy a single application across providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Cloudflare. Jared explains how Hyphen is using AI to abstract away this complexity by asking developers only for business rules like uptime requirements and performance needs, then letting the AI determine the right architecture, deploy it, and operate it autonomously.Boaz and Jared explore why tools like Claude Code and other coding agents still cannot handle the full deployment lifecycle, what it would look like if AI agents replaced PagerDuty by calling you during an outage with a diagnosis and recommendation, and why the future of infrastructure is an autonomous cloud where humans are decision makers and agents handle everything else. The episode closes with a forward-looking discussion on agent-only companies, the death of cloud certifications, and why Jared believes DevOps was a good idea that we ran too long.This episode is essential listening for CTOs, platform engineers, and startup founders who want to understand how AI is moving beyond writing code to fundamentally transforming how software is deployed, operated, and scaled.Chapters[00:00] From Pocatello to Five Startups: Jared's Career Journey[02:49] Building Fonz, Co-founding Palmetto, and Finding Passion in Infrastructure[06:05] Why AI Led Jared Back to Infrastructure with Hyphen[07:05] First Job as a Dishwasher and Breaking Into Tech[08:46] What Is DevOps and Why Does It Exist[10:49] Why Cloud Infrastructure Has Become So Painfully Complex[12:36] How AI Can Apply Best Practices Without Reinventing the Wheel[14:35] The Hyphen Developer Experience: Business Rules Over Architecture[17:14] Why Claude Code and Coding Agents Cannot Solve Infrastructure Yet[20:26] The Full Context Problem: Operating Across Multiple Cloud Providers[23:07] Autonomous Cloud: When Agents Talk to Agents[24:17] Replacing PagerDuty: AI Agents That Call You During Outages[28:47] March Madness, Live Streaming, and Why Five Minutes Feels Like a Lifetime[30:59] Two Words for the Future of Work: Autonomous Cloud[33:20] Agent-Only Companies and Why Humans Will Be CEOs[35:12] DevOps Was a Good Idea We Ran Too Long[35:41] What Is Next for HyphenConnect with Jared WrayLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredwray/Email: jw@hyphen.aiConnect with Boaz AshkenazyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boazashkenazy/Email: info@shiftai.fm
Autonomous vehicles are moving from science fiction to reality as legislation develops, driverless technology advances and on-the-road testing accelerates. But what happens to insurance when driverless cars start making decisions for themselves? New UK self-driving vehicle laws are expected to reshape liability and claims, as insurers, brokers and businesses prepare for the biggest change to motor insurance in decades. Our host, financial broadcaster and journalist Georgie Frost, is joined by Alexandra Wyard, Director of Product and Proposition for Personal Lines at Allianz UK, and Dominic Tough, Senior Research Engineer at Thatcham Research. In this episode, we discuss: How autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars and ADAS technology are changing the insurance landscape Autonomous vehicle liability, regulation and who pays when AI is ‘behind the wheel’? The role of vehicle data and risk assessment in a driverless future Robotaxis, autonomous fleets and the impact on commercial and personal insurance The importance of safety testing and human oversight as self-driving cars mix on crowded roads. Follow the series for notifications about future episodes. You can watch the podcast on Spotify and YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoLD_-KfE3a3mR38xel2jA58gVo3J6-Gs Want to help shape our future episodes? Share your ideas, thoughts and comments here | https://info.allianz.co.uk/insurance-tomorrow-podcast-survey.html Connect with us on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/allianzukbroker/ for broker insights and explore the Allianz Knowledge Centre | https://www.allianz.co.uk/broker/knowledge-centre.html for webinars, articles and resources on business risks and other key topics. A podcast series by Allianz Insurance, produced by Fresh Air Production.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For review:1. US Military planners have in recent weeks examined a range of options for possible action against the island, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of U.S. soldiers to be carried out by the 101st Airborne Division, the only unit trained for such a task, according to multiple U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions. 2. US President Trump is leaning toward further expanding US military operations in Iran, according to reports Wednesday, after huddling with top aides in the White House Situation Room the previous night to discuss potentially launching a major offensive against Iran in the coming days.3. The United States launched fresh waves of strikes on Iran on Wednesday afternoon and evening after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports.4. Iran is signaling it could use Yemen's Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea.5. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States on Saturday night, a senior Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.6. Russia said on Wednesday that any multinational force sent by Ukraine's allies to deploy there in the event of a peace deal would be unacceptable to Moscow, which would view it as a threat and a legitimate military target.7. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as the country's minister of defense after just six months in office.8. The Army could award contracts for its high-profile Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program next month, according to Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service's portfolio acquisition executive for Fires.The CAML program is set to serve as a replacement for the Army's Typhon — its Mid-Range Capability (MRC) long-range launcher — as the service discovered the Typhon was a bit too large to operate on the battlefield.
Former US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot turned Autonodyne CEO Steve Jacobson discusses one of the most important and least understood aspects of future air combat: the human-machine interface. Jake shares stories from flying and testing the Warthog, explains why he turned down Test Pilot School before ultimately finding his way into flight test anyway, and reflects on how those experiences shaped his approach to designing command-and-control software for autonomous aircraft. Support this podcast at — https://www.patreon.com/cw/ftrpltpdcst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Six months in, Amanda Moran, is rebuilding customer success from scratch.She spent eight years at LinkedIn mastering the old playbook: rules, workflows, perfectly timed emails. Now she's VP of Digital Customer Success at Darktrace, a cybersecurity company betting its future on securing AI itself.But she's stuck on the question keeping every CS leader up at night. Autonomous agents aren't here. You can feel them coming. So what do you build right now, without wasting months on work the agents will replace?Josh Schachter pushes into the hard parts: the data nobody connects, and why the next cybersecurity battle is the AI you're about to deploy.This one's for anyone building toward a future that hasn't arrived.---Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com.---What you'll learn- Why rules-based outreach is on its way out, and what comes next- How to build CS today without locking in throwaway automation- The pooled support model behind 5 people serving 10,000 customers- Why agentic AI is cybersecurity's next frontier- The hidden signals in community and learning data- What CS leaders are all quietly trying to figure out--- Timestamps0:00 - Preview & Introduction1:42 - Meet Amanda Moran & Overview of Darktrace3:00 - Transitioning from LinkedIn to cybersecurity4:03 - Building AI-driven email engagement6:50 - The Digital CS org at Darktrace 9:20 - The pooled model11:39 - Renewals at Darktrace12:45 - Securing AI itself: the July launch14:17 - Internal AI enablement15:17 - Building CS before the agents take over17:50 - The data problem20:10 - The in-between phase nobody has cracked---Josh is writing a book on building customer relationships. Follow his journey and insights at www.joshschachter.com---Where to Find the GuestAmanda Moran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandammoran/---Where to Find Josh:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/Unchurned Substack: https://unchurned.substack.com/
Where is revenue silently leaking inside enterprise systems?In this episode of XTraw AI, Raghu Banda continues the special series Architecting the Autonomous Enterprise with Ahmed Munir, exploring how hidden execution gaps across enterprise systems can quietly impact revenue, operations, and business performance.Where revenue leakage occurs across pricing, contracts, order management, billing, and operationsWhy ERP, CRM, and Order-to-Cash systems often fall short as true revenue execution platformsHow enterprises can architect for revenue integrity, monetization, and autonomous execution readinessYou can reach @ Ahmed @ RaghuMore info @ XTraw AI
We are happy to welcome back actress Erin Áine and director Kyle Valle to talk about the series Autonomous Autonomous: A couple boards a Gomo — a self-driving rideshare cab — only to find themselves trapped with no way out. 16 episodes of pure claustrophobic terror. Kyle Valle is known for ZombieCON (2018), Journeyman (2015) and ZombieCON Vol. 1 (2024). He has been married to Erin Áine since 2024. They have one child. Growing up in Atlanta, Erin began performing in school plays and musicals as well as singing in Atlanta's International Youth Chorus before signing with a theatrical agent at 11. Erin built a thriving acting career, booking roles in Bobby Jones, A Stroke of Genius, indie darlings Dance of the Dead and The Fat Boy Chronicles, NBC's Field of Vision, and worked as a host in Guatemala for travel series WayFinder. While studying at Vanderbilt University., she booked co-star and lead roles in shows and films including The Vampire Diaries, Revolution, Quarantine 2: Terminal, and Tom Holland's Twisted Tales, etc. Since relocating to Los Angeles, Erin co-founded production company Big Squid Productions and streaming platform MewNowTV with husband Kyle Valle and has produced, cast, and worked as 1st or 2nd Director while occasionally starring in over a dozen short films, series and features. If you want to support the show, head over to http://tee.pub/lic/HIbVFqhaUyA and grab a shirt! We are proud to be part of The Dorkening Podcast Network https://www.thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ Find out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/528c058b-2e1e-4e49-ba5c-072007d8860e This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Starting off July on a Wobble SpaceX added to NAZ100 Oil prices drifting lower – Gas at the pump? JOBS Number – Odd Move Saylor is selling Bitcoin! PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? PayPal.Donation.Button({ env:'production', hosted_button_id:'JJJHP2GDEJC7J', image: { src:'https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif', alt:'Donate with PayPal button', title:'PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!', } }).render('#donate-button'); Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - JOBS Number - Odd Move - Saylor is selling Bitcoin! - VEGGIE ALERT! - US RESUMES POWERFUL STRIKES ON IRAN (Is this still a ceasefire?) Markets - Starting off July on a Wobble - SpaceX added to NAZ100 - Oil prices drifting lower - Gas at the pump? - Oracle - Canary? World Cup? - USA is out... (Bad goalie move last night) IRAN - Looks like war is back on - at least for tonight - Oil rises about 3% on the news - US revokes Iran's ability to sell oil around the world - Markets don't seem overly concerned - VIX still low at 16 - Odds that this will be more than a quick in and out? --- Could it be that Iran was waiting until after the Funeral? JOBS COOL, FED STILL HOT - June payrolls came in at +57,000, well under the +110,000 estimate. - April and May were revised down by a combined 74,000 jobs. - Unemployment slipped to 4.2%, but not for the best reason: the labor force shrank by 720,000 people. - Labor-force participation fell to 61.5%, the lowest in more than five years. - Leisure and hospitality lost 61,000 jobs, a notable hit to the consumer-service economy. - Average hourly earnings rose $0.13 in June. - Fed setup: weaker hiring argues for patience, but inflation is still above target, so the market is back to parsing every Fed sentence. - - Fed Funds Futures Now only ONE Raise by Year-End DOW RECORD, NASDAQ WOBBLE - The Dow closed at a record 52,900.07 after the soft jobs report cooled near-term rate-hike fear. - S&P 500 finished roughly flat. - Nasdaq fell about 0.8% as chip stocks dragged the tape lower. - The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped more than 5% on July 2. - Apple rose nearly 5% on iPhone launch optimism. - Nvidia and other AI/chip names stayed volatile after a huge first-half run. - Goldman client data showed hedge funds dumped tech hardware and semiconductor exposure for a fourth straight week. - The issue is not "AI is dead"; the issue is when all the AI capex turns into visible returns. TESLA BEATS DELIVERIES, STOCK STILL GETS HIT - Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in Q2, a record quarter and above Wall Street expectations. - Production was 451,758 vehicles. - Model 3/Y made up 467,762 deliveries. - Other models were only 12,364. - Energy storage deployments were 13.5 GWh. - Shares fell about 7.5% after the report, the worst one-day drop in roughly a year. - Pressure points: margin worries, price cuts, demand sustainability, and the market questioning whether the EV story is enough at a very rich valuation. - As of Monday afternoon, TSLA was around $420 with a market cap near $1.49 trillion and a trailing P/E around 385. MORE MUSK - TESLA PUTS AI ON A BUDGET - Tesla reportedly capped employee spending on third-party AI tools at $200 per week starting July 6. - Grok was reportedly exempt from the cap. - Setup: Tesla wants employees using AI, but not running up unlimited outside-token bills. - Cost-control angle: AI is becoming a normal operating expense, not a science project. - Funny part: even at Tesla, the AI bill apparently needs a limiter. NVIDIA SERVER DELAY NOISE - Nvidia shares held up despite reports of delays tied to its next AI server architecture. - SemiAnalysis reportedly said Nvidia's Kyber architecture could slip by up to 12 months into 2028. - Nvidia pushed back and said its development roadmap is unchanged. - Mizuho called the delay report "noise" and said it was not a material issue for the stock. - NOTE: Story is still report-driven, not company-confirmed. ORACLE - CANARY? - Oracle's stock fell 19% this week, the steepest drop since August 2001, the depths of the dot-com bust. - The company's capital expenditures surged 162% in the latest fiscal year, with almost $24 billion in negative free cash flow and $130 billion in debt. - Co-founder Larry Ellison has fallen behind the Google co-founders, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell on the list of the world's richest people. - After the company reached a peak market cap of $900 billion in September, on enthusiasm about Oracle's AI customers, the stock has lost about 55% of its value. - The crux of the problem is that for Oracle to fulfill its AI infrastructure commitment, primarily to OpenAI, it's having to raise record amounts of debt, creating balance sheet risk while focusing on lower-margin offerings. SPACEX ENTERS THE INDEX MACHINE - SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq-100 on Tuesday after its recent IPO. - The company's valuation is around $2.1 trillion. - Its Nasdaq-100 weight will initially be under 1% because of limited public float. - Index-tracking funds tied to the Nasdaq-100 will need exposure, creating automatic demand. - Key issue: big valuation, small float, forced index buying. - Watch the lockup calendar: index inclusion can create near-term demand, but employee and insider selling later can change the supply picture. - Podcast angle: retail gets "SpaceX exposure" through QQQ, but not necessarily much exposure at first. STRATEGY SELLS BITCOIN TO PAY THE BILLS - Strategy sold 3,588 bitcoin last week for about $216 million. - Proceeds are being used for preferred-stock dividends and dollar reserves. - The company still holds 843,775 bitcoin, valued around $52 billion. - Q2 included an $8.32 billion paper loss tied to bitcoin weakness. - The company's average bitcoin purchase price is around $75,476. - Recent sale prices were around $59,000 to $61,000. - Funny part: the former "never sell" bitcoin treasury poster child is now selling bitcoin to service the capital structure. - Watch for copycats: any company that copied the bitcoin-treasury model may face the same liquidity math if crypto stays weak. MICROSOFT CUTS AGAIN - Microsoft said it will cut about 4,800 jobs. - Shares slipped nearly 1%. - Job cuts landed while investors are still rewarding AI spending. - The message? spend heavy on AI, cut elsewhere. --- Yes, AI is killing jobs... SERVICES HOLD AT 54 - ISM non-manufacturing PMI came in at 54.0. - Result matched expectations. - Reading above 50 means services activity is still expanding. - Market took it as firm enough for growth, not hot enough to force an immediate Fed move. EARNINGS SEASON STARTER - Delta and PepsiCo report this week. - Levi Strauss also reports this week. - Delta is the read on travel, premium demand, fuel, and consumer resilience. - PepsiCo is the read on snack pricing, volume, and lower-income consumer pressure. - Q2 earnings bar is high after the market's strong second-quarter rally. OIL BACK TO PRE-IRAN WAR LEVELS - Brent settled around $71.99. - WTI settled around $68.55. - OPEC+ approved another output-target increase for August, adding 188,000 barrels per day. - Since April, planned increases add up to nearly 800,000 barrels per day. - Crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, taking some geopolitical premium out of the market. - Saudi Arabia cut official selling prices, another sign the market is shifting from shortage panic to buyer resistance. - Good for headline inflation if it sticks; bad for energy bulls who were pricing war-premium oil. SPR DRAWDOWN - U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 6.2 million barrels. - SPR level is now 319.5 million barrels. - That is the lowest level since April 1983. - Drawdown comes while oil prices are easing and OPEC+ is adding supply. - Energy setup: lower crude helps inflation, but reserve levels are historically thin. MORE OIL - CHINA BUYS THE DIP - China stepped up Middle East oil purchases as prices fell. - Saudi Arabia cut export prices to Asia to a six-year low. - Brent settled at $71.99. - WTI settled at $68.55. - OPEC+ approved another August production increase of 188,000 barrels per day. - Planned OPEC+ supply increases since April now total nearly 800,000 barrels per day. - Lower oil supports disinflation but raises questions about global demand. VEGGIE ALERT Item Status Asparagus ESCALATED Artichokes EXTREME Cantaloupe EXTREME Fennel (Anise) EXTREME Green Leaf / Red Leaf Lettuce ESCALATED Honeydews EXTREME Iceberg Lettuce EXTREME Limes (175's and larger) ESCALATED Green Bell Peppers ESCALATED Romaine Lettuce EXTREME Romaine Hearts EXTREME White Asparagus ESCALATED Snacking Tomatoes (Grape & Cherry) ESCALATED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - Conair Recalls Over One Million Cuisinart Grill Brushes Due to Ingestion Hazard - Product: Metal Wire Bristle Grill Brushes - 1 Million or so - BUT none of these are any good..... CHINA NOT MESSING AROUND - A Chinese court handed a rare death sentence to a former official on corruption charges, in a severe punishment underscoring the intensity of President Xi Jinping's anti-graft crackdown. - Yang Youlin, a former vice director of an economic zone in the eastern city of Nanjing, was sentenced to death on Monday for taking more than 2.21 billion yuan ($325 million) of bribes between 2013 and 2023, according to the state broadcaster China Central Television. - Yang was found guilty also of embezzlement, abuse of power and money laundering. His crimes were “exceptionally grave” and caused massive losses, warranting the capital sentence, CCTV reported, citing the Changzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province. DRONES - Dronemaker AeroVironment reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat on the top and bottom lines. - The company's funded backlog of $1.2 billion was up substantially over last year, but grew only slightly from the $1.1 billion last quarter. - Autonomous systems were a strong point with revenue of $492 million that beat the $402 million StreetAccount expectation. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? PayPal.Donation.Button({ env: 'production', hosted_button_id: 'JJJHP2GDEJC7J', image: { src: 'https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif', alt: 'Donate with PayPal button', title: 'PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!' } }).render('#donate-button-2'); THE CLOSEST TO THE PIN for SpaceX (SPCX) Winners will be getting great stuff like the new "OFFICIAL" DHUnplugged Shirt! FED AND CRYPTO LIMERICKS See this week's stock picks HERE Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter
In this episode, Shannon Tynes and Ryan Williams Sr. discuss the alarming rise of AI-driven cyber attacks, recent privacy breaches by intelligence agencies, and the evolving landscape of cybersecurity in the age of AI. They also cover updates on Apple's rapid patching cycle and share personal stories and insights on technology and security. Article: An AI just carried out a cyber attack without any human oversight for the first timehttps://www.the-independent.com/tech/security/ai-cyber-security-ransomware-attack-b3008237.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbnJOMm5USWIybDJZMmQzTnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7Flg-ptEkmASGBodEPmmttjehi5Q_xYMfHRTNen_m7SwxUr87VOXEOkOZ9Vw_aem_-JOQZ2hPL1qCeI454xF2GgDutch intelligence agencies accused of privacy breaches in large-scale data processinghttps://nltimes.nl/2026/07/01/dutch-intelligence-agencies-accused-privacy-breaches-large-scale-data-processing?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbnJOMm5USWIybDJZMmQzTnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6wWVCrKfjO3Sdtq891gt7lEhOtg-MI0Xxmue-ZV55S2FNJVb24-D6yDnmgXw_aem_ySHm_VD6ya8cRRCetT4JTQApple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AIhttps://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/apple-patch-policy-ai?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExbnJOMm5USWIybDJZMmQzTnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR48q4EcdpBs3ryWGVcMxw-rY3nRv2h_ryMLbokyjfUhkHfGnUz6M9FCwGN20w_aem_k3vvuJhHFO2Va-J_ZvuUCQ Buy my book: https://www.theothersideofthefirewall.com/ Please LISTEN
Autonomous rides are expanding nationwide, with Waymo adding more U.S. markets as the robotaxi race accelerates. Matt Jones, independent auto expert in Los Angeles, joins Rob Hart on the WBBM Noon Business Hour with the details.
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Brett Suma, President and COO of Bot Auto, joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Bot Auto's playbook for autonomously driving one billion autonomous miles in four years.On April 29th by completing its first humanless run from Houston to Dallas. To achieve long-term growth and commercial success, Bot Auto is rejecting the standard driver-as-a-service intermediary model used by its competitors. Instead, the company is building direct relationships with shippers and designing a utility grid of capacity focused on solving network sequencing, lane selection, and utilization.As the company focuses on capital-efficient deployment, Bot Auto plans to sidestep raising large funding rounds to purchase depreciating operations assets. Instead, the company will rely on traditional financing methods, established banking relationships, and an experienced sales force to scale its tractor and trailer counts. With a comprehensive five-year financial roadmap in place, Bot Auto is positioning itself to scale organically based on market demand, setting a disciplined target of one billion autonomous miles within the next four years.Episode Chapters0:00 Why Bot Auto4:56 April 29th Humanless Houston to Dallas Run9:52 Economics of Humanless Miles14:36 Building a Trucking Business17:17 Capacity as a Utility Grid, Not Truck Counts24:19 Bot Auto's Business Model29:34 CapEx and Financing Trucks32:15 Hidden Risk of Operating a Mixed Fleet41:49 Staying Disciplined as Bot Auto Grows44:24 One Billion Autonomous Miles in Four Years47:36 AUTNMY AI--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy is the leading applied intelligence platform covering the convergence of automation, autonomy, and the Autonomy Economy.™.Through our podcasts, newsletter, Indices and proprietary applied intelligence, we set the narrative for institutional investors, industry executives, and policymakers navigating the convergence of automation, autonomy, and economic growth.Join institutional investors and industry leaders who read This Week in The Autonomy Economy every Sunday. Each edition delivers exclusive insight and commentary on the autonomy economy, helping you stay ahead of what's next.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletterFollow The Road to Autonomy IndicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The largest commercial autonomous system on earth isn't a robotaxi fleet — it's Zipline, which has flown 140 million autonomous miles with zero safety incidents. Co-founder Keller Rinaudo Cliffton and Eric Watson, who leads systems engineering and safety, explain why the drone itself is only 15% of the solution. The rest spans inventory management, air traffic integration, and engineering systems such as a dual flight computer failover protocol that recently saved a delivery mid-flight. They trace Zipline's path from launching blood delivery in Rwanda in 2016 (when drone delivery was illegal in the US) to a 51% reduction in maternal mortality in that country, a $550 million commercial diplomacy partnership with the State Department, and a cost curve that fell from $300 per delivery to $12. Zipline is now racing toward a million deliveries a day, and a quiet inflection point when autonomous delivery becomes cheaper than sending a car. Hosted by Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, Sequoia Capital
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Kyle Valle and Erin Áine return to the USDN Podcast to discuss Autonomous, the innovative indie horror series helping launch Screamify's new Micro Horror format.After first joining the USDN Podcast in December 2025 to discuss ZombieCON Volume 1, Kyle and Erin return to the Council to share the journey behind their latest project. We explore the evolution of Big Squid Productions, independent horror filmmaking, vertical storytelling, production challenges, working with Screamify, and what it takes to create original horror outside the traditional studio system.Whether you're an independent filmmaker, horror fan, or creator looking for inspiration, this episode offers an honest behind-the-scenes look at bringing ambitious ideas to life with passion, creativity, and determination.Topics Covered• Autonomous• Screamify Micro Horror• Independent Horror Filmmaking• Vertical Storytelling• Big Squid Productions• Behind-the-Scenes Production Stories• Independent Film Distribution• ZombieCON and Returning to USDN• The Future of Horror StorytellingFollow Kyle Valle & Erin Áine:ZombieCONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/zombieconmovie/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zombieconmovie/Big Squid ProductionsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigsquidfilms/Kyle ValleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kykyv71/Erin ÁineInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin_aine/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mewnownews/Support USDN
Ajay Kulkarni grew up in tech, as his father was a tech entrepreneur selling PC's in the early 80's. He went to college in MIT, and eventually founded a startup that was acquired by GroupMe (while it was being acquired by Skype... while they were being acquired by Microsoft). He's always been attracted to building things, so startups are right up his alley. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 young kids. He is a big exercise guy... he loves to run, swim and track his steps. Additionally, he loves music - to listen, and to play guitar, piano and drums.Ajay and his co-founder met 30 years ago at MIT. They reconnected after years of doing their own thing, starting to dig into the iOT world. In doing this, they built a database because they the best solution to store this data... and in doing so, they unlocked their next venture out of this necessity.This is the creation story of Tiger Data.SponsorsUnblockedTECH DomainsMezmoBraingrid.aiLinkshttps://www.tigerdata.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaykulkarni/Our Sponsors:* Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://cash.app* Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
AI-Powered Malware and the Future of Threat HuntingOn this episode of Crying Out Cloud, Eden Koby Naftali & Amitai Cohen sit down with John Hammond to unpack the reality of autonomous AI hacking and why cybercriminals are operating like Fortune 500 startups.1. Why modern ransomware groups have sales teams, HR, and go-to-market strategies.2. How autonomous AI agents are finding zero-days while researchers sleep.3. Glimpsing the future of non-deterministic, AI-driven command and control (C2) servers.4. Real talk on incident response burnout and why the "always-on" hustle is breaking defenders.
Autonomous AI and agentic AI are moving from experiments into real enterprise workflows. But are businesses truly ready to let AI systems plan, decide and take action on their behalf?In this interview, I speak with Shayan Mohanty, Chief Data and AI Officer at Thoughtworks, about the next phase of enterprise AI and what leaders need to do now to prepare.We explore the shift from AI assistants and copilots to autonomous agents, why governance and accountability need to be built into the architecture, and how enterprises can move beyond proof-of-concept projects toward scalable, production-grade AI systems.Shayan also explains why competitive advantage in the AI era may come less from access to the latest model and more from orchestration, AI-ready data, responsible engineering and the ability to redesign work around intelligent systems.This conversation is essential viewing for CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and business leaders who want to understand what autonomous AI means for enterprise transformation, governance, software development and the future of work.If you'd like to explore how enterprises are preparing for this next wave of agentic AI, Thoughtworks' latest white paper, The Agentic Enterprise, offers practical perspectives and real-world insights. https://www.thoughtworks.com/about-us/partnerships/cloud/aws/building-the-agentic-enterprise-ecosystem?utm_source=organic-influencer&utm_medium=influencer-marketing&utm_campaign=eai_tsi_rp-gl-pspt_rewire-for-agents_2026-05&utm_term=bernard-video-interview&utm_content=video#Sponsored Autonomous AI in the enterpriseAgentic AI and AI agentsAI governance and accountabilityEnterprise AI readinessMoving AI from pilots to productionAI-ready data and orchestrationThe future of software development#AutonomousAI #AgenticAI #EnterpriseAI #AIagents #ArtificialIntelligence #AIGovernance #AITransformation #DigitalTransformation #Thoughtworks #AIworks #FutureOfWork #BusinessTechnology
Sean Barry's team used to spend six months building a feature. Now they build it in two to three weeks.In Part 2, Sean and Dwayne move from the AI transformation inside LeanScaper to the bigger picture: what the software industry looks like in twelve months, why autonomous cars and AI adoption are fundamentally different problems, and what it actually means to participate in this change rather than spectate. In this episode: Why the software industry is facing a potential 50-80% company turnover in the next 12-18 months — and why it's simultaneously the best time to be a consumer of technology and the most terrifying time to be building it The voice and ambient AI future that Sean sees arriving in the next 12 months: screens shrinking from 98% of the interface to 60%, then 20%, as conversational AI replaces the need to navigate software at all Why AI adoption is fundamentally different from autonomous car adoption — when the choice is 150 hours of your time versus 5 hours with AI, it's not a choice your employer gives you, it's a choice that gets made for you How AI can lift wages across entire workforces by removing waste from businesses — Sean's case that the real gift of AI isn't productivity, it's the ability to pay people more Sean's closing philosophy on AI and empathy: the sentiment is largely negative because people aren't participating, and the antidote isn't optimism — it's getting informed, then helping others do the same Start building your identity with Dwayne's Identity Framework created for the LeanScaper Conference: https://www.dwaynekerrigan.com/identity-framework/Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Be Informed About AI 00:25 - Podcast Intro 01:26 - Shipping Faster With AI 05:55 - Producing What Was Impossible 09:52 - Keeping Pace With Change 11:01 - AI's Growth Curve 12:11 - Voice First Interfaces 16:54 - Future Of Software SaaS 21:16 - Build Vs Buy For SMBs 25:23 - Leverage Expertise With AI 27:31 - Does It Ever Normalize 31:12 - Autonomous cars 35:35 - Removing Waste Raising Wages 37:32 - Robotics And Scarcity 42:16 - How We Treat AI 46:12 - Participate With Empathy 51:12 - Closing And Disclaimers Resources mentioned: LeanScaper — AI operating system for the landscape industry Lana — LeanScaper's AI agent Mark Bradley — founder and chairman of LeanScaper Claude Code — referenced by Dwayne as the platform he used for his planned 10-week AI course for his staff and their families Lovable — referenced as a tool enabling small business owners to build their own apps Eleven Labs / Cartesia — referenced in context of voice AI development OpenClaw agents and Jarvis — referenced by Dwayne in context of his own AI setup Tesla / Waymo — referenced in autonomous vehicle comparison Anthropic — referenced re: recursive self-improvement blog post released day of recording Paul Akers's episode on The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast — referenced regarding eliminating business waste: Episode 135: The Lean Maniac: Paul Akers on Eliminating Waste Quotes: “ This isn't a choice. Like, people who think this is a choice aren't paying attention. Back to what I said before, this happens either to you or with you.” - Sean Barry “ What we accomplished in that two, three weeks would have taken us six months.” - Sean Barry “ I honestly think it's normalizing already, and I have a wonderful wife who, who grounds me in these things because as well I'm like, "Man, if we're not go, go, go, like, we're gonna be left behind." And her very nuanced understanding of people, way better than I have, is like change takes time and people need time.” - Sean Barry “ Nobody likes uncertainty, but that's where all the growth lies, is in your uncomfort.” - Dwayne Kerrigan “ We can help an industry transform the lives of its entire workforce because we can take all of the waste out, and then all of a sudden there's enough money to really pay people well.” - Sean Barry About Sean Barry: Sean Barry is the Chief Product Officer at LeanScaper, an AI operating system and business community built specifically for the landscape and snow contracting industry. He brings nearly two decades of product and digital leadership experience, including almost four years at LMN (Landscape Management Network) — the landscape industry's leading business management platform — where he rose from SVP of Product to Chief Product Officer. Before entering the green industry, Sean spent 14 years at Laughlin Constable, a Milwaukee-based agency, where he built his career from Lead Engineer to SVP of Digital, Account and Innovation. He is currently at the forefront of applying AI to real-world business operations for contractors. Connect with Sean Barry: https://leanscaper.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbarry/ Connect with Dwayne Kerrigan Facebook Instagram Linked In Website Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed by guests during The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Dwayne Kerrigan and his affiliates. Dwayne Kerrigan or The Dwayne Kerrigan Podcast is not responsible for and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information contained in the podcast series. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. 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On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, hosts Malcolm Harris and Michael Vincent kick off July with a packed show covering some of the biggest stories shaping transportation and logistics. First, they break down the latest headlines, including the surprising rise in containers lost at sea, the dismissal of C.H. Robinson from a high-profile Florida trucking lawsuit, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' veto of legislation that would have allowed certain nonviolent inmates to receive CDL training before release. The conversation dives into liability, workforce development, public safety, and second chances in the trucking industry. Then, Brett Suma, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bot Auto, joins the show to discuss the future of autonomous trucking. Brett shares why he joined Bot Auto, the state of AI in transportation, why Texas has become the epicenter of autonomous freight operations, and how physical AI could transform the supply chain in the years ahead. He also reflects on leadership, innovation, and building the next generation of logistics companies. Later, Danny Ramon, Subject Matter Expert for Cargo Theft at Overhaul, returns to the show to analyze a massive $2.1 million cargo theft involving women's apparel in Southern California. Danny breaks down how organized cargo theft operations work, why cross-docking schemes are becoming more common, what criminals are targeting today, and how shippers can better protect their freight during one of the busiest shipping seasons of the year. Topics covered: Autonomous trucking and AI in logistics Bot Auto's vision for the future of freight Cargo theft trends and prevention strategies The $2.1 million California cargo heist C.H. Robinson's removal from a Florida lawsuit CDL training programs for inmates Supply chain and transportation industry headlines Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor - GNOSIS FREIGHT Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, hosts Malcolm Harris and Michael Vincent kick off July with a packed show covering some of the biggest stories shaping transportation and logistics. First, they break down the latest headlines, including the surprising rise in containers lost at sea, the dismissal of C.H. Robinson from a high-profile Florida trucking lawsuit, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' veto of legislation that would have allowed certain nonviolent inmates to receive CDL training before release. The conversation dives into liability, workforce development, public safety, and second chances in the trucking industry. Then, Brett Suma, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bot Auto, joins the show to discuss the future of autonomous trucking. Brett shares why he joined Bot Auto, the state of AI in transportation, why Texas has become the epicenter of autonomous freight operations, and how physical AI could transform the supply chain in the years ahead. He also reflects on leadership, innovation, and building the next generation of logistics companies. Later, Danny Ramon, Subject Matter Expert for Cargo Theft at Overhaul, returns to the show to analyze a massive $2.1 million cargo theft involving women's apparel in Southern California. Danny breaks down how organized cargo theft operations work, why cross-docking schemes are becoming more common, what criminals are targeting today, and how shippers can better protect their freight during one of the busiest shipping seasons of the year. Topics covered: Autonomous trucking and AI in logistics Bot Auto's vision for the future of freight Cargo theft trends and prevention strategies The $2.1 million California cargo heist C.H. Robinson's removal from a Florida lawsuit CDL training programs for inmates Supply chain and transportation industry headlines Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor - GNOSIS FREIGHT Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode we speak with Andrew Clare, CEO of Elroy Air, which builds the Chaparral, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL that hauls cargo in detachable pods for middle-mile commercial and defense logistics. Elroy is a 10-year-old company built on three then-unpopular bets: cargo over passengers, hybrid-electric over pure battery, and autonomous over piloted. Andrew, formerly CTO of Nuro, joined to turn that foundation into a scaled business, and the company has since demonstrated its transition flight, signed a US manufacturing deal with Kratos and a $200 million JV with Barq in the UAE, won a slot in the White House eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, and announced plans to go public near a billion-dollar valuation.Most of the conversation was about what it takes to get from a working aircraft to a deployed logistics system, and why Andrew believes autonomous cargo scales well before passenger aviation. He argues one pod-based platform can serve a FedEx milk run, an Army resupply, and an ISR mission, that hybrid-electric is the only way to get useful payload and range without field charging infrastructure, and that defense demand is surging because contested logistics has become a requirement. We pushed on why a clean-sheet VTOL beats autonomy bolted onto a proven Caravan, how the automotive data-flywheel intuition transfers to a domain with far fewer cycles, and where the moat sits once hybrid-electric and autonomy are no longer contrarian. Andrew was most candid about the road ahead, from scaling production to hardening the aircraft for contested, GPS-denied operations alongside the Army.
Dan O'Toole, Founder and CEO of Arrive AI, is bringing asynchronous autonomous delivery systems to healthcare environments, enabling robots and drones to make deliveries without the recipient needing to be present. The goal is to automate logistical tasks to solve major inefficiencies in hospitals, freeing skilled workers from moving samples and supplies, which in turn improves the quality of care and reduces clinician burnout. The system is presented as a way to make processes better, faster, fresher, cheaper, greener, and safer by eliminating bottlenecks and ensuring sample integrity through features such as temperature control and a security chain of custody. Dan explains, "I love that you started out with the term asynchronous. Nobody ever even knows what that is. So I applaud you. Thank you. That is the key to autonomy. Without it, you're not unlocking the full value of autonomy. So basically here at Arrive AI what we are doing is we're building the next network and platform to support and scale all kinds of autonomous delivery, whether it's robots, drones, unmanned vehicles, and still supporting conventional delivery, UPS, US Postal Service, and others. So we're excited about that." "But right now, anytime autonomous delivery happens, two things have to happen. You have to be there to meet the mode of delivery, and it has to be there to meet you. When you have an Arrive Point™ in that ecosystem, you've unlocked all the value of autonomous delivery because now the robot can beat you there. It can drop off the item that you're expecting at your Arrive Point and go on to its next mission without being held up." #ArriveAI #AutonomousDelivery #HealthcareInnovation #HospitalRobotics #FutureOfHealthcare #DroneDelivery #HospitalOperations #ClinicalWorkflow #DigitalHealth #PatientSafety #LabMedicine #HealthcareLogistics #AIinHealthcare arriveai.com Download the transcript here
Dan O'Toole, Founder and CEO of Arrive AI, is bringing asynchronous autonomous delivery systems to healthcare environments, enabling robots and drones to make deliveries without the recipient needing to be present. The goal is to automate logistical tasks to solve major inefficiencies in hospitals, freeing skilled workers from moving samples and supplies, which in turn improves the quality of care and reduces clinician burnout. The system is presented as a way to make processes better, faster, fresher, cheaper, greener, and safer by eliminating bottlenecks and ensuring sample integrity through features such as temperature control and a security chain of custody. Dan explains, "I love that you started out with the term asynchronous. Nobody ever even knows what that is. So I applaud you. Thank you. That is the key to autonomy. Without it, you're not unlocking the full value of autonomy. So basically here at Arrive AI what we are doing is we're building the next network and platform to support and scale all kinds of autonomous delivery, whether it's robots, drones, unmanned vehicles, and still supporting conventional delivery, UPS, US Postal Service, and others. So we're excited about that." "But right now, anytime autonomous delivery happens, two things have to happen. You have to be there to meet the mode of delivery, and it has to be there to meet you. When you have an Arrive Point™ in that ecosystem, you've unlocked all the value of autonomous delivery because now the robot can beat you there. It can drop off the item that you're expecting at your Arrive Point and go on to its next mission without being held up." #ArriveAI #AutonomousDelivery #HealthcareInnovation #HospitalRobotics #FutureOfHealthcare #DroneDelivery #HospitalOperations #ClinicalWorkflow #DigitalHealth #PatientSafety #LabMedicine #HealthcareLogistics #AIinHealthcare arriveai.com Listen to the podcast here
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In this episode of the Federal Tech Podcast, John Gilroy interviews Justin Fessler, Vice President of Public Sector at LogicMonitor, about the growing role of autonomous AI and observability in federal government IT operations. Fessler explains that autonomous AI is not about replacing people but about automating repetitive operational tasks, correlating complex system events, and helping IT teams make faster, better-informed decisions. Rather than allowing AI to operate without oversight, LogicMonitor focuses on keeping humans "in the loop" while AI handles time-consuming analysis and routine remediation. A central theme is the importance of complete visibility across increasingly complex federal environments. LogicMonitor's agentless monitoring technology discovers devices, cloud resources, applications, and shadow IT without requiring software agents on every endpoint. This broad visibility enables agencies to identify unmanaged assets, reduce blind spots, optimize cloud costs, and strengthen security. The discussion also highlights observability's critical role in Zero Trust. Fessler notes that agencies cannot secure or verify assets they cannot see. By discovering everything connected to the network—including servers, cloud services, IoT devices, cameras, badge readers, and physical infrastructure—LogicMonitor helps agencies build a stronger Zero Trust foundation. Gilroy and Fessler examine the challenges of managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, emphasizing that agencies require a single operational view regardless of where workloads reside. LogicMonitor integrates information across cloud providers and third-party platforms, including ServiceNow, Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, and IBM Watsonx, enabling AI-driven event correlation and faster incident response. The conversation concludes with the future of autonomous IT. Fessler predicts increased automation, AI-assisted self-healing infrastructure, and significantly reduced mean time to identify and resolve incidents. Rather than replacing IT professionals, autonomous AI will eliminate repetitive work, allowing skilled personnel to focus on higher-value mission objectives while improving operational resilience, reducing alert fatigue, and delivering better digital services to citizens. For more information, visit www.logicmonitor.com/solutions/federal-government.
Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 347 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., continues his Scouring through the Sixes for episode 10. The first featured review is Leviticus (2026) and I'm pairing it with The Love Wanga (1936). This is a double feature of forbidden love, both with it at times being unrequited. Regardless, it brings punishment. I also got to see these films for Mini-Reviews: The Frighteners (1996), The Punishment Tapes (2026), Mr. Reset and the Society of Turnbuckle & Bone (2026), The Bride! (2026) and a short/tv series of Autonomous (2026). Plus 2 episodes of 100 Years of Horror. I hope you enjoy coming on this journey with me! I hope you enjoy coming on this journey with me!Time Codes:Intro: 0:00 - 2:45Mini-Reviews: 4:31 - 33:51Leviticus 2026 Trailer: 33:51 - 35:41Leviticus 2026 Review: 35:41 - 47:53The Love Wanga Trailer: 47:53 - 49:35The Love Wanga Review: 49:35 - 58:57Outro: 1:00:27 - 1:03:12Social Media:Email: journeywithacinephile@gmail.comWritten Reviews: https://horrorreview.webnode.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dgarrettjrTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/buckeyefrommichLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/davidosu/Instagram: davidosu87Threads: davidosu87Journey with a Cinephile Instagram: journeywithacinephileThe Night Club Discord: Journey with a CinephileJoin Screamify: https://shorturl.at/Z6b9l
Jimmy Sebastian of FourKites talks about AI; visibility; the problem with 'AI-washing;' the simple steps to get started; & how to measure scalable success. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [02.57] An introduction to Jimmy, his background, and role at FourKites. "I care about AI that's not just powerful, but explainable, secure, and enterprise-ready." [04.38] An overview of FourKites, their evolution, the three layers that make up their offering, and the customers they serve. [07.28] How visibility has evolved from differentiator to table stakes, what that means for businesses, and how agentic AI is helping to bridge the gap. "10 years ago, knowing where your truck was was a great competitive advantage. Today, everybody has that… The problem we see now is that companies are information rich, but action poor… Visibility tells you there's a problem, but it doesn't fix it." [09.46] The difference between an AI agent and a chatbot. "It's almost like a team mate that gets the job done." [12.18] The impact 'AI-washing' is having on leaders and teams, how to avoid getting stuck in 'pilot purgatory,' and how companies can cut through the noise. "Slapping AI on everything breeds skepticism, teams get burned by pilots and once burned, twice shy." [17.14] Finding the balance for governance – understanding areas that need to be tightly controlled versus kept loose enough for innovation. [19.33] An overview of persona-based AI agents and how they're different, why they're a good fit for supply chain, and how they can help drive adoption. "Some organizations have gone the route of building one giant monolithic AI brain – we've built a team." [23.22] What AI agent autonomy really means, and finding the right balance between independence and control. "We need agents to be autonomous because that's ultimately where the value is… but it has to be under controlled conditions. It's not all or nothing. It's a dial, not a switch." [25.38] The best practices for developing that correct level of autonomy, and red flags to look out for if organizations aren't seeing the right results with AI agent autonomy. "It needs to be actively managed." [30.20] How organizations can find the balance between people and technology, and what change management and AI trust-building should look like. [33.06] How teams can get started with AI agents, the best workflows to test first – and why you don't need perfect data to start. [35.18] What success should look like, and how organizations can think about measuring it, in the short and longer terms. [37.52] From self-healing supply chains to shifting human responsibilities, the future developments we can expect in supply chain AI. RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED: Head over to FourKite's website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with FourKites and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube, or you can connect with Jimmy on LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more from FourKites, check out: 536: Prevent Supply Disruptions and Protect Revenue, with FourKites 235: Use Real-Time Visibility To Transform Your Entire Supply Chain, with FourKites Check out our other podcasts HERE.
In this episode of Revenue Cycle Optimized, David Byrd, SVP of Business Development at Infinx, and Carlie Richard from Maverick AI discuss how autonomous coding can improve speed, accuracy, and scalability in radiology revenue cycle operations. The conversation highlights a connected model where AI handles routine coding in seconds while certified human coders manage exceptions, audits, compliance oversight, and denial prevention.
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Have you ever thought even for a brief second. What could go wrong with a self driving car? Would i have any control over what happens if things take a sharp left turn instead of a gentle right? If you need answers to these questions, come join Hacky and Just Justin for a little Q&A with our good friends Kyle and Erin. We go over one of the first micro horrors to ever tackle these questions!! Make sure you head over to https://www.screamify.com and check out the newest trend in horror. The micro horror stories. If your like me and can scroll on your phone till your eyes bleed, then this is the format for you!!
Willem Paling: From Messy Middles to Autonomous Agents and the Race for Trust at Scale While the insurance sector has long flirted with artificial intelligence, a vast majority of firms find themselves paralyzed in perpetual pilot phases. In this installment of Scouting for Growth, I sit down with Willem Paling, Executive Manager of AI and Analytics at IAG, to decode the transition from mere experimentation to the realization of operational AI at scale. Reflecting on IAG's aggressive deployment—launching more models in the past year than in the previous six years combined—Willem highlights that success in insurance will be anchored in trust architecture and governance rather than in model complexity alone. We unpack the friction of deploying in a regulated environment, moving beyond the "messy middle" of claims workflows toward a future of autonomous agents that enhance decision-making while ensuring human accountability remains paramount. Our dialogue ventures into the frontiers of agentic commerce, machine-readable products, and the looming challenges of AI-driven fraud. As we look toward 2030, the vision of an AI-native insurer emerges, revealing why the winners will be those who weaponize their data foundations and human-AI collaboration today to dominate the industry's next era. Key Takeaways What stood out to me most from my conversation with Willem is that the AI race in insurance is no longer about access to models. Frontier models are becoming increasingly available to everyone. The real differentiator is the ability to operationalize AI safely, consistently, and at scale. Trust architecture, governance, monitoring, explainability, and human oversight are becoming strategic assets rather than compliance requirements. I was particularly struck by Willem's observation that the industry must stop treating AI as a series of experiments and start treating it as a core operating capability. The organizations creating value today are those that have embedded AI into business workflows, assigned clear ownership, and built repeatable deployment mechanisms that move beyond proof-of-concept thinking. Another important lesson is that the greatest near-term value lies in the “messy middle” of insurance operations. By automating document-heavy, repetitive, and semi-structured tasks, AI can free highly skilled professionals to focus on judgment, customer relationships, negotiation, and exception handling—the areas where human expertise remains essential. Our discussion also reinforced how dramatically the distribution of products may change as AI agents increasingly influence product discovery and purchasing decisions. Insurers must prepare for a world in which products must be machine-readable, API-enabled, and easily consumable by AI systems, not just by human buyers. Finally, Willem highlighted an often-overlooked challenge: AI is not only helping insurers but also empowering bad actors. AI-generated fraud, synthetic identities, deepfakes, and manipulated evidence will require stronger trust mechanisms, verification systems, and provenance controls. The insurers that thrive by 2030 will be those that invest today in trustworthy AI foundations while redesigning their organizations around human-AI collaboration. Best Moments “This is what the messy middle actually looks like. Not the hype, not the holdouts—the insurer that stopped experimenting and started shipping.” – Sabine VanderLinden “We stopped doing experiments, and we focused on delivery.” – Willem Paling “The frontier is no longer just model capability. It's whether you can industrialize AI with trust.” – Willem Paling “Trust architecture isn't separate from value creation. Trust is what turns AI from an impressive model into something that improves insurance at scale.” – Willem Paling “We're talking about expert judgment, decision-making, critical thinking, and empathy.” – Sabine VanderLinden “The goal is not to preserve every task in the old role. It's to preserve and elevate the expertise inside the role.” – Willem Paling “The most underestimated risk is AI on the other side—AI attacking the evidence layer of insurance.” – Willem Paling “The winning insurer in 2030 will be AI-native in how it operates, not just AI-enabled in a few functions.” – Willem Paling “The companies who win the agentic frontier aren't the ones with the biggest models. They are the ones who earn autonomy instead of declaring it.” – Sabine VanderLinden ABOUT THE GUEST Willem Paling is the Executive Manager of AI and Analytics at IAG, Insurance Australia Group, Australia's largest general insurer, operating brands including NRMA Insurance, CGU, WFI, and Swann Insurance. He leads the strategy and industrialization of AI across the organization, including production-grade systems in claims, underwriting, customer service, responsible AI governance, and human-AI teaming. His work focuses on moving AI from experimentation into trusted execution. Willem has helped shape IAG's responsible AI commitments, supported the Australian Responsible AI Index, and contributed to the AI 2030 Horizons perspective following the ITC 2025 executive summit. His mission connects frontier capability with the governance, explainability, and operating discipline required to deploy AI safely in an industry built on customer promises. Read the latest report: The State of AI in Insurance ABOUT THE HOST Sabine VanderLinden is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur and the CEO of Alchemy Crew Ventures. She leads venture-client labs that help Fortune 500 companies adopt and scale cutting-edge technologies from global tech ventures. A builder of accelerators, investor, and co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, Sabine is known for asking the uncomfortable questions—about AI governance, risk, and trust. On Scouting for Growth, she decodes how real growth happens—where capital, collaboration, and courage meet. If this episode sparked your thinking, follow Sabine VanderLinden on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram for more insights. And if you're interested in sponsoring the podcast, reach out to the team at hello@alchemycrew.ventures
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explain how AWS is using AI-driven automation to reduce technical debt and free up budgets for innovation. Highlights 00:03 — As the AI Revolution has kicked into full swing this year, we've heard a lot of stories — interesting ones — about companies blowing through their AI budgets because everybody loves this stuff; everybody wants to use it. That brings up this notion of technical debt. 00:46 — AWS has introduced an autonomous tool that's primary job is to slay the technical debt monster that is grinding up so much of so many companies' IT budgets and limiting their abilities to do the things going forward that they need to do. It said it consumes 30% of IT budgets, and this is a staggering number. 01:51 — This party that's been going on here now — the big AI kegger during the AI Revolution — is going to come to an end. And what always follows those parties is a hangover. That hangover is going to be centered on technical debt, budgets, and money decisions that have to be made. 02:44 — AWS gave a list of some of the benefits of it [the tool] but, AWS is missing a huge audience, business people who say, “God, we're spending incredible amounts of money on IT. Why are we not getting as much sort of innovation oomph out of this?” It's because so much has to be spent to sustain this already in place technology that's there, the technical debt that builds on that. 04:33 — I think AWS has to find somebody to package this as an agent, that if they call this agentic AI, it goes from being some sleepy thing with a ho-hum name to something that could be very cool. It's the technical debt killer agent, something like that. This is what it does: it autonomously operates, takes care of stuff, makes decisions, evaluates data, does all that. Visit Cloud Wars for more.
Preview for Later Today: Guest: Rebecca Grant. Rebecca Grant highlights the US Navy's advanced mine-clearing capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz. The Navy utilizes autonomous sea drones and aerial pods to detect and neutralize floating mines left by the IRGC.1893 IRONCLAD INVINCIBLEE
Wildfires are becoming larger, more destructive, and more expensive every year. But what if the most effective intervention happens not after a fire grows, but within the first few minutes after ignition? Max Brodie, co-founder and CEO of Rain, joins Climate Rising to discuss how autonomous aircraft could transform wildfire response. Rain is developing AI-powered wildfire suppression systems that upgrade helicopters with autonomous capabilities, enabling faster response times and more effective intervention during the critical first minutes of a fire. The conversation explores the economics of wildfire prevention, the role of autonomy in aerial firefighting, the challenges of balancing suppression with ecological fire management, and the growing relationship between wildfire risk and climate change. Max also discusses the broader implications of autonomy, public-private partnerships, and how emerging technologies can accelerate climate adaptation and mitigation.
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In this episode, we kick things off by examining a major advancement in commercial vehicle safety technology that's targeting mass production across the Class 8 market. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has officially selected Aeva to integrate 4D LiDAR sensors and perception software into its next-generation collision mitigation systems for Class 8 trucks. With roughly 300,000 new Class 8 trucks entering the North American market annually, this program is targeting mass production of one of the first LiDAR-based L2+ driver assistance solutions for commercial vehicles, marking a strategic shift toward using advanced perception technology in active safety systems rather than just higher levels of autonomy. Next, we shift to cross-border logistics, where Echo Global Logistics is making an aggressive play to dominate the entire U.S.-Mexico freight corridor. The Chicago-based third-party logistics provider has formally unveiled a new suite of intra-Mexico domestic transportation services, giving shippers a fully integrated supply chain solution spanning both sides of the border. The expansion includes city-to-city freight transportation, port drayage, domestic intermodal services, and managed transportation solutions across Mexico, all integrated with Echo's existing cross-border operations and allowing the company to capture growing freight movements tied to nearshoring trends. Finally, we explore how autonomous technology is officially moving beyond pilot programs and into full-scale daily operations at a major logistics hub. DHL has transitioned autonomous vehicles from its Fast Forward Challenge into live daily operations at its Singapore facility, partnering with Zelostech to operate fully electric, driverless vehicles for point-to-point transfers between logistics facilities on campus. Each vehicle averages 40 trips and covers 28 kilometers daily, delivering consistent performance at roughly half the operating cost of diesel trucks while cutting emissions to support customers' sustainability goals. Follow the FreightWaves Today Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Missions for Miniaturized Space Technology. Guests: Paulo Lozano and Amelia "Mia" Bruno. With an unlimited budget, Paulo Lozano envisions a fleet of autonomous small satellites exploring near-Earth asteroids for scientific value. Mia Bruno aims to use improved propulsion to reach the moons of Jupiter and Saturn much faster than current missions allow. They also discuss performing complex orbital plane changes using chemical maneuvers. 41953
On this episode of The Buzz, powered by APL Logistics, hosts Scott Luton and Richard Donaldson break down the latest developments shaping global supply chains, transportation, technology, and workforce safety. From geopolitical developments impacting global shipping lanes to autonomous trucking, World Cup logistics, and innovative warehouse safety solutions, this conversation delivers timely insights on the trends supply chain leaders need to understand. The discussion begins with a look at workforce wellbeing and the growing importance of addressing stress, burnout, and employee health in today's fast-paced business environment. Scott and Richard then explore the implications of a developing U.S.-Iran peace agreement and what it could mean for global shipping, trade flows, and the Strait of Hormuz. The conversation shifts to PepsiCo's expanding use of autonomous trucking technology and the continued evolution of automation across supply chain operations. Later, the hosts examine the immense logistics required to support the 2026 FIFA World Cup before discussing emerging threats to the beef supply chain from the resurgence of the screwworm pest. Finally, special guest Brodie Cook, President of Fork Mule and winner of the MODEX 2026 Startup Solution of the Year Award, shares insights on warehouse safety, material handling innovation, entrepreneurship, and the future of automation. Key Takeaways Why workforce health and burnout prevention remain critical leadership priorities. How developments in the Middle East could impact global trade routes and shipping activity. What PepsiCo's investment in autonomous trucking signals for the future of transportation. The massive logistics operation required to support the 2026 FIFA World Cup. How labor shortages and biological threats continue to challenge agricultural supply chains. Why warehouse safety innovation remains a major opportunity for supply chain improvement. Lessons entrepreneurs can learn from ForkMule's journey from idea to award-winning solution. The growing role of automation and AI in warehouses, material handling, and fleet operations. If you want a practical look at the trends reshaping supply chains—from autonomous transportation and AI-powered operations to workforce safety, global trade, and entrepreneurship—this episode delivers valuable perspectives from industry leaders and innovators. You'll gain actionable insights on how technology, resilience, and execution continue to drive supply chain success. Additional Links & Resources: APL Logistics: https://www.apllogistics.com/ With That Said: https://bit.ly/WTS-14-June-2026 From 10% chance of success to $2 trillion market cap: SpaceX's historic IPO: https://cnb.cx/3S9zo3o EasyPost Case Study:https://bit.ly/2M-Saved-and-Fewer-Late-Deliveries Big Peanut: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/13562 Webinar: https://bit.ly/PepsiCo-And-AutoScheduler-Webinar PepsiCo expanding autonomous truck use in its supply chain: https://bit.ly/PepsiCo-Expands-Autonomous-Trucks David's Post: https://bit.ly/Logistics-Behind-WC How Texas Ranchers Are Fighting a Long-Eradicated Cattle Killer: https://on.wsj.com/3SI8xvm Closing the Gap Between Planning and Execution: https://www.apllogistics.com/responsibility/apll_fixes_the_gap ProMat: https://www.promatshow.com/ Fork Mule: https://forkmule.com/ From Automation to Autonomy: How AI Robotics Are Reshaping the Warehouse: https://bit.ly/Josh-Cloer-Nomagic Connect with Brodie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brodie-cook-6a51a1122/ Connect with Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richarddonaldson/ Watch and listen to more Supply Chain Now episodes: https://supplychainnow.com/brands/supply-chain-now/ Subscribe to Supply Chain Now: https://linktr.ee/Supplychainnow Check out the Supply Chain Now Resource Hub: https://supplychainnow.com/resource-hub/ Work with Us! Download the Supply Chain Now 2026 Media Kit: https://supplychainnow.com/media-kit/ Upcoming Live Programming: https://supplychainnow.com/upcoming-live-programming/ WEBINAR- AI that moves at velocity: Cut through latency with agentic workflows: https://bit.ly/4x4626t This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Richard Donaldson. For additional information, please visit the dedicated shoaw page at: https://supplychainnow.com/the-buzz-world-cup-logistics-pepsico-autonomous-future-forklift-safety-innovation-1598 The content in this episode, including all audio, videos, visuals, and graphics, is the property of Supply Chain Now and is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, modification, or re-uploading of this content in any form is strictly prohibited without explicit written permission from Supply Chain Now.For licensing inquiries or permissions, please contact us at production@supplychainnow.com© 2026 Supply Chain Now. All rights reserved. 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Preview for Later Today: Paul Lozano envisions using fleets of autonomous small satellites equipped with tiny ionic thrusters to explore the asteroid belt. This cost-effective approach aims to gather scientific data and identify valuable resources, potentially sparking an industrial revolution while helping scientists understand the solar system's origins and improve planetary defense.
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Welcome to a special blockbuster compilation edition of The Edge of Show, broadcasting live from the ground Consensus Miami capturing the biggest shifts in tech! First we sit down with Adam Hollander from OpenSea, who discusses how the world's largest NFT marketplace is widening its scope. Beyond proving on-chain ownership through digital collectibles Next, to battle the dangerous risks of unchecked autonomous code, George Xian Zeng breaks down on NEAR's lastest launched, Ironclaw, a secure agent harness that lets AI handle sensitive information safely inside private execution environments.Max Rabinovich, CSO at Chiliz, outlines their return to the massive U.S. sports market following crucial regulatory guidance from the SEC and CFTC. And finally Ramon Macieros let us know that GAIB is letting everyday retail investors finance massive AI GPU data centers and buy real on-chain equity in SpaceX and OpenAI starting at just $100.Let's hear how the biggest players in Web3 and AI are building systems that actually make money, click play on this jam-packed episode.Support us through our Sponsors! ☕ Want to make content like ours? Sign up with Castmagic to make your creative process easy: https://bit.ly/CastmagicReferral Work smarter, grow faster. Automate your SEO, get AI insights, and manage all your clients in one place with Helm. Start today 50% off your first month at helmseo.com