404. Weekly Pulse Check on Automation & AI News

In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI.

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News stories covered in this episode:

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AI’s Overlooked $97 Billion Contribution to the Economy https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ais-overlooked-97-billion-contribution-to-the-economy-users-service-da6e8f55?st=v7jQQo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&utm_source=tldrai

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Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-ai-will-not-provide-sustainable-competitive-advantage/?social_token=8473eefd6fa146422d7bedef48094cd0&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-direct

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Why Walmart Is Overhauling Its Approach to AI Agents https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-walmart-is-overhauling-its-approach-to-ai-agents-4b1fbc65

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There is now a path for China to surpass the U.S. in AI https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-312/

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Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/anthropic-cuts-off-openais-access-to-its-claude-models/

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