The Rework Tax: What AI Productivity Actually Costs
AI did not save you time, it moved the bill to someone else's desk. In this episode, host Emily Laird opens the ledger on the rework tax: the workslop arriving in inboxes that looks finished but is no...
27 Juli 10min
Kimi K3: Open Weights, Locked Door
Moonshot AI just gave away the largest open-weight model ever built, and the chip stocks still bled. Host Emily Laird breaks down Kimi K3: 2.8 trillion parameters, free to download, and completely imp...
22 Juli 8min
GPT 5.6: The Model That Needed A Permission Slip
OpenAI just shipped GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work, but the ship date was set by a phone call from the Commerce Department. Host Emily Laird breaks down the three-model pricing play, the office agent that i...
21 Juli 9min
Use Case Monday
Using AI is rarely the scandal. Hiding it is. Host Emily Laird examines academic misconduct, workplace secrecy, and Meta’s Project Cannes to show why documentation without disclosure can become eviden...
20 Juli 10min
96 vs. 48: The Brown University AI Cheating Scandal
A take-home midterm at Brown University averaged 96, then the same students averaged 48 on the in-person final, and that gap tells the whole story. Host Emily Laird walks through how economist Roberto...
15 Juli 9min
Apple v. OpenAI
Apple just sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, and the complaint reads less like a spy novel and more like a group chat with subpoena power. Host Emily Laird walks through the two former Apple employe...
14 Juli 8min
Meta's Fake Teen Factory
Meta paid contractors to pose as children, flood rival chatbots with prompts about suicide, eating disorders, and abuse, then log every response in spreadsheets. The company calls it "industry-standar...
13 Juli 7min
Use Case Thursday: Make AI Disagree with You
Host Emily Laird breaks down why chatbots so often agree with your worst instincts, then shows how a pre-mortem prompt turns that people-pleasing machinery against your plan. The stakes are practical:...
9 Juli 10min
