420. 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. .News stories covered in this episode:.Accenture plans on ‘exiting’ staff who can’t be reskilled on AI amid restructuring strategy https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/accenture-plans-on-exiting-staff-who-cant-be-reskilled-on-ai.html .Google's new open protocol secures AI agent transactions - and 60 companies already support it https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-new-open-protocol-secures-ai-agent-transactions-and-60-companies-already-support-it/ .OpenAI foresees millions of AI agents 'somewhere in the cloud' in just a few years — with human supervision https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/openai-foresees-millions-of-ai-agents-somewhere-in-the-cloud-in-just-a-few-years-with-human-supervision/ar-AA1ME7Zv?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds.With AI Agents, 'Memory' Raises Policy and Privacy Questions https://www.techpolicy.press/forget-me-forget-me-not-memories-and-ai-agents/ .Bloomberg reports: Foreigners Are Buying US Stocks at Record Pace Despite Trade War https://finance.yahoo.com/news/foreigners-buying-us-stocks-record-093000606.html .Visit us on our socials:🦾 Get started with SS&C Blue Prism: https://okt.to/JcMLdU🧑‍💻LinkedIn: https://okt.to/k8zIdp✖️Twitter: https://okt.to/fHyd9G🙋‍♀️Facebook: https://okt.to/Vyjfiz📸Instagram: https://okt.to/5nYvIf💭Blog: https://okt.to/QuGqVP🤩Case studies: https://okt.to/ft1AMX.To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!