457. 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:.AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it .What We Actually Learned Deploying 20+ AI Agents Across Our Entire Go-To-Market (8 Months In) https://www.saastr.com/what-we-actually-learned-deploying-20-ai-agents-across-our-entire-go-to-market-8-months-in/ .Alphabet calls out new AI-related risks, as it taps debt market to fund build-out https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/alphabet-highlights-new-ai-related-risks-in-tapping-debt-market.html .Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did https://news.sky.com/story/claude-opus-4-6-this-ai-just-passed-the-vending-machine-test-and-we-may-want-to-be-worried-about-how-it-did-13505451 .Olympic Figure Skaters Get Heat for Using AI-Generated Music https://gizmodo.com/olympic-figure-skaters-get-heat-for-using-ai-generated-music-2000720192 .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!