AI Gets Real: Budgets, Jobs, Lawsuits, Hacks, Chips, and Power

Claire and Peter break down a packed edition of AI in Flow as the AI boom shifts from experimentation to operational reality. Salesforce signals enterprise-scale adoption with a $300M Anthropic token spend and a push toward model routing and AI FinOps. They unpack a $4B valuation for Recursive Superintelligence and what self-improving AI could mean for competition and governance, then turn to fresh U.S. labour data showing continued declines in AI-exposed roles—especially customer service—underscoring the need for reskilling and org redesign. The episode also covers the OpenAI–Elon Musk courtroom battle and why legal uncertainty raises continuity risk for customers, AI-enabled crypto exploits tied to sophisticated threat actors, potential supply shocks from a planned Samsung strike affecting HBM memory, and why data centres are making electricity (and water) a strategic constraint. Plus: consumer AI camera false alarms and Anthropic’s warning on “authoritarian AI” and the geopolitical stakes of the compute race.About Six & FlowSix & Flow is a digital transformation consultancy helping businesses adapt, grow, and thrive in a fast-changing world. We specialise in AI, CRM, and revenue operations, blending strategy, technology, and creativity to deliver measurable impact. From scaling startups to global enterprises, we partner with ambitious teams to unlock growth through smart automation, customer-centric marketing, and forward-thinking sales enablement. Learn more at sixandflow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.