Tech Pulse 9/29/25

This week on Tech Pulse, we narrate three articles spanning artificial intelligence and employment, the future of AI development, and consumer audio technology.The CEO of America's largest private employer isn't mincing words: AI is going to change every job, and Walmart is already planning for it. The piece goes inside the company's workforce strategy — and captures a broader moment in which corporate leaders are finally saying out loud what many workers have feared.World models are the next frontier in AI development — virtual training environments where machines can make mistakes, learn from them, and develop something closer to real-world understanding. The piece explains why researchers believe this approach could unlock capabilities that today's AI can't touch.A reviewer gets rare access to Apple's audio labs and the engineers behind the AirPods Pro 3 — tracing a line from Steve Jobs sitting cross-legged on a floor surrounded by towering speakers to a pair of earbuds that may finally fulfill his audio ambitions for Apple.Aftersight is a media organization that serves individuals with barriers to print. This podcast is produced by Aftersight under the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act which states that authorized nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is to provide copyrighted works in specialized formats to individuals with barriers to print are exempt. By continuing to listen, you verify you are blind, have low vision, or barriers to reading print materials.