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Since Jun 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Welcome to Generative AI 101, your go-to podcast for learning the basics of generative artificial intelligence in easy-to-understand, bite-sized episodes. Join host Emily Laird, AI Integration Technologist and AI lecturer, to explore key concepts, applications, and ethical considerations, making AI accessible for everyone.

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Apple's WWDC 2026

Jun 10, 2026 10m

Host Emily Laird rips into Apple’s WWDC 2026 AI pitch, where Siri gets rebuilt, privacy gets a black turtleneck, and your iPhone tries to stop being dumb about the small stuff. From Apple…

5 Tips to Survive AI in 2026

Jun 08, 2026 9m

Host Emily Laird delivers a sharp, funny Monday reset on where AI is heading and why it does not have to melt your brain. This episode breaks down five practical tips for working with AI in 2026,…

AI Use Case Thursday: Prompting in 2026

Jun 04, 2026 9m

Host Emily Laird calls time on 2023-style prompting and shows why the real AI skill now is directing, not begging a chatbot for magic. From giant context windows to “lost in the middle” failures,…

Pope Leo vs The Machine

Jun 03, 2026 8m

Host Emily Laird takes on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, the Vatican’s sharp warning shot across the bow of the AI age. This episode asks what happens when machines start judging our work,…

Claude Opus 4.8

Jun 02, 2026 10m

Claude Opus 4.8 just dropped, and host Emily Laird is kicking the tires on Anthropic’s new heavyweight model for coding, reasoning, and long-haul AI work. This episode breaks down inference, agentic…

AI Use Case Thursday: Meeting Intelligence

May 21, 2026 10m

Host Emily Laird takes AI meeting intelligence out of the buzzword blender and asks the only question that matters: did the meeting actually change anything? From decision logs and owners to risk…

Elon Musk vs OpenAI: The Conclusion

May 20, 2026 11m

Host Emily Laird breaks down Elon Musk’s failed case against OpenAI, where nonprofit ideals, Microsoft money, capped-profit math, and one brutal statute of limitations collide like Avengers with…

Microsoft's Big Workplace AI Finding

May 19, 2026 11m

Host Emily Laird breaks down Microsoft’s big workplace AI finding: employees are adapting fast, but company culture, managers, and reward systems are dragging behind like a Windows 95 loading screen.…

OpenAI’s Stack Sweep

May 18, 2026 12m

Host Emily Laird breaks down OpenAI’s full-stack power play, from GPT-5.5 Instant becoming the new ChatGPT default to voice agents, browser-based Codex, and the subterranean network tech keeping…

Anthropic’s Trillion-Dollar Bet

May 13, 2026 10m

Host Emily Laird follows Anthropic as Claude graduates from polite chatbot to office cyborg with spreadsheets, agents, audit logs, and a utility bill that could make Zeus sweat. From Excel and…

Compute Awakens: SpaceX, Anthropic, and the GPU Spice War

May 12, 2026 11m

Host Emily Laird pulls back the curtain on the SpaceX-Anthropic compute deal, where AI stops looking like cloud magic and starts looking like megawatts, GPUs, cooling systems, and very expensive…

AI & the Great Acceleration

May 11, 2026 12m

Host Emily Laird blasts past the “AI is slowing down” takes and shows why the machine is actually speeding up, from frontier models to coding benchmarks to data centers humming like the Death Star.…

Musk vs OpenAI

May 06, 2026 12m

Host Emily Laird breaks down Elon Musk’s courtroom showdown with OpenAI, where founding promises, billion-dollar stakes, and Silicon Valley grudges collide like a Marvel multiverse with subpoenas.…

AI Safety: The Deepfake Goes MultiModal

May 05, 2026 11m

On Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird breaks down why AI safety in 2026 is less about spotting seven-fingered weirdness and more about questioning the smooth, polished fake in a designer suit. From…

ChatGPT 5.5

Apr 29, 2026 13m

Host Emily Laird breaks down why GPT-5.5 is less chatty sidekick and more office-grade operator, the AI equivalent of R2-D2 getting admin access. From agentic coding and massive context windows to…

GPT Images 2.0

Apr 28, 2026 15m

Host Emily Laird breaks down ChatGPT Images 2.0, the upgrade turning AI art from party trick into a full-blown visual production machine. From readable text and better layouts to storyboards,…

AI, Layoffs, and the New Corporate Script

Apr 22, 2026 13m

Host Emily Laird takes on the month AI became the top stated reason for layoffs, and asks the question everybody with a badge and a mortgage is already thinking. This episode slices through the hype,…

Is Claude Opus 4.7 a Downgrade?

Apr 21, 2026 15m

Host Emily Laird cracks open the glossy launch pitch around Claude Opus 4.7 and compares it with the internet’s much less polite review. This episode digs into the backlash over higher token burn,…

What Anthropic Found About AI Emotions

Apr 20, 2026 14m

Emily Laird pulls apart Anthropic’s latest research to show why this episode is not about sentient chatbots crying into the void. It is about functional emotions, the internal signals that can steer…

AI Safety Starts With Your Data

Apr 15, 2026 11m

Host Emily Laird breaks down why the scariest part of AI is not the robot voice, it is the quiet moment someone pastes the wrong file into the wrong prompt box. This episode unpacks data governance,…

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