Fresh off a wave of “AI‑first” CEO manifestos, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput slice into the fallout: Duolingo and Box join Shopify’s AI-first pledge, more signals of AI job disruption emerge, and OpenAI rolls back 4o due to an overly agreeable personality. Then it’s rapid‑fire —Johnson & Johnson bins 90 % of its 900 gen‑AI pilots, Big‑Tech earnings put real numbers on the AI boom, Nvidia spars with Anthropic over chip exports, Claude upgrades, Alibaba’s Qwen‑3, Descript’s AI avatars, and more.

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Timestamps:

00:03:49 —The Rise of the AI-First Company

00:17:37 — More Signals of AI Job Disruption and the “Stop Hiring Humans” Campaign

00:30:23 —OpenAI Rolls Back 4o Update Due to Annoying Personality

00:44:10 —AI Earnings Calls 

00:48:54 —What Enterprise AI Strategy Really Looks Like

00:55:03 — How McKinsey, BCG, and Deloitte Are Using AI

01:00:05 — New Report Calls Chatbot Arena Leaderboard Into Question

01:04:04 — Meta AI App and Zuckerberg’s Plan for AI

01:11:39 —Nvidia’s Beef with Anthropic

01:14:38 — US Copyright Office Intellectual Property Resources

01:16:15 — AI Product and Funding Updates

01:22:11 — Listener Question

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