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.

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News stories covered in this episode:

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Trump Wants Tariffs to Bring Back U.S. Jobs. They Might Speed Up AI Automation Instead.

https://time.com/7276087/trump-tariffs-ai-automation-robots/

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China Has an Army of Robots on Its Side in the Tariff War. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/business/china-tariffs-robots-automation.html

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The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/college-students-free-chatgpt/682532/

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Agentic AI has arrived. Companies are still struggling to find out what it can do. https://www.techmonitor.ai/digital-economy/ai-and-automation/agentic-ai-first-use-cases

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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI. https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers

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