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I’m not a huge fan of excel and often ask my accountant daughter to create formulas for me! But with Agent Mode, the new feature in Microsoft Excel and Word, I might just be able to master it myself! 

It is designed to bring advanced, Agentic AI assistance directly into Microsoft Office apps.

It lets users describe end goals or tasks in natural language, and Copilot’s AI iteratively builds, edits, and refines documents or spreadsheets, moving far beyond single-step command execution to provide multi-step reasoning, automation, and result verification.

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Shop in ChatGPT is a newly launched feature allowing users to buy products directly inside the ChatGPT conversation, eliminating the need to leave the app or follow external links. 

The feature is currently available to Etsy sellers in the United States, with Shopify integration launching soon. 

Shopify merchants will gain access to hundreds of millions of ChatGPT users, while the AI handles orders directly through their existing systems and applies a small commission to each completed sale.

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It’s my 200th episode! Celebrating AI SIX with a great episode on the newly released Sora 2.

Sora 2 is special because it can create super-realistic videos from simple text prompts or images, including matching audio and natural movements, all using powerful artificial intelligence. 

According to its owners, Open AI, this makes it unlike anything most people have used before, with videos looking like they were shot with a camera, not made by a computer.

Sora 2 lets ordinary people make Hollywood-like clips just by describing what they want.

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AI is helping many people generate new revenue streams, but recording your phone calls for cash - would you do it?

Neon is a viral mobile app that pays users to record their phone calls, with the intent of selling the call audio data to AI companies for machine learning model training. 

The app achieved top rankings in the iOS App Store in September 2025 but was recently taken offline after a major data security breach exposed user audio files and transcripts to others.

Earnings are capped at $30 per day for call recordings, with a separate $30 referral bonus for each new user successfully invited.

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Half The Workforce Will Be AI Agents

This is quite the prediction - half the workforce will be AI Agents in less than five years.

That’s according to Manny Medina, CEO of Paid, who discusses the growth of AI-agents with Tom Mackenzie on Bloomberg. 

AI agents are autonomous software systems that can perceive, reason, and take action to achieve objectives based on instructions, often using natural language as their interface. 

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In this long-listen I sit down with my Harvard Kennedy School colleague Jim Mulhall. We both sat beside one another during this summer's AI and Public Policy class at Harvard. 

A guest speak at my book launch, Jim brings exceptional insight into how AI can be leveraged for crisis management. He also publishes a weekly AI newsletter on Substack, called Resiliency Expertise which is definitely worth a subscribe.

Jim is a crisis management and risk intelligence leader exploring how artificial intelligence can transform resilience and organisational preparedness. With more than 15 years of leadership across financial services and consulting, he has directed crisis teams, led fraud intelligence programs, and pioneered big data approaches to fraud detection.

Most recently, James served as Vice President and Supervisor of the Crisis Management Group at City National Bank, where he established a dedicated enterprise-wide function integrated with Business Continuity. In this role, he led a cross-functional crisis team, built crisis management infrastructure and protocols, and directed responses to incidents ranging from natural disasters to cyber outages.

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Meta, the company still best known to many as the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp parent company, has widened access to its Llama models, opening the door to more governments across the world.

Meta’s Llama models (Llama 2 and newer) are generally accessible under an open-source-like license not strictly limited by government lists, but Meta has been strengthening partnerships with governments and institutions focused on strategic and responsible AI rollout. 

Who gets access?

• Leading democratic and allied countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) have been prominent in collaborations around AI safety, governance, and technology sharing through Llama and similar models.
• European partners (France, Germany, Italy), Japan, and South Korea have been highlighted in recent Meta announcements and press coverage as part of expanded outreach or AI model availability, often in the context of responsible innovation and digital sovereignty.
• NATO and the European Union as multilateral institutions are increasingly involved in AI strategy, and Meta has engaged with them via policy and research partnerships, but granting "access" usually refers to sharing research, toolkit deployments, and policy dialogue rather than uniquely privileged access to the Llama models.

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In Ireland, we love to talk about the weather. So today’s episode is part weather forecast and part AI. There was a major new development in climate and weather science here in Ireland. 

Last month, Met Éireann and University College Dublin launched a brand new research centre called AIMSIR. With a €5 million investment, it’s the first centre of its kind in Ireland using artificial intelligence to transform how we forecast the weather and respond to climate risks.

So, what exactly is AIMSIR? And why does it matter for all of us? 

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Ireland has made landmark progress in the implementation of AI Act.

“Ireland is building a future where AI is transformative, trusted, and transparent. We’re balancing innovation with safeguards, ensuring AI works for people, not against them.”

That's according to Ministers Peter Burke and Niamh Smyth who announced that 15 National Competent Authorities have now been designated to oversee different aspects of the EU AI Act.

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Today I’m looking at the new agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom that could reshape the global technology landscape. It’s called the Technology Prosperity Deal, signed in September 2025, and it’s worth billions.

This is not just another trade pact. It’s a strategic partnership focused on artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and even nuclear energy. 

But unlike Europe’s push for tighter AI regulation, the US and UK are taking a different approach. I'm going to share what’s in the deal, why it matters, and how it positions both countries in the global AI race.

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