This week I switched off an artificial intelligence. An expensive one, about a hundred pounds a month, and the app it was meant to be promoting may be doing better without it. A build log from Utter List, one idea from the book, and the week's AI news that actually matters, checked before it's aired.

Chapters:

00:00 Cold open

00:53 Intro

01:31 Build Log, Utter List

05:09 The Bookshelf

07:28 AI News (verified)

10:43 Outro

AI-voice disclosure: Narrated with an AI-generated clone of Peter's own voice. Written and edited by a human. The AI-news segment is fact-checked against multiple independent sources before airing.

Featured app, Utter List: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/utter-list/id6761653207

Book, Understanding AI: The Word Calculator and How to Use It Well (Peter Hunter): https://books2read.com/u/31zr9r

AI-news sources:

Claude Sonnet 5, Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5

Microsoft Foundry hosted agents, Microsoft: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/hosted-agents-build26/

(Held, not aired) OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, primary source could not be verified: https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/