In Episode 4 of The Mostly AI SmartPod, Susan interviews Dr. James Stanger, CompTIA's chief technology evangelist. They discuss why automation – not just some hipster version of Mythos or Claude or GPT – is going to change how we do things in IT.

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If you must know, The Notbots are just humans in the loop, managing to get through Episode 3 of The Mostly AI SmartPod without dropping the ball. This episode features an interview with Semify CEO Patrick Briggs on the future, risks and opportunities in the realm of AI in digital marketing, and the Notbots also cover recent AI innovations in the food industry, AI fatigue, and new AI tools shaping research and engagement.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Semify CEO Patrick Briggs's article in Fast Company

https://www.fastcompany.com/91538585/why-ai-powered-thinking-will-leave-your-company-behind

Elon Musk: Trillionaire

https://fortune.com/2026/06/12/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex-ipo-money-one-day-irrelevant-ai-robotics/

SpaceX IPO makes history

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/

US gov. vs. Anthropic

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/business/anthropic-mythos-model-national-security

With Archy, you'll sail through McDonald's drive-thru

https://www.al.com/news/2026/06/mcdonalds-is-making-a-major-change-to-drive-thrus-whats-changing.html

Horse-drawn carts in the McDonald's drive-thru? No

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/bernadette-giacomazzo/mcdonalds-drive-through-ban-horse-buggy-farmer

With McBoat, McDonald's has a "sail-thru"

https://www.thedrive.com/news/38505/mcboat-meet-germanys-mcdonalds-drive-thru-for-boats

The Notbots are back for another round of AI chatter. In Episode 2 of The Mostly AI SmartPod, Susan interviews AI expert Brad Stacey, who also happens to be Director of Enterprise AI at Future, the parent company responsible for The Mostly AI SmartPod.

Plus, we talk about what the NY Jets think about AI, what new foundational AI supports Apple will be talking up at the Worldwide Developers Conference, the Notbots talk about data centers, and Vique wraps it up with the 2-Minute Tech Pulse.

Links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/nvidia-unveils-rtx-spark-superchip-at-computex-2026-new-platform-promises-to-turn-windows-into-an-agentic-ai-os-with-arm-cpu-blackwell-gpu-and-128gb-unified-memory

https://www.lawnext.com/2026/06/can-a-legal-ai-platform-be-powerful-fun-and-free-all-at-the-same-time-lavern-surely-thinks-so.html

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jets-new-front-office-culture-is-to-think-ai-first https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/apples-wwdc-conference-kicks-off-165507954.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADZrx1WqP-OhWeY0VjnwsERntVxSg80kFQxTlQRHQg0e88kFXwJa8vz4PvwYBmZidnsJRl37LW_Xbt-8ozCs2EUj-ECfmkGD8pB8_OKgOuakLoqO5N-wCHz8e4zCD1G53sZR_W0NdiodMy1cNSw0XLjXVgSHE9G0naA1W4xv227F

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/hasbro-launching-ai-studio-license-characters-interactive-1236612854/

Welcome to The Mostly AI SmartPod, brought to you by the editors of AI Impact SmartBrief to help you separate true AI news from the noise. Join hosts Susan Rush, Michael Domingo and Victoria Martinez, collectively known as the "Notbots". No hype, just expert insights and a concerted effort not to get lost in the Matrix. In this episode we’re talking SaaSpocalype, AI innovation and giving you the latest tech pulse.