<p>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. </p><p>.</p><p>News stories covered in this episode:</p><p>.</p><p>AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it </p><p>.</p><p>What We Actually Learned Deploying 20+ AI Agents Across Our Entire Go-To-Market (8 Months In) https://www.saastr.com/what-we-actually-learned-deploying-20-ai-agents-across-our-entire-go-to-market-8-months-in/ </p><p>.</p><p>Alphabet calls out new AI-related risks, as it taps debt market to fund build-out https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/alphabet-highlights-new-ai-related-risks-in-tapping-debt-market.html </p><p>.</p><p>Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the &#39;vending machine test&#39; - and we may want to be worried about how it did https://news.sky.com/story/claude-opus-4-6-this-ai-just-passed-the-vending-machine-test-and-we-may-want-to-be-worried-about-how-it-did-13505451 </p><p>.</p><p>Olympic Figure Skaters Get Heat for Using AI-Generated Music https://gizmodo.com/olympic-figure-skaters-get-heat-for-using-ai-generated-music-2000720192 </p><p>.</p><p>Visit us on our socials:</p><p>🦾 Get started with SS&amp;C Blue Prism: https://okt.to/JcMLdU</p><p>🧑‍💻LinkedIn: https://okt.to/k8zIdp</p><p>✖️Twitter: https://okt.to/fHyd9G</p><p>🙋‍♀️Facebook: https://okt.to/Vyjfiz</p><p>📸Instagram: https://okt.to/5nYvIf</p><p>💭Blog: https://okt.to/QuGqVP</p><p>🤩Case studies: https://okt.to/ft1AMX</p><p>.</p><p>To ensure that you never miss an episode of Transform NOW, be sure to subscribe!</p>