Imagine an AI model built on everything you know, how you communicate, how you reason, how you write, trained to act and respond like you so thoroughly that it can attend meetings, answer questions, and handle tasks on your behalf while you do something else entirely. This reality isn't as far away as you might think. Mark Zuckerberg is already making one.

Plus, Apple has a new CEO. What does the handover mean for the future of Apple?

And, Meta has installed tracking software to harvest their employee's computer activity to train AI. What protections do workers have against it?

GUESTS:
Georgia Dixon -- Managing Editor at Whistleout Singapore.
Chris Berg -- Professor of Economics at RMIT.

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<p>Imagine an AI model built on everything you know, how you communicate, how you reason, how you write, trained to act and respond like you so thoroughly that it can attend meetings, answer questions, and handle tasks on your behalf while you do something else entirely. This reality <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d907lq6nyo">isn't as far away as you might think</a>. Mark Zuckerberg is already making one.</p><p>Plus, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/technology/tim-cook-apple-ceo-steps-down.html">Apple has a new CEO</a>. What does the handover mean for the future of Apple?</p><p>And, Meta has installed tracking software to <a href="https://gizmodo.com/meta-plans-to-turn-its-employees-clicks-and-keystrokes-into-ai-training-data-2000749176">harvest their employee's computer activity to train AI</a>. What protections do workers have against it?</p><p>GUESTS:</p><ul><li>Georgia Dixon -- <a href="https://www.whistleout.com.au/Articles/Author/georgia-dixon">Managing Editor at Whistleout Singapore</a>.</li><li>Chris Berg -- Professor of Economics at <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/b/chris-berg">RMIT</a>.</li></ul><p>------------</p><p>This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.</p><p>------------</p><p>Get in touch:</p><p>We'd love to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p>Find all the episodes of Download This Show on the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.</p>