Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 AI stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.
Top AI stories include:
<ol>
 <li>Could AI stunt lawyers’ training? <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-warns-ai-could-stunt-lawyers-training-harm-their-clients-2026-10-02/">(Reuters</a>)</li>
 <li>Jay Clayton to be named AI Czar. (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-expected-to-name-dnis-jay-clayton-as-ai-czar-8d066854">WSJ)</a></li>
 <li>Compliance purpose-built AI. (<a href="https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/cocounsel-for-tax-compliance-why-purpose-built-ai-matters/">Thomson Reuters</a>)</li>
 <li>Legal risks piling up for OpenAI. (<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2c24ece3-ac99-43a8-b0e6-4a3867e37ebf?syn-25a6b1a6=1">FT)</a></li>
 <li>Should private AI agents run your life? (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-agents-guide-5beb4b92?mod=hp_featst_pos3">WSJ)</a></li>
</ol>
My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.
It is available on the following sites:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deluge-Before-Dawn-Heartbreak-Resilience/dp/1965766757/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KGB8TJB34P4S&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q0k6E1dzD20kG05b42TxLqUb7SzqhelMP01gQ9Ckdwa6Ju1wqIZlX0lrCA-uHdwnEEl7qzkktRDu3W83jyHNy6IfJ3LeyLjG-9E7SzAdMOHbIRFRh1HEbUt-NOj9C5VmNhRKIovP6yuYgiriwHHVCQ.OOhD5j7pQttwLuj6EkgnJW15wVJyV3dozoo9Yym0YxY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=deluge+before+dawn&amp;qid=1788784434&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C135&amp;sr=8-1">Amazon.com</a>
<a href="https://stoneycreekpublishing.com/books/deluge-before-dawn/">Stoney Creek Publishing</a>
<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deluge-before-dawn-thomas-r-fox/1149983379?ean=9781965766750">Barnes and Noble</a>
<a href="https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781965766750/deluge-before-dawn/">Texas A&amp;M University Press</a>
<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/deluge-before-dawn-heartbreak-survival-and-resilience-after-the-guadalupe-river-raged-thomas-r-fox/5b5e71762f9efce1?ean=9781965766750&amp;next=t">Bookshop.org</a>
<a href="https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1965766757">Google.Books</a>
<a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Deluge-Before-Dawn-Heartbreak-Survival-and-Resilience-After-the-Guadalupe-River-Raged-Paperback-9781965766750/20109812696">Walmart</a>
This week only, the Kindle e-book version is available for $0.99 on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deluge-Before-Dawn-Heartbreak-Resilience/dp/1965766757/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KGB8TJB34P4S&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.q0k6E1dzD20kG05b42TxLqUb7SzqhelMP01gQ9Ckdwa6Ju1wqIZlX0lrCA-uHdwnEEl7qzkktRDu3W83jyHNy6IfJ3LeyLjG-9E7SzAdMOHbIRFRh1HEbUt-NOj9C5VmNhRKIovP6yuYgiriwHHVCQ.OOhD5j7pQttwLuj6EkgnJW15wVJyV3dozoo9Yym0YxY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=deluge+before+dawn&amp;qid=1788784434&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C135&amp;sr=8-1">Amazon.</a>

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 AI stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:


  Could AI stunt lawyers’ training? (Reuters)

  Jay Clayton to be named AI Czar. (WSJ)

  Compliance purpose-built AI. (Thomson Reuters)

  Legal risks piling up for OpenAI. (FT)

  Should private AI agents run your life? (WSJ)


My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

It is available on the following sites:

Amazon.com

Stoney Creek Publishing

Barnes and Noble

Texas A&M University Press

Bookshop.org

Google.Books

Walmart

This week only, the Kindle e-book version is available for $0.99 on&nbsp;Amazon.

October 5, 2026, The Legal Risk Edition

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