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Written analysis between episodes — what changed on the ground, and what to do about it on Monday.

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EP50 — AI Won't Slow Down. Now What?

For our 50th episode, we bring together four guests — Paul Slater, Louise Humpington, Dan Boyles and Femke Cornelissen — to ask whether the people building frontier AI are right that development is moving too fast.

16 min read

Engineering

EP49 — Local AI, Invisible Intelligence: Who Really Controls the Model

Welcome back to Impact of AI: Explored. In this episode, James O'Regan and Gerjon Kunst sit down with Lee Crossley, a consultant CTO, co-founder and engineer, to talk about local AI.

11 min read

Governance

EP48 — When AI Agents Escape the Sandbox

In this episode of Impact of AI: Explored, we sit down with our friend Steve Wilson to discuss one of the most uncomfortable developments in artificial intelligence: AI agents that do more than follow instructions.

12 min read

Engineering

EP47 — Your Workflow Isn't Broken, It's Waiting for an Upgrade

Welcome back to another episode of The Impact of AI: Explored! This time is a little different: James was off enjoying a well-deserved holiday, so Gerjon flew solo in the host's chair.

9 min read

Governance

EP46 — AI Hype vs Reality: What We Learned in Conversation

When Impact of AI: Explored started in February 2024, it was simply two people on different sides of Europe having honest conversations about AI. By Episode 46, listeners in 92 countries are tuning in.

8 min read

Business

EP45 — AI Isn't a Tech Problem — It's a Business Problem

In this episode we sat down with UK-based AI founder Matt from Artificia One, a full-service AI consultancy focused on bringing real, measurable value to SMEs.

9 min read

Business

EP44 — The Free Ride Is Over: Inside Copilot Cowork's New Bill

We sit down with licensing and FinOps expert Rich Gibbons to unpack one of the biggest shifts we've seen so far in enterprise AI: Microsoft's new Copilot CoWork consumption-based licensing model.

7 min read

Governance

EP43 — AI Governance Is Broken: Who Pays When Things Go Wrong?

This episode is a fast-paced, honest conversation between us (Gerjon and James) and AI governance specialist Louise Humpington about accountability, harm, and the very human work needed to govern AI well.

8 min read

Leadership

EP42 — Pressing the Easy Button: How AI Habits Are Breaking Our Brains and Our Jobs

In this episode we sit down with Paul Slater to tackle a question we're hearing more and more: is AI actually making us dumber, even as it makes us more productive?

4 min read

Governance

EP41 — AI Governance Isn't New: How To Stop Panicking and Start Doing the Work

This episode of Impact of AI is all about taking the fear and mystery out of AI governance and turning it into something practical, human, and very doable for real organizations.

8 min read

Leadership

EP40 — Is Your AI Just 'Slop' — Or a Real Second Brain?

We sat down with Citrix's Dave Brear to talk about something that sits right at the intersection of productivity, AI, and knowledge work: the AI-powered second brain.

8 min read

Leadership

EP39 — Hello AI Summit 2026: Amplify, Don't Replace — The Human Side of AI Adoption

In this episode of our "Impact of AI" podcast, we sat down at the Hello AI Collective Summit with coach and trainer Stephen Gresty to talk about the human side of AI adoption.

6 min read

Governance

EP38 — Hello AI Summit 2026: AI Is a Co-Pilot, Not a Pilot

We're at the Emirates Stadium, sitting pitch side with cameras, lights, and an absolutely massive LED screen looping AI content above our heads.

7 min read

Governance

EP37 — Hello AI Summit 2026: The Future of Agentic AI in Football and Beyond

In this episode, we sat down with Joe Darkins, CTO of Burnley Football Club, live at the Hello AI Collective Summit at the Emirates Stadium in London.

9 min read

Business

EP36 — Hello AI Summit 2026: From Idea to Emirates — Building Real AI Impact in 11 Months

We're at the Emirates Stadium, sitting pitch side with cameras, lights, and an absolutely massive LED screen looping AI content above our heads.

9 min read

Business

EP35 — Billions Burned on AI: The Hidden Energy Crisis Behind 'Smart' Enterprises

We sit down with Matt Soltau, Global Director of Strategy & Operations at IntelliPaaS, to unpack a topic that's often invisible but rapidly becoming critical: digital waste and the sustainability impact of AI.

9 min read

Business

EP34 — From AI Toy to AI Strategy: Why 'Playtime' Is Over for Enterprises

We sit down with our friend and former Microsoft colleague Seda Akdemir to talk about how to move from AI as a shiny toy to AI as a real, secure, scalable business capability.

7 min read

Governance

EP33 — AI Is Smart. We're Not: Closing the Front Door on Hype-Driven, Insecure AI

We dive into one of the messiest realities of 2026: organizations are spending millions on AI while leaving the front door wide open. AI architect and security researcher Bhaskar Sawant joins us to talk about why speed without architecture is a recipe for disaster.

8 min read

Governance

EP32 — OpenClaw: The Coolest AI Agent You Should Probably Fear

We (James O'Regan and Gerjon Kunst) dive into OpenClaw, personal AI agents, and why this frontier is both exciting and terrifying.

8 min read

Engineering

EP31 — Industrial AI vs GenAI: What Really Works on the Factory Floor?

We sit down with Nikita Golovko, Portfolio AI Architect at Siemens, to talk about what really happens when AI leaves the lab and hits the factory floor.

8 min read

Engineering

EP30 — Beyond Copilot: Process-Based Permissions and Autonomous IT

We sit down with Christiaan Brinkhoff from Microsoft to talk about how AI and Cloud PCs are reshaping end-user computing and IT.

7 min read

Governance

EP29 — Shadow AI, Agentic Browsers & Zero Trust: Why AI Can't Get Fired (But You Can)

This episode dives into shadow AI, AI browsers, and why security-first doesn't have to mean saying "no" to innovation. Together with Josh Woodruff, we explore how organizations can safely embrace agentic AI.

5 min read

Leadership

EP28 — AI 2025: Predictions vs. Reality

This episode turned into a fast-paced reality check on AI in 2025, where we revisited last year's bold predictions, compared them to what actually happened, and looked ahead to agentic AI, AI browsers, and quantum-powered systems.

8 min read

Governance

EP27 — AI 2026: When Agents, Browsers, and Security Collide

This episode is a fast-paced year-in-review on AI, knowledge work, and what 2026 will really look like for IT pros and enterprises, featuring us in conversation with futurist Brian Madden from Citrix.

7 min read

Governance

EP26 — AI Browsers: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This episode is all about AI browsers — the good, the bad, and the ugly — where we unpack why these new "agentic" browsers are exciting for productivity but also deeply challenging for security and privacy.

6 min read

Engineering

EP25 — Machines Love Patterns — We Love Chaos: AI for the Rest of Us

AI can recognize impressive patterns, but the real world is full of exceptions, ambiguity and unexpected human behavior. Sairam Sundaresan joins us to talk about autonomous vehicles, explainability, hallucinations, RAG, agents and the hidden costs of AI.

8 min read

Business

EP24 — Has AI Killed SEO? The Evolution of Search in the Age of AI

We sat down with Daniel Horowitz, SEO Lead at Informatica, to dive into one of the big questions swirling around our industry: Has AI killed SEO? Spoiler — Daniel's answer was a resounding "no."

3 min read

Business

EP23 — The AI Bubble: Hype, Money Loops, and What's Next

We sit down with Dr. Maria Sukhareva, Principal Key Expert in Artificial Intelligence, to dive into the reality behind today's AI headlines — are we in an AI bubble, and what does that mean for companies, investors, and the work we do every day?

3 min read

Leadership

EP22 — From Beer to Broadcast: Two IT Guys' Honest Take on Building a Podcast

A special behind-the-scenes edition where we take you a little deeper into our journey, share how this show came to life, and offer some honest thoughts about what it's really like to build an AI-focused podcast.

4 min read

Leadership

EP21 — Copilot Will Replace You or Make You Unstoppable

We sat down with Femke Cornelissen, Chief Copilot at Wortell, to dive deep into the power and groundedness of AI in today's organizations, and why putting humans at the heart of technology truly matters right now.

4 min read

Leadership

EP20 — The One Thing AI Can't Copy: Human Uniqueness

We sit down with Michaell Magrutsche, an Austrian-Californian multimedia artist and creativity-awareness educator, for a conversation that evolved into a profound exploration of what makes us uniquely human in the age of AI.

16 min read

Leadership

EP19 — AI is Democratizing Filmmaking Faster Than Hollywood Can Keep Up

We're joined by Erich Archer, an Emmy Award-winning television producer, creative strategist, and a pioneer at the intersection of generative AI and media production.

4 min read

Governance

EP18 — AI in Healthcare: Would You Trust It With Your Life?

Your hosts sit down with Emilie Lundblad, widely recognized for her leadership in AI and healthcare innovation, to dive into how AI is transforming healthcare across Europe and Asia.

5 min read

Business

EP17 — 70% of AI Projects Fail—Here's the Fix

We're joined by Ronni Holmvig Strøm, a management consultant with deep expertise in digital transformation and AI strategy, to talk about what it takes to move from AI talk to tangible results.

3 min read

Business

EP16 — Real Life Usecases of How AI is Changing the World

Jeroen van Steijn joins us to walk through three very different AI use cases: drones on the North Sea, client summaries in healthcare, and personal gift recommendations.

2 min read

Leadership

EP15 — Navigating the AI Landscape: Skills for Tomorrow

We dive into a topic that's buzzing across tech: AI Agents — what they are, what they aren't, and why all the hype? We're joined by Dan Boyles, AKA "The Copilot Guy."

4 min read

Engineering

EP14 — The AI War: Agents vs. Automation

Dan Boyles joins us to talk about AI agents, automation, Copilot, security, data, and the future of autonomous systems.

2 min read

Governance

EP13 — How Private AI is Revolutionizing Security

Thomas Poppelgaard joins us to talk about private AI: GPUs, virtualization, Kubernetes, model management, scalability and security.

1 min read

Governance

EP12 — The 3 R's of AI: Risks, Rewards, Responsibilities

Simon Binder joins us to talk about the three R's of AI — Risks, Rewards and Responsibilities — covering data poisoning, hallucinations, cybersecurity and responsible experimentation.

1 min read

Leadership

EP11 — The 2025 AI Revolution: Predictions & Impact

Recorded live at EUC Forum in London, we look ahead to 2025 and discuss AI agents, action-oriented assistants and the role of the Windows desktop.

1 min read

Engineering

EP10 — How AI is Changing End User Computing Forever

Recorded live at E2E in Barcelona, we talk about AI in end-user computing, cognitive load and everyday IT tasks.

1 min read

Engineering

EP09 — Nvidia: The AI Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Jits Langedijk from NVIDIA joins us to talk about GPUs, accelerated computing, AI workloads, hardware and software.

1 min read

Governance

EP08 — The Dark Truth About AI Development

Alessandro Perilli joins us to talk about the reality behind AI development, research, business models, hype and the impact on jobs.

2 min read

Governance

EP07 — Navigating the AI Maze: Copilots, Data Security, and the Risk of Getting Dumber

Marius Sandbu joins us to talk about Copilots, licensing, data silos, and whether technology is making us smarter or more dependent.

1 min read

Leadership

EP06 — AI Will NOT Replace Humans, Humans Will!

Mark Kelly joins us to talk about AI's impact on work, adoption, innovation and the job market.

1 min read

Governance

EP05 — Microsoft Recall: A New Era for Workplace AI

We discuss Microsoft Recall, Copilot, multimodal models and new AI hardware with Brian Madden, exploring what workplace AI means for users and privacy.

1 min read

Business

EP04 — Why Are Companies Still Bad At AI?

Nicola Graham joins us to talk about AI adoption, business change and the human side of technological change.

1 min read

Governance

EP03 — The Hallucination of AI, How AI Can Be Wrong!

We talk with Ryan about hallucinations, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, context, prompt engineering and human responsibility.

1 min read

Engineering

EP02 — Unlocking AI Potential: Exploring Offline LLMs

Johan van Amersfoort joins us to talk about offline and private large language models, GPUs, Kubernetes, model choices, and his chatbot project Koby.

2 min read

Leadership

EP01 — Impact of AI: Explored — Kickoff Episode Reveals the Future

The very first episode: James O'Regan and Gerjon Kunst introduce The Impact of AI: Explored and set out to explore how AI is changing everyday life, work and technology.

1 min read

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The Best Resources to Stay Updated in the World of Artificial Intelligence

This post highlights some of the best resources to stay updated with AI developments — whether you're a tech enthusiast or looking to understand how AI is impacting everyday life.

5 min read

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Milestone Achieved: Over 8 Posts & 850 Listeners

We're thrilled to announce that in the last 7 months, The Impact of AI: Explored has published 8 podcast episodes, and we now have an amazing community of over 850 listeners.

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Welcome to Impact of AI: Explored

We're thrilled to have you here as part of our community at The Impact of AI: Explored, where we dive deep into how artificial intelligence is shaping our daily lives.

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