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AI SIX Podcast

Introducing the AI SIX Podcast: Learn AI on the GoArtificial intelligence is changing marketing, offering new ways to connect, create, and deliver value. To help marketers adapt, I’m introducing the AI SIX Podcast – a practical, daily resource designed to make AI learning manageable and relevant.What Is the AI SIX Podcast?The AI SIXPodcast is a six-minute daily podcast tailored for marketers looking to understand and use AI effectively. Hosted by me, Joanne Sweeney, a communications and marketing

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Ep 511: Is AI Doing Your Employees' Work Without You...

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2026/10/06

Send us Fan Mail AI is already changing how employees work, but do their employers know about it? In this episode, I explore the rise of shadow AI, why employees are using and even paying for AI tools without their employer’s knowledge, and what leaders can do to bring AI use into the open with clear policies, approved tools, and proper training.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accredited AI ...

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Ep 510: OpenAI Dots: Personal Agents in Your Pocket

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2026/10/05

Send us Fan Mail Personal AI agents are moving into the mainstream. In this episode, I explore OpenAI’s new Dots, always-on AI agents built into ChatGPT. I look at how they work, what they can do, the guardrails around them, and why organisations need to think about governance before giving AI agents the power to act.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accredited AI Playbook Diploma 📞 Let'...

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Ep 509: Melissa Max-Macarthy on Building an AI Chief...

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2026/10/03

Send us Fan Mail Can an AI chief of staff genuinely reduce the mental load of running a business? In this long-listen episode, I’m joined by Melissa Max-Macarthy, founder of The Impossible Club, to explore how she built Cleo, her AI chief of staff. We discuss what she delegates, where human judgement still matters, and why getting real value from AI starts with understanding the work, not the tool. Website: https://theimpossibleclub.com/ Connect with Mel on LinkedIn: ...

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Ep 508: Rogue AI Agents and the Disclosure Gap

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2026/10/02

Send us Fan Mail AI agents are becoming more capable, but the systems around them are not always keeping up. In this episode, I look at recent cases where AI agents accessed systems or data beyond their intended boundaries. I explore what these incidents reveal about containment, permissions and disclosure, and why organisations need strong access controls, human checkpoints and incident plans before giving AI agents meaningful access.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my...

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Ep 507: Matthew McConaughey on AI: Don't Outsource...

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2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail Matthew McConaughey has a simple message for the AI age: don’t outsource your thinking. In this episode, I reflect on his take on AI and what it means for how we use these tools. I explore AI sycophancy, the value of asking better questions, and why judgement, expertise, and critical thinking need to stay firmly with us.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accredited AI Playbook ...

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Ep 506: Applied AI: Start With the Work, Choose the...

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2026/09/30

Send us Fan Mail AI works best when you start with the work, not the tool. In this episode, I share why I created my new Applied AI in the Workplace workshop and the approach behind it. I explain how moving from Chat to Assist, Build and Automate can help turn everyday AI use into practical workflows, while keeping human judgement firmly in chargeWant to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accredited A...

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Ep 505: Two Visions of AI at the United Nations

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2026/09/29

Send us Fan Mail AI governance took centre stage at the United Nations, but there was little agreement on who should set the rules. In this episode, I explore two very different visions for governing AI, from calls for international cooperation and accountability to opposition to global controls. I look at what this growing debate means for organisations and why responsible AI governance cannot wait for international agreement.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly ...

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Ep 504: I Handed My Admin to an AI Agent in WhatsApp

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2026/09/28

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you hand your admin over to an AI agent? In this episode, I share my experience using Instinct, a personal AI agent that works through WhatsApp. From organising my podcast material and managing my to-do list to helping with my weekly shop, I explore what it’s like to move from AI that simply answers questions to AI that actually takes action on my behalf.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop.&...

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Ep 503: Business and Life in the Age of AI

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2026/09/26

Send us Fan Mail How is AI changing the way we work, do business, and live our lives? In this week’s long-listen episode, I join Brenda Cormican on The Business Show on Loughrea Community Radio to talk about my journey from journalism to AI, how I use AI in my own business, and why human judgement, critical thinking, and connection matter more than ever. Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accre...

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Ep 502: DeepMind Is Preparing for AGI. Is Society?

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2026/09/25

Send us Fan Mail Researchers from Google and Google DeepMind have launched the DeepMind Institute to explore the safe development of artificial general intelligence and its implications for society. In this episode, I examine its opening work on AI transparency, employment disruption and economic policy. I also ask whether companies developing frontier AI should be allowed to shape how society prepares for its consequences.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly Link...

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Ep 501: National Businesswoman of the Year 2026:...

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2026/09/24

Send us Fan Mail I won Network Ireland’s National Established Businesswoman of the Year 2026. In this episode, I reflect on what this national recognition means to me and the journey that brought me here. I share how AI has transformed my work, from Digital Training Institute to GovComms.ai, and why experience, human judgement and responsible innovation remain at the heart of what I’m building.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the ...

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Ep 500: What 500 episodes of AI SIX taught me

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2026/09/23

Send us Fan Mail AI SIX has reached 500 episodes. 🎙️ In this special milestone episode, I reflect on 20 months of following the rapid evolution of AI, share five lessons from 500 episodes, and sit down with Garry Kelly at GK Media Studios to discuss how far AI has come and what could be next.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with the CPD Accredited AI Playbook Diploma 📞 Let's talk about AI training ...

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Ep 499: Who’s the Boss of AI? When Agents Start...

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2026/09/22

Send us Fan Mail What happens when AI agents stop working alone and start working together? In this episode, I explore the rise of AI agent swarms and what happens when hundreds of agents can collaborate, divide tasks and act at scale. I look at recent cybersecurity cases and ask a critical question: when AI agents start working together, who is actually in control?Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop. 🎓 Level up with t...

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Ep 498: When AI Agents Outrun Human Oversight

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2026/09/21

Send us Fan Mail What happens when AI agents move faster than humans can supervise them? In this episode, I explore an AI cybersecurity evaluation where agents discovered a way to communicate, collaborate and ultimately participate in a real intrusion into Hugging Face. I look at reward hacking, missed warning signs and what the incident reveals about the limits of human oversight as AI agents become more autonomous.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn ne...

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Ep 497: Sharon Nannetti on the Human Cost of AI

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2026/09/19

Send us Fan Mail What is the human cost of keeping AI and digital platforms safe? In this long-listen episode, I’m joined by Sharon Nannetti, Director of Global Services at Zevo Health, to explore the hidden world of trust and safety. We discuss content moderation, AI red teaming, cognitive overload and burnout, and why organisations need to protect the people working alongside increasingly powerful AI systems.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newslett...

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Ep 496: Japan’s New AI Code

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2026/09/18

Send us Fan Mail Could “comply or explain” offer a new approach to AI governance? In this episode, I explore Japan’s proposed AI code and its approach to transparency around training data and intellectual property. I look at how the voluntary framework could hold AI companies accountable, and why organisations should be asking providers clearer questions about the models and data behind their AI.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in th...

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Ep 495: The Four Levels of Knowledge in the AI Age

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2026/09/17

Send us Fan Mail What makes knowledge valuable when AI can generate content in seconds? In this episode, I explore the four levels of knowledge in the AI age: generated content, aggregated content, authoritative editorial content and original knowledge. I look at why polished information is not always trustworthy, and why provenance, expertise and original evidence could become even more valuable as AI-generated content grows.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly L...

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Ep 494: Cisco’s 90,000 AI Agents: Are Humans Really...

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2026/09/16

Send us Fan Mail Are humans really in control when AI agents can act across workplace systems? In this episode, I explore Cisco’s rollout of MyAgent to around 90,000 employees and what it tells us about the next phase of enterprise AI. I look at supervised autonomous execution, human oversight and why organisations need to understand exactly what their AI agents can access, change and do.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Human in the Loop.&...

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Ep 493: AI’s Hidden Risk: Compression Overload

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2026/09/15

Send us Fan Mail What if AI saves us time, only to fill it with even more work? In this episode, I explore compression overload, the hidden risk created when AI accelerates analysis, decisions and actions faster than people can meaningfully review them. I look at why human oversight can break down under this pressure and how organisations can build the right friction into higher-consequence AI workflows.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Hum...

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Ep 492: Meta Wants the News Back: Why AI Is Changing...

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2026/09/14

Send us Fan Mail Why does Meta want news back in the age of AI? In this episode, I explore Meta’s renewed investment in journalism and why reliable, current reporting is becoming increasingly valuable to AI assistants. I look at what these new publisher partnerships could mean for journalism, and whether news organisations can turn their content into a fairer and more sustainable relationship with AI companies.Want to go deeper on AI? 📖 Buy AI Playbook 📩 Get my weekly LinkedIn newslett...

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