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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 304: Citigroup Retraining Its Staff

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2026/02/06

Send us a text Citigroup is training 175,000 employees in AI prompt skills across 80 locations, and the program is mandatory. In this episode, I break down what this means for the workforce, why AI literacy is no longer optional, and how reskilling ties directly into the bank’s broader strategy. I explore the co-pilot narrative, the uncomfortable math of simultaneous AI training and planned job cuts, and why Citigroup sees reskilling as a strategic advantage. This is a blueprint for ent...

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Ep 303: How to Become an Applied AI Specialist

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2026/02/05

Send us a text Around 70% of hiring managers say they struggle to find entry-level talent in robotics and automation. In this episode, I break down what it really takes to succeed in applied AI in 2026. I cover the technical skills you need, from Python and cloud platforms to LLMs and vector databases. I explain how MLOps keeps AI running in real products, and why governance, compliance, and trust are just as important as coding. I also explore certifications, building a portfolio of real pro...

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Ep 302: Police AI

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2026/02/04

Send us a text The UK Government is investing £115 million in Police.AI, a National Centre for AI in Policing that will test, scale, and deploy AI across every force over the next three years. The goal is to automate administrative work, accelerate investigations, and give frontline officers back millions of hours each year. In this episode, I explore how AI-powered tools will handle CCTV review, evidence processing, and suspect identification, the expansion of facial recognition capabilities...

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Ep 301: ChatGPT Health

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2026/02/03

Send us a text Over 230 million people worldwide now ask health and wellness questions on ChatGPT every week. OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Health lets users connect their wellness apps and, in the US, medical records, while ChatGPT for Healthcare provides enterprise-grade tools for hospitals. In this episode, I explore how AI is moving directly into consumer healthcare, the infrastructure behind these tools, and the opportunities and risks they bring. I also examine adoption, trust, governance,...

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Ep 300: The State of AI Address

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2026/02/02

Send us a text One year ago today, on St Brigid's Day, I pressed record on the first episode of AI SIX. If you've been with me since Day 1, thank you. If you're new, welcome. You're right on time. 300 episodes. Six minutes a day. Every single day for a year. Today, I reflect on the lessons, shifts, and insights from a year of showing up every single day. From workflows over outputs, briefing over prompting, to judgment over speed. AI rewards consistency, not flashes of brilliance. Want ...

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Ep 299: Pivoting Careers in the Age of AI with Joost...

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2026/01/31

Send us a text Are you ready for the AI revolution at work? In this episode, Joost Postma, a seasoned tech support professional and AI enthusiast, shares his journey from experimenting with AI-generated images to creating AI training frameworks and governance systems for the corporate world. We dig into the hard truths about job displacement for knowledge workers, the impact of the EU AI Act, and why a “wait and see” approach to AI could leave you behind. Joost shares actionable s...

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Ep 298: Ireland's Approach to AI in Healthcare

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2026/01/30

Send us a text Ireland is setting out how artificial intelligence should be used in health and social care, and it is asking the public to help shape the rules. In this episode, I unpack HIQA’s newly launched consultation and its 115-page evidence review on the responsible and safe use of AI in healthcare. I explore why the timing matters as the EU AI Act comes into force, how the Department of Health, the HSE, and HIQA are working together, and the twelve themes that will guide nationa...

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Ep 297: Braindump with Miro AI

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2026/01/29

Send us a text If your head feels overloaded with ideas, tasks, and half-formed thoughts, this episode is for you. I explore a simple “Braindump with Miro AI” workflow that turns mental clutter into a clear, visual plan you can actually act on. You will learn how to get everything out of your head in minutes, use Miro’s AI tools to organise and cluster ideas, generate mind maps, surface themes, and create structure, then apply your own judgement to decide what really matters and what to ...

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Ep 296: AI Bot Swarms Threaten Democracy

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2026/01/28

Send us a text New peer-reviewed research published in Science is raising urgent alarms about a powerful new threat to democratic systems. In this episode, I explore how coordinated “AI swarms” could manipulate online debate, interfere with elections, and erode public trust at an unprecedented scale. Featuring insights from an international team of researchers linked to Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and Berkeley, including Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, I explain how these multi-agent ...

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Ep 295: Meet Claude Cowork

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2026/01/27

Send us a text Anthropic has just turned Claude into something very different. In this episode, I explore Cowork, a new tool that lets Claude work directly on your computer by opening files, organising folders, creating documents, and building presentations on your behalf. I break down what Cowork is, how to access it, what it can actually do, and the real risks Anthropic is openly warning about, including file deletion and security concerns. You will also hear a real-world test from de...

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Ep: 294 AI Dominates at Davos

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2026/01/26

Send us a text AI wasn’t just on the agenda at Davos 2026, it was the agenda. In this episode, I unpack the biggest conversations shaping the future of artificial intelligence, from soaring profits and energy wars to job disruption, worker upskilling, and the growing gap between global winners and losers. Featuring insights from Yuval Noah Harari, Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and more, I break down six defining themes that reveal where AI is heading, and what government...

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Ep 293: AI in Emergency Care with Declan Watters

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2026/01/24

Send us a text What if a simple app could save precious minutes in an emergency and even prevent medication errors? In this episode, I chat with Declan Watters, a paramedic from Donegal, about the AI-powered medical tool he developed, Medisnap. Designed for pre-hospital and emergency care, the app uses OCR and AI to quickly identify medications, flag critical interactions, and provide inferred medical histories, helping paramedics, nurses, and doctors save time and make better-informed ...

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Ep 292: Is AI Overloading UK Government Departments?

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2026/01/23

Send us a text Written Parliamentary Questions to UK government departments doubled in 2025. That is according to a Sky News exclusive published on 7 January 2026. The number rose from 49,125 in 2024 to 90,331 last year. Government sources are now accusing some MPs of using AI to generate questions, diverting civil service resources and wasting public money. But MPs deny the claim and say the real problem is that ministers are not answering their questions properly. Today, I am looking ...

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Ep 291: Ireland Ranks 4th in World for AI Adoption

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2026/01/22

Send us a text Ireland now ranks fourth in the world for AI adoption. That is according to the Microsoft AI Economy Institute's Global AI Diffusion Report published on January 8th 2026. In the second half of 2025, 44.6% of Ireland’s working-age population used generative AI tools, placing us just behind the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Norway. Today, I am looking at the key findings from Microsoft's AI Diffusion Report. This is essential reading for anyone working in government,...

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Ep 290: 3 AI Skills to Master in 2026

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2026/01/21

Send us a text Gartner predicts that 40% of enterprise applications will include task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% today. If you think the pace of change in the last twenty four months was fast, 2026 will feel like a total shift in the professional landscape. We are moving away from the era of the curious experimenter and into the era of the agentic architect. The question is no longer can you use AI, but can you govern, orchestrate, and refine it to a pro...

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Ep 289: Grok Enters US Government

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2026/01/20

Send us a text The U.S. federal government has set up AI contracts worth up to hundreds of millions of dollars each with four major providers, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI. Through a new agreement, xAI’s Grok chatbot can now be procured by virtually any federal agency, marking a significant moment in how advanced AI is integrated into state institutions. Today, I am looking at how xAI has secured a place in US government operations and what this signals for the broader...

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Ep 288: What is Claude Code?

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2026/01/19

Send us a text Anthropic has just changed how developers work with AI. It is called Claude Code. It runs inside your terminal, can read your codebase, and can even carry out fixes for you. We are moving from generative AI, which talks about the work, to agentic AI, which does the work. Today, I’m taking a closer look at Claude Code. If you follow my Four Levels of AI Maturity framework, you will know we are moving rapidly from Level Two, AI Assistants, to Level Four, Agentic AI. Claude ...

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Ep 287: Grok AI, Explicit Images & Where the Law...

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2026/01/17

Send us a text What happens when an AI tool can undress people at the click of a button, and governments have to step in? In this episode, I join Good Morning Dublin to unpack the controversy surrounding Grok, X’s AI tool, after it was found to generate sexually explicit images without consent. They explore why weak moderation matters, how Irish and EU regulators are responding, what Coco’s Law means for online safety, and where the line must be drawn between innovation and public protection....

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Ep 286: Meta Buys Manus AI

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2026/01/16

Send us a text Meta has paid over $2 billion for Manus, a Singapore-based startup with the most advanced autonomous AI agent on the market. Manus does more than answer questions. It plans, coordinates, and completes tasks like market research, data analysis, recruitment screening, and code. In this episode, I explore why Meta bought Manus, how it powers workflows across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, and why execution matters more than just models. Learn how AI can go from t...

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Ep 285: Your Instagram Strategy to Beat AI Slop

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2026/01/15

Send us a text Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri shared his thoughts on social media in the AI age, and it’s a wake-up call for creators. From the rise of “AI slop” to the end of polished perfection, Mosseri signals how Instagram will reward authenticity, originality, and trust in 2026. In this episode, I break down his insights and give practical strategies for creators: lean into messy, real content, build a unique voice, prioritise trust, and prepare for content verification. Learn ho...

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