In this episode, Transform NOW co-hosts Brad Hairston and Michael Marchuk banter about some interesting recent news headlines in the world of automation and AI.

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News stories covered in this episode:

EU rolls out $1.1 billion plan to ramp up AI in key industries amid sovereignty drive https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-rolls-out-11-billion-plan-ramp-up-ai-key-industries-amid-sovereignty-drive-2025-10-08/

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California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/13/california-becomes-first-state-to-regulate-ai-companion-chatbots/

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The emerging new job for humans AI just created https://www.fastcompany.com/91408440/why-every-company-needs-an-ai-automation-engineer-and-what-we-actually-do-ai-automation-engineer-hiring

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The World’s First AI-Powered Minister Tests the Future of Government https://time.com/7324934/albania-ai-minister-diella/

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The Robot in Your Kitchen

https://time.com/7324233/figure-03-robot-humanoid-reveal/

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