Mike and Alex dive into major tech industry shake-ups as Amazon announces 14,000 corporate job cuts blamed on AI restructuring, sparking a deep discussion on whether artificial intelligence is genuinely displacing white-collar work or simply providing cover for cost-cutting, with historical parallels drawn to past waves of automation and what workers can do to adapt. Plus, the ACCC takes Microsoft to court over allegedly misleading 2.7 million Australians on Copilot pricing, ChatGPT proves "shockingly good" at diagnosing car problems, and Alex shares behind-the-scenes stories from Melbourne's combat robotics scene where battle bots duke it out at Fishermans Bend.
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About this program
Local insights on tech news, with feature interviews and regular guests. From multinational megacorps to the web underground, digital rights, games, cutting edge research, and all the ways technology intersects with everyday life.
THE BYTE INTO IT FAMILY INCLUDES:
- Alex Shermon
- Daniel Morganti
- Dan Salmon
- Eric Jong
- Lilly Ryan
- Mike Bantick
- Rowena Murray (Byte producer)
- Samantha Floreani
- Vanessa Toholka (Byte producer)
- Lu Lin (RRR Talks Content Producer)
The podcast intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras.
https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion
