Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
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Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
GPT-5 Arrives, OpenAI Goes Open Source, and Claude Keeps the Coding Throne
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GPT-5 Arrives, OpenAI Goes Open Source, and Claude Keeps the Coding Throne
This week, we dive into the big AI headlines: ChatGPT-5 Launch – OpenAI’s latest frontier model is here. We explore its new capabilities, where it shines, and where it still has room to grow.OpenAI’s Open-Source Models – Compact, powerful, and able to run locally. We discuss what this could mean for businesses.Claude Opus 4.1 – The new heavyweight champion of AI coding. It’s a refinement release with hints of bigger things ahead.Tariffs & the UK Economy – Could new trade policies hel...
The Roundtable Rethink Podcast
Way back in Episode One, we gazed into the crystal ball to predict exactly what the world of AI, business, and politics would look like in 2025. Now, the future has arrived. In this week’s episode, we pull up the tape, dust off those early forecasts, and ruthlessly grade our own homework. The verdict? As Paddy puts it, "The planets have aligned." From the explosion of autonomous driving—with Waymo now hitting 450k paid rides a week—to the harsh reality of AI displacement in contact centers, m...
