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...
Inside OpenAI’s New CODEX1 Developer Agent, VAPI’s Job-Disrupting Agentic Voice Technology, and Scotland’s Growing Space Ambitions
The Roundtable Rethink Podcast
1 hour 2 minutes
7 months ago
Inside OpenAI’s New CODEX1 Developer Agent, VAPI’s Job-Disrupting Agentic Voice Technology, and Scotland’s Growing Space Ambitions
This week, we discuss OpenAI's new virtual software development agent, "CODEX1", and the implications for the tech industry. We also discussed VAPI, the incredible new voice calling agent that is natural, conversational and context aware. We unpack the implications for the 40 million jobs globally that are dependent on script-based telephony. Finally, we discuss the burgeoning Scottish space industry and, more specifically, satellite manufacturing, all from the greatest little country on eart...
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...
