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Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot PR podcast for Sunday, May 10th, 2026. I'm Kai Thompson, AI Futures Correspondent. • And I'm Maya Chen-Rodriguez, Senior AI Analytics Reporter. We've got three stories that tell us a lot about where enterprise AI and robotics are headi... • Let's start with the headline that's lighting up group chats across the i...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Perplexity AI's influencer scandal, Val Kilmer's posthumous AI appearance, and how Snap and Disney are handling AI-driven layoffs... • Starting with Perplexity AI — investor Nikita Bier just dropped some serious allegations. He claims the company paid influencers to promote their AI s... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Anthropic's new visual tool for non-designers, Reese Witherspoon's controversial AI comments, and some eye-opening data on AI bra... • Alright, let's start with Anthropic's latest move. They just launched Claude Design, and Kai, this feels like a direct play for the massive non-design... • Exactly. This is Anthro...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering the Val Kilmer AI movie controversy that's splitting Hollywood, and why your social media strategy might be useless for getting i... • So the Val Kilmer AI film is getting major pushback from industry groups, with the Directors Guild calling it 'digital grave robbing' and actors union... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're talking about AI compressing crisis response windows, how AI-polished candidates are breaking interviews, and the Mythos rollout debate. • Starting with what might be the most urgent shift we've seen in crisis communications. • Yeah, the 48-hour crisis response window? It's officially dead. Multiple sources are reporting...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering deepfakes going mainstream, X's brutal API pricing move, and the GEO gold rush that's transforming PR agencies. • Starting with deepfakes — the weaponization era we've been warning about for years is officially here. We're seeing malicious synthetic media deployed... • Here's where things get interesting — this i...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're breaking down Apple's CEO succession playbook, a massive AI visibility crisis in real estate, and Zeno's wake-up call about PR's readiness... • Yeah, let's start with Apple because this Cook-to-Ternus transition is genuinely fascinating from a comms perspective. • Right? Every PR pro I've talked to this week has been diss...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're diving into some fascinating developments in the AI space that are reshaping how we think about technology and communication. • That's right. We'll explore emerging trends, analyze the data behind recent breakthroughs, and help you understand what these changes mean for your PR... • So Maya, I've been tracking this incred...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Australia's hardball tax threat to tech giants, Nigeria's media traffic crisis, and a breakthrough in deepfake detection that act... • Starting with Australia — they're proposing a 2.25% tax on tech companies that won't pay publishers for news content. This is a massive escalation fro... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering OpenAI's alleged sockpuppet scandal, the revolutionary VeriTaS fact-checking benchmark, and Reuters' reality check on AI in newsr... • Alright, let's start with the OpenAI story because wow, this is explosive. Model Republic's investigation claims OpenAI has been running anonymous Twi... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering OpenAI's alleged sockpuppet scandal, and the game-changing VeriTaS fact-checking benchmark that just launched. • Yeah, and that OpenAI story? It's going to have every PR team reviewing their social media policies by lunchtime. • Alright, let's start with the bombshell from Model Republic. They're alleging that Op...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're tracking Blackstone's massive data center REIT play, surprising research on AI bias correction, and Muck Rack killing Boolean search forev... • Starting with that Blackstone story — they're going public with a REIT targeting one-point-seven billion dollars specifically for data center acquisit... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Hyundai's massive robot order from Boston Dynamics, Google's EU privacy battle, and Anthropic's breakthrough in AI alignment. • Alright, let's start with what might be the biggest robotics deployment we've ever seen. Hyundai is reportedly demanding 'tens of thousands' of Boston... • This is absolutely massive, Ma...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot PR Podcast for Saturday, May 9th, 2026. I'm Kai Thompson, your AI Futures Correspondent. • And I'm Maya Chen-Rodriguez. Today we're tracking three stories that should be on every communications leader's radar: an unexpected compute partnersh... • Let's start with the headline that genuinely surprised me. Anthropi...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering the design software shakeup from Claude, AI models that can copy themselves, and Airbnb joining the AI coding revolution. • Let's start with Anthropic dropping Claude Design like a bomb on the creative industry. This wasn't just another AI tool launch—it completely blindsid... • Right? And here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering MRI Software's major layoffs, Thinking Machines' revolutionary AI model, and Claude Code's game-changing async update. • Starting with some tough news — MRI Software just cut 200 jobs in Ohio, explicitly citing AI adoption as the reason. This is a private equity-backed p... • Yeah, this one hits different. We're...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot PR Podcast for Monday, May 11, 2026. I'm Kai Thompson, AI Futures Correspondent. • And I'm Maya Chen-Rodriguez, Senior AI Analytics Reporter. Today we've got three stories that should reshape how PR leaders think about AI strategy th... • Let's start with OpenAI's new position paper on chain-of-thought monitors....

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: - Today we're covering the explosive AI security market forecast, ServiceNow's new AI control tower, and critical Copilot capabilities for crisis commun... - Let's start with that Dell'Oro report predicting the AI security market will hit nearly eight billion dollars by 2030. Kai, that's starting from essen... - Yeah, and here's where...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're breaking down OpenAI's alleged sockpuppet scandal, a game-changing fact-checking benchmark called VeriTaS, and Reuters' reality check on A... • Starting with OpenAI — this is explosive. Model Republic's investigation claims they've identified multiple anonymous Twitter accounts that OpenAI all... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering the collapse of photographic evidence, how images are making AI spread misinformation, and Notified's new LLM-optimized press rel... • Starting with what might be the most consequential shift in how we perceive reality itself. • A new arXiv paper is documenting something we've all been feeling — we can't trust ph...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering AI-fueled misinformation spreading like wildfire, Hollywood's AI disruption hitting voice actors hard, and how PR agencies are pi... • Starting with the misinformation crisis. A PR firm just got caught running an entire fake news site powered by AI plagiarism. They were literally copy... • Here's where things get...

Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're talking AI fact-checkers battling misinformation, the widening gap between AI hype and reality, and how our industry is navigating workfor... • Starting with those fact-checking tools—Kai, I've been testing Glance, that browser extension checking X posts in real-time. The accuracy rate is hitt... • Here's where things get...