The Practical AI Briefing

AI is no longer just a chatbot on the side. It’s moving directly into the tools businesses use every day. In this episode of The Practical AI Briefing , Firmbrain breaks down the biggest AI productivity updates from March 2026: Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 3, Gemini in Google Workspace, OpenAI GPT-5.4, and Anthropic Claude. Instead of hype, we focus on what these changes actually mean for Australian...

In this episode of The Practical AI Briefing , we break down the biggest AI model releases from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google between February 5 and March 5, 2026 — and what they actually mean for Australian firms. We cover GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Pro and Flash-Lite Preview, with a focus on what matters in real work: reliability, long-context reasoning, pricing, rol...

In this episode of The Practical AI Briefing, Jerrie Yang and Jessica Wu break down Adobe’s agentic pivot — and why it’s an architectural shift , not a feature refresh. We unpack what “agentic AI” really means (beyond copilots), how the “content supply chain” changes creative economics, and what Australian firms should do next — from governance to workflow redesign. What we cover: Copilot vs agent...

What if your contract could answer questions before you sign? In this episode of Beyond the Hype , FirmBrain breaks down DocuSign’s January 2026 move to embed AI inside the signing workflow—plain-English summaries, key term highlights, and in-flow Q&A powered by “Iris.” We unpack: What was actually launched (signer-side + sender-side automation) Why this matters now (signing hesitation = last-...

World models are a new class of AI that can generate and simulate interactive environments. Let's move beyond text into 3D, physics, and decision-making. In this episode of the Firmbrain Podcast, we cover: • What world models are (and how they differ from LLMs) • Why “open vs closed” ecosystems will shape adoption • Where the real business value shows up (assets vs experiences) • A practical playb...

An open-source “AI agent” (yes, the lobster one) didn’t just go viral — it helped push infrastructure conversations into the mainstream, triggered copycats/scams, and raised serious security questions for any organisation experimenting with agentic AI. In this episode, FirmBrain hosts Jerrie Yang and **Jessica Wu break down: What the Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw project actually is (“AI that acts,” n...

Slack AI is no longer just a chatbot inside your workspace. In this episode of The Practical AI Briefing, we examine how Slack is evolving into a more agentic, conversation-centred work layer — and what that actually means for professional services firms in Australia. We unpack Slack’s underlying AI architecture, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), trust boundaries, and how third-party...

This episode explored the transition from AI hype to AI reality, examining Andrej Karpathy's concept of the "Agentic Decade" and its implications for Australian organisations. Key themes included the refactoring of human-software interaction, enterprise security architecture using virtualisation and sandboxing, and the shift from general-purpose AI to specialised vertical application...

Zoom just shipped AI Companion 3.0 , and it’s no longer “a button inside meetings.” In this episode, Jessica walks through what it’s like to use the new ai.zoom.us command centre as a persistent AI work layer that can pull context from connected sources like Zoom Meetings/Docs (and optionally Google Drive, OneDrive, Slack , depending on settings/licensing). Then Jerrie switches hats and breaks dow...