Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Marcus Penny, VP of Technology and Digital Services at Bruce Bolt and founder of boutique AI consulting firm Techabo, to dig into one of the most talked-about — and least understood — tools in tech right now: OpenClaw.

In this episode, they unpack what OpenClaw actually is, why it feels so different from anything we’ve seen before, and what it really means when an AI can wake up on its own schedule, manage a team of other AIs, and take actions on your behalf — whether you’re watching or not. Marcus brings a practitioner’s eye: real workflows, real failures, and a clear-eyed take on where the hype ends and the genuine opportunity begins.

Podcast Notes & Links

• OpenClaw
• OpenClaw Security Fears Lead Meta, Other AI Firms to Restrict Its Use – Ars Technica
• After All the Hype, Some AI Experts Don’t Think OpenClaw Is All That Exciting – TechCrunch
• Apple Mac Mini Is Having a Moment Thanks to the OpenClaw Craze – Business Insider
• Personal Computer – Perplexity
• OpenAI Hires OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger – Fortune
• What Is Moltbook, the Viral Social Media Platform for AI Agents? – Mashable

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Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Andy Quick, former Chief AI Officer at Entergy, to explore what it actually means to lead AI inside a Fortune 500 company.

In this episode, they unpack what a Chief AI Officer actually does inside a Fortune 500 company. Andy shares what it takes to align AI with business outcomes in a regulated utility, how to plan when models evolve faster than enterprise cycles, and why process maturity matters.

• Chief AI Officers Made Enterprise Inroads in 2024 – CIO Dive / Altrata
• Frequent Use of AI in the Workplace Continued to Rise in Q4 – Gallup
• The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 – MIT Project NANDA / Fortune
• Project Vend: Phase Two – Anthropic

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Host Jason Michael Perry brings a special live episode from the World Trade Center Institute Agile Global Innovation Series , hosted in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School . Joined by panelists Tina Williams-Koroma , Yolanda Reid , and Joel M. Benge , with an introduction from Eddie Resende , Jason explores how cybersecurity is evolving in a world where AI can fake voices, faces, writing styles — even entire digital identities.

The conversation moves beyond traditional hacking and into something more foundational: what happens when reality itself becomes manipulatable? From deepfake fraud to AI agents running autonomous businesses, this episode unpacks how trust is becoming the most important — and most fragile — infrastructure we have.

• Real or AI-generated: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/30/nx-s1-5610951/fake-ai-videos-slop-quiz
• Molty – AI-driven social personas and automation experiments: https://www.molty.me/
• Moltbook – AI-powered social network concept: https://www.moltbook.com/
• Project Vend 1 – Anthropic research on autonomous AI running a small business: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1
• Project Vend 2 – Follow-up research on AI autonomy and economic impact: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-2

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