Future Bytes
Introducing Future Bytes: your go-to podcast that only talks about the real impact of AI in business. No fluff - just AI that actually works. The show is hosted by digital transformation and AI expert Magnus Oxenwaldt, with episodes featuring guest appearances or solo deep dives. The podcast is created by Columbus. To see more visit www.columbusglobal.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#056 AI News for business - week 22
<p>At Google I/O, the AI story changed subject — from capability to price. Gemini 3.5 Flash beats last year's flagship at under half the cost, and this week's Future Bytes News unpacks what that means for every pilot still waiting to become a rollout.</p><br><p>Highlights from the world of AI this week:</p>Gemini 3.5 Flash outperforms last generation's flagship at under half the price — the cost-to-deploy calculation just changed. Google launched a complete agent stack at I/O: desktop orchestration, developer tools, personal assistant, and $190B in infrastructure. Agent platform lock-in is replacing model lock-in — Google, Anthropic, and Sale...
#055 AI News for business - week 21
<p>Claude responded: In five business days, OpenAI launched Deployco and Anthropic rolled Claude across PwC's global workforce, locking in the Big Four and Big Three as named partn…In five business days, OpenAI launched Deployco and Anthropic rolled Claude across PwC's global workforce, locking in the Big Four and Big Three as named partners. The same week, Figure AI's humanoids sorted 101,391 packages over 81 hours with no humans in the loop — collapsing the white-collar and physical-labor AI curves into a single calendar.</p><br><p>What stood out this week? </p>OpenAI launches Deployco, a $4B implementation subsidiary backed by Bain...
#054 AI News for business - week 20
In five business days, Anthropic signed $200B with Google, leased a SpaceX supercomputer, and walked Wall Street through ten pre-built banking agents — eight days after the U.S. Department of Defense blacklisted them. Explore the four moves your 2026 roadmap needs in response.<p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p>
#053 AI News for business - week 19
<p>For this week’s AI News: Three orders of magnitude now separate US, Chinese, and European AI bets. We unpack the week's $700B numbers and the four questions every business leader should bring to their next planning session.</p><br><p>What Stood Out This Week:</p><p><br></p>US AI infrastructure spend hit a new scale. The four big hyperscalers reported $130B in combined capex for one quarter, with full-year 2026 tracking above $700B.Anthropic raised $65B in five days, then got shut out of the Pentagon. Classified AI contracts went to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX, an...
#052 AI News for business - week 18
<p>For this weeks AI News: Four major AI models launched in five days. </p><p>GPT-5.5 went agentic, DeepSeek hit the frontier at one-tenth the price, and Anthropic bet $100 billion on compute. The era of standardizing on one model is over.</p><br><p>Top stories for week 18:</p>GPT-5.5 launches as an autonomous agent built to complete tasks, not assist with themDeepSeek V4 Pro hits frontier quality at one-tenth the price, on Chinese siliconAnthropic signs a $100 billion AWS compute deal and resets API defaults to Opus 4.7Google launches Gemini Enterprise, a single runtime for 200+ models including Claude<p><...
#051 AI News for business - week 17
<p>PwC just quantified the AI divide: 20% of companies are capturing 74% of the value. Within days, it showed up on a stock chart as Claude Design launched and Figma fell 12%.</p><br><p>Top stories for week 17:</p><p><br></p>PwC finds 20% of companies now capture 74% of AI's economic valueClaude Design launch sends Figma down 12%, deepening the SaaS apocalypseOpus 4.7 ships while Mythos stays restricted LeCun vs. Amodei clash reframes the jobs debate around re-skilling<p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p>
#050: Future Bytes with special guest Paulina Modlitba
79% of workers believe AI will accelerate their careers. 46% of those same workers are burning out. In this episode of Future Bytes, Magnus Oxenwaldt speaks with Paulina Modlitba, civil engineer, former MIT Media Lab researcher, consultant, and author of What the Hell Should I Do With AI? about what’s actually happening to people inside the AI revolution.<p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p>
#049: AI News for business - week 16
<p>An AI model capable of uncovering thousands of unknown vulnerabilities was built and not released. The decision, and the response from governments, signals a shift: AI is no longer just accelerating innovation, it’s exposing risk at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Top stories for week 16:</p>Anthropic withholds a frontier model after discovering large-scale zero-day vulnerabilitiesThousands of security flaws identified across widely used systems, most still unpatchedGovernments convene emergency meetings to assess systemic AI-driven cybersecurity risksCybersecurity moves to the top of the agenda as AI changes the threat landscape<p><br></p><p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
#048: AI News for business - week 15
<p>One of the world’s most safety-focused AI companies exposed its own source code due to a simple configuration error. The incident points to a broader shift: as AI moves into production, the real challenge is no longer the models themselves, but the governance, processes, and operational maturity around them. </p><br><p>Top stories for week 15: </p><p> </p>Anthropic incidents highlight how operational risk can impact even leading AI players Most enterprises are still early in scaling AI agents, with limited visibility and control New solutions emerge to manage agent identity, access, and governance Enterprise platforms accelerate deployment of AI...
#047: Future Bytes with special guest Garret Kersten
In this episode of Future Bytes, host Magnus Oxenwaldt sits down with Garret Kersten, Senior Solutions Engineer from Wausau Supply Company and Andrew Kraus, Account Executive at Columbus to talk about turning AI from hype into real business value. By focusing on a clear case and working closely with the business, the team delivered a solution with tangible impact. The approach is pragmatic. Start small, focus on real needs, and build based on results. As Kersten highlights, success depends on close alignment with the business and the ability to adapt along the way. <p > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more
