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AI ASSEMBLED 051826

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Release Date: 05/18/2026

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This Week in Victoria 081926 Season 17, Episode 1   Chris and Gary encourage everyone to go out and support the sponsors and local events mentioned. Theme music is Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

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Montgomery Athletics Show 081726 Season 2, Episode 3 Team Tennis - James Longoria Coaches, Booster Clubs - want your own coaches show that works as a fundraiser for your program? brought to you by Call the fan feedback line 713-568-6361 and let us hear what you have to say!

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The Marketing Drive  Short marketing message that you can use right now! Why Good Businesses Still Fail Host: Chris Doelle | Production: Fresh Media Works Episode Theme: Staying Visible to Prevent Local Business Failure Key Takeaways: • The Visibility Problem: Local businesses often fail not because of poor quality, but because customers simply forget they exist. • Owner Responsibility: Support must be cultivated for years through consistent effort rather than requested during a closing announcement. • Staying Top-of-Mind: Businesses must show up consistently in multiple places over...

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The Marketing Drive  Short marketing message that you can use right now! Stop Letting AI Think for You Host: Chris Doelle | Production: Fresh Media Works Show Notes:  Core Topic: A plea to stop letting AI think for you and an exploration of its limitations. Three Brutal Truths: • AI Agents don't work as advertised because they lack the ability to ask clarifying questions and often make confident, wrong decisions when faced with unanticipated situations. • AI doesn't work if the input is lazy; generic prompts result in generic, "statistical average" outputs. • AI is making you...

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The Marketing Drive  Short marketing message that you can use right now! Role Playing is a Gold Mine Host: Chris Doelle | Production: Fresh Media Works Kay topics: • Core Topic: The transformative power of role-playing in business, specifically for improving sales results. • The Setup: One participant acts as the salesperson and the other as a specific lead (e.g., a high school coach); the exercise begins with a literal "Ring ring" and requires staying in character throughout. • Handling Objections: Role-playing prepares staff for real-world challenges, such as immediate hang-ups or...

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AI Assembled 081726 Season 03, Episode 36   AI Assembled is a cutting-edge podcast where AI takes center stage. Hosted by Chris Doelle, the show features content sourced by ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Deep Seek, Manus, and others and expertly crafted into engaging discussions through Genspark. Each episode dives into the latest developments in artificial intelligence, blending human insight with the power of machine-generated storytelling. Tune in to explore how AI is reshaping industries, all with the help of innovative AI tools working behind the scenes. What's inside: -...

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  SHOW NOTES A monster mix-up in the last episode (manticore vs. minotaur, if you're keeping track) sends host Inger E. Johnson down an unexpected path this week — straight into one of publishing's hottest debates: AI. She unpacks the difference between generative and assistive AI, shares her own experiment running a manuscript through an AI writing platform, wrestles with where to draw the line on ghostwriting, book covers, and transparency, and even lets AI weigh in on what her personal author "brand" really is. It's a candid, still-figuring-it-out conversation about technology,...

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Gulf Coast Sports Report 081426 Season 2, Episode 1 Hosts: Mike Forman and Chris Doelle This episode of Gulf Coast Sports Report examines the current state of high school football on the Texas Gulf Coast, highlighting the impact of extreme heat on practices. Hosts Chris Doelle and Mike Foreman pay tribute to a young player who died of cardiac arrest and discuss the importance of indoor facilities for protecting athletes. They also explore the situation of local teams like Refugio, which is facing declining enrollment, and Cuero, which is thriving thanks to regional economic growth. The program...

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Show Notes: In this episode of South Texas Sports Memories, Manny Flores and Randy Lynch explore the people, coaches, communities, and youth programs that helped build South Texas into a powerhouse of athletic tradition. From Ray Akins and his connection to Drew Brees to the championship legacy of Gregory Portland, Freer, Calallen, and beyond, they revisit the coaches, athletes, volunteers, and families who shaped generations of South Texas sports. The conversation also takes a deep dive into the history of Oil Belt Little League and the community effort that kept youth baseball thriving....

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AI Assembled 081026 Season 03, Episode 35   AI Assembled is a cutting-edge podcast where AI takes center stage. Hosted by Chris Doelle, the show features content sourced by ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Deep Seek, Manus, and others and expertly crafted into engaging discussions through Genspark. Each episode dives into the latest developments in artificial intelligence, blending human insight with the power of machine-generated storytelling. Tune in to explore how AI is reshaping industries, all with the help of innovative AI tools working behind the scenes. What's inside: -...

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AI Assembled is a cutting-edge podcast where AI takes center stage. Hosted by Chris Doelle, the show features content sourced by ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Deep Seek, Manus, and others and expertly crafted into engaging discussions through Genspark. Each episode dives into the latest developments in artificial intelligence, blending human insight with the power of machine-generated storytelling. Tune in to explore how AI is reshaping industries, all with the help of innovative AI tools working behind the scenes.

This Week's Episode
A magnetic switch 1,000x faster than today's AI chips, Meta cuts 8,000 jobs in an explicit AI restructuring, and the Vatican launches an AI Ethics Commission—a week where the future of AI hardware, labor, and ethics all came into focus, with real implications for every small business..

10 Stories Covered
 1 University of Tokyo: Magnetic Switch 1,000x Faster Than AI Chips - A new light-pulse magnetic switching device runs up to 1,000 times faster than current AI chips with almost no heat—a research breakthrough that points to dramatically cheaper AI inference within 2-3 years.
2 Meta to Lay Off 8,000 in AI Restructuring - Starting May 20, Meta cuts roughly 10% of its workforce and cancels 6,000 open roles, redirecting headcount budget into a $135B AI infrastructure spend—a clear signal of which job categories AI is absorbing.
3 Vatican Launches AI Ethics Commission - On May 16, Pope Leo XIV approved the Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Catholic Church's first formal cross-department AI ethics body, feeding into his forthcoming encyclical.
4 OpenAI Launches $4B Deployment Company - On May 11, OpenAI launched a new joint venture with TPG and acquired Tomoro to help mid-sized and enterprise businesses actually implement AI—implementation is now the bottleneck, not models.
5 Anthropic Launches Claude for Legal + Financial Services Agents - May 12 brought Claude for Legal with 12 specialist plugins and 20+ MCP connectors, plus 10 ready-to-run agent templates for financial services—vertical AI for specific industries is here.
6 Google I/O 2026 + Smart Glasses Reveal - May 19-20 in Mountain View, with three new Android XR smart glasses devices running Gemini expected—following Meta's Ray-Ban v22 update with Live AI and Conversation Focus.
7 Anthropic Launches Prebuilt AI for Small Businesses - Mid-May rollout of Claude templates for SMB workflows (onboarding, invoicing, sales follow-up); fresh data shows 58% of small businesses already use generative AI.
8 ChatGPT for Personal Finance Launches - May 15 release lets users connect bank accounts for AI budgeting and analysis—a preview of business finance agents that will read QuickBooks and payment processors directly.
9 Cerebras IPO Surges 68% - The AI chip maker's blockbuster IPO signals more chip competition for NVIDIA, meaning lower AI inference prices flowing downstream to SMBs.
10 AI Impact Reality Check: Few Can Prove It Works - Newsweek's AI Impact report finds companies deploying AI but failing to measure ROI—the fix is baseline metrics, defined outcomes, and 30/60/90 day reviews before deployment.

Why Listen?
 • AI chip costs about to crash - Tokyo magnetic switches + Cerebras IPO + NVIDIA NIM signal a price collapse
• Meta tells you which jobs AI absorbs - Middle management, coordination, internal IT, content review
• Vertical AI is here - Industry-specific tools for legal, finance, and small business workflows
• Write your AI policy now - The Vatican is doing it. Your customers will ask soon.

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