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There's a fresh wave of headlines claiming that AI is eating the workforce whole, and that the only way to have a job is to become the person who builds the robots. Is this a reasonable assumption? Or has "AI-washing" just become the most convenient way to excuse a restructure?
Plus, a genuine artistic community has grown around taking photos in video games. Who owns those creations?
And, wired headphones are back? Wired headphone revenue jumped 20 percent in the first six weeks of 2026. Why?
GUESTS:
Kath Albury -- Professor of Technology at Swinburne University, and Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre for Excellence In Automated Decision Making and Society. 
Mark Serrels -- Editorial Director at Choice and co-founder of Continue Magazine.
This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.

VPNs have topped the charts this week, after major adult websites blocked Australian users. Several of these most popular VPNs are free, but at what cost?
Plus, fake videos of the war in Iran have been circulating online. How do we tell what's real from what's not?
Also, the Macbook Neo. It runs on an iPhone chip, is remarkably cheap, and comes in a variety of colours. Has Apple become fun again?
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Benjamin Law's episode of Compass, Outsourcing Our Souls, will be out on Sunday 15th of March.
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GUESTS:
Michael Cowling — Professor of Educational Technology at RMIT and Director of the Hub for Apple Platform Innovation. AKA Professor Tech, and you can find his YouTube channel here.
Tobias Venus — technology and travel journalist, and video producer at tobygv.tv. His YouTube channel is here.
This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.

A US government official has called Anthropic a national security risk, after the company drew ethical lines around its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. How comfortable would you be with AI firing missiles?
Plus, Facebook's parent company, Meta, sold seven million pairs of AI-enabled Ray-Ban last year. And now they want to add facial recognition. How will that change public spaces?
And, Microsoft tried to ban the word 'microslop'. It didn't go well.
GUESTS:
Seamus Byrne - tech reporter and PhD research candidate with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision Making & Society.
Hannah Geremia – digital content editor at Whistleout Singapore.

A US government official has called Anthropic a national security risk, after the company drew ethical lines around its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. How comfortable would you be with AI firing missiles?
Plus, Facebook's parent company, Meta, sold seven million pairs of AI-enabled Ray-Ban last year. And now they want to add facial recognition. How will that change public spaces?
And, Microsoft tried to ban the word 'microslop'. It didn't go well.
GUESTS:
Seamus Byrne - tech reporter and PhD research candidate with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision Making & Society.
Hannah Geremia – digital content editor at Whistleout Singapore.

A US government official has called Anthropic a national security risk, after the company drew ethical lines around its technology being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. How comfortable would you be with AI firing missiles?
Plus, Facebook's parent company, Meta, sold seven million pairs of AI-enabled Ray-Ban last year. And now they want to add facial recognition. How will that change public spaces?
And, Microsoft tried to ban the word 'microslop'. It didn't go well.
GUESTS:
Seamus Byrne - tech reporter and PhD research candidate with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision Making & Society.
Hannah Geremia – digital content editor at Whistleout Singapore.