Alan, Mike, Jon, Chris Blask, Robert Reeves, Kate Scarcella and Dan O'Brien, president and COO of The Futurum Group, dive into the controversy surrounding the lack of child-safety controls being applied to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the subject of a 60 Minutes investigation. Then the gang takes a look at the pace of humanoid robotic advancements before turning to the need for AI PCs following a new report from The Futurum Group.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, delve into the latest acquisitions and alliances involving Anthropic before taking a look at the $11 billion acquisition of Confluent by IBM. Then the gang digs into an effort by Google to capture carbon emissions from data centers.

Alan, Mike, Mitch, Camberley Bates, Jack Poller and Andi Mann discuss how attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) are, for better or worse, rapidly evolving before diving into the need for radically different approaches to building out the IT infrastructure required to run AI applications. Then the gang delves into the need for a different approach to multifactor authentication (MFA) as man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks are now becoming weaponized.

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard and Mitch Ashley look at the latest advances in AWS technology with a focus on the new Graviton chip and its impact on cloud computing. The gang discusses the shift toward custom silicon, the importance of price performance and the ongoing challenges in cloud security.

The gang then examines how AI is being integrated into DevOps practices, the roles various companies are playing across the tech ecosystem and the future of developer conferences as security expectations continue to rise.

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard and Mitch Ashley look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping the development process as coding tools evolve and developers take on a larger role managing smarter AI agents. The gang also discusses how these tools are changing DevOps practices and raising new questions about the future of developer roles.

The gang then reviews the messaging coming out of AWS re:Invent as Amazon emphasizes clearer communication and narrative around its mission and product updates, drawing comparisons to how other cloud providers position their announcements.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard look at how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs and the broader economy as layoffs and budget shifts raise questions about regulation and long-term planning. They also examine the changing relationship between AWS and its partners as AI alters the cloud services landscape.

The gang then discusses the role of community, government and open-source collaboration in promoting the common good, along with the security and operational challenges that AI introduces for IT teams.

Stephen Foskett and Jeff Reich look at how organizations are choosing between cloud and on-premises platforms for artificial intelligence workloads as Mirantis presents advances in cloud-native AI infrastructure at AI Infrastructure Field Day 3.

The gang then turns to Campbell’s response to questions about its chicken sourcing before taking a look at how month-long discounts have reduced the impact of Cyber Monday as online sales patterns shift heading into the holidays.

Alan, Mike, Jon, Garima Bajpai and Teri Robinson debate the impact the Second Coming of Shai-Hulud Worm will have on securing software supply chains before discussing whether a new age of transparency in social media might be upon us.

Then the gang discusses the state of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem as the AWS re:Invent 2025 conference gets underway in Las Vegas