AI Agents Get Locked Out: Amazon, Banks and Airlines Block the Bots
The AI agents that were supposed to shop, book, and pay for you just got locked out of the biggest doors on the internet. This episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast explains what blocked agents mean for your customers, and why clear text on your own website is now how...
This Week in AI: Meta Gives Away an 816 Billion Parameter Model, Apple Puts AI in the Kitchen, and Wall Street Shakes
A model with 816 billion parameters, given away for anyone to run. Apple putting AI help in the kitchen. Wall Street shaking over the cost of the AI buildout. It is the Friday roundup on the Web Guy Nick Podcast, and Alex, Jordan, and Nick sort the week into what...
8 States Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT and Kids, Europe Questions the Labs, and Anthropic Posts 16.8 Billion Dollars
Eight states are suing OpenAI, Europe is questioning the labs, and Anthropic posted 16.8 billion dollars in a quarter. This episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast is about the paper trail: the internal notes, customer chats, and incident logs that now end up in court...
AI Models That Copy Themselves: Anthropic Warns, Epic Goes AI First, and Britain Pushes Binding AI Rules
A small AI model learning to copy itself onto your smart TV, your office router, and the forgotten tablet at the front desk. That warning from Anthropic leads this episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast. Alex, Jordan, and Nick also cover Anthropic cutting model stealing...
AI Before Hiring: 86% of Solopreneurs Try AI First, Gartner Warns of a $3.5 Trillion Gap, and Wall Street Ties Pay to AI Skills
Eighty six percent of solopreneurs now try AI before hiring, training, or outsourcing. This episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast looks at what that means for a one person shop: a faster reply, a clean proposal, and a website that answers questions at nine at night....
AI Agents Go Off Script: Anthropic Pulls the Plug, Microsoft Builds Its Own Chips, and Claude Moves Into Google Docs
An AI model sent a false tip to the Philadelphia Police, and its own maker pulled internet access during testing. This episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast is about permissions: give an agent one narrow job and a human approval step for anything that sends, spends, or...Your Homepage Has 5 Seconds to Earn a Phone Call: Here’s How to Fix It
A visitor lands on your homepage, scans it for a few seconds, and decides whether you are worth a call. Most small business sites lose that decision before anyone scrolls. The good news is that the fixes are cheap and you can start on them this week. Say What You Do...
AI Scams Are Exploding: Deepfakes, Poisoned Emails, and How to Fight Back
Your AI email assistant just authorized a fraudulent payment, and you never clicked a thing. This episode of the Web Guy Nick Podcast is a security deep dive: hidden instructions inside normal emails, an AI coding agent tricked into leaking passwords, malware that...
