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AI Watch Outs
The six that cost people money, time or credibility — what goes wrong, and what to do about it.
6 VIDEOS
2:54
HALLUCINATIONS
CONFIDENTLY WRONG MMEL JUL 2026 Hallucinations Why AI states wrong things with total confidence — and how to catch it. 3:28 YOUR DATA
WHERE IT GOES MMEL JUL 2026 Where your data goes Who can read what you type, how long it's kept, and what the training setting covers. 2:52 DEEPFAKES
AND AI SCAMS MMEL JUL 2026 Deepfakes and AI scams One firm lost US$25 million to a video call full of colleagues who weren't real. 3:45 COPYRIGHT
WHO OWNS IT MMEL JUL 2026 Copyright Who owns what an AI makes — and why the answer isn't settled anywhere yet. 3:12 AI AGENTS
THE RISKS MMEL JUL 2026 Letting AI act for you What can go wrong when an agent has your browser, your email and your bank. 3:03 AI SLOP
THE BACKLASH MMEL JUL 2026 AI slop and the backlash Macquarie's word of the year for 2025 — and three questions that keep you out of it.
CONFIDENTLY WRONG MMEL JUL 2026 Hallucinations Why AI states wrong things with total confidence — and how to catch it. 3:28 YOUR DATA
WHERE IT GOES MMEL JUL 2026 Where your data goes Who can read what you type, how long it's kept, and what the training setting covers. 2:52 DEEPFAKES
AND AI SCAMS MMEL JUL 2026 Deepfakes and AI scams One firm lost US$25 million to a video call full of colleagues who weren't real. 3:45 COPYRIGHT
WHO OWNS IT MMEL JUL 2026 Copyright Who owns what an AI makes — and why the answer isn't settled anywhere yet. 3:12 AI AGENTS
THE RISKS MMEL JUL 2026 Letting AI act for you What can go wrong when an agent has your browser, your email and your bank. 3:03 AI SLOP
THE BACKLASH MMEL JUL 2026 AI slop and the backlash Macquarie's word of the year for 2025 — and three questions that keep you out of it.
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Chat & Search
Five ways to ask a question — what each tool is built for, and what the free version gives you.
5 VIDEOS
3:07
COPILOT
WHICH ONE IS IT MMEL AUG 2026 Microsoft Copilot Several things are called Copilot. This is the free app — what it reaches, and what it won't. 3:31 PERPLEXITY
SHOW YOUR SOURCES MMEL AUG 2026 Perplexity Search that shows you where every answer came from — and how to check it went there. 3:27 GROK
WIRED INTO X MMEL AUG 2026 Grok Built close to the live conversation on X, which makes it fast — and not automatically right. 3:31 META AI
IN YOUR APPS MMEL AUG 2026 Meta AI It lives inside the apps you already message and scroll in, which changes what you share. 4:15 CHINESE AI
OPEN WEIGHTS MMEL AUG 2026 Chinese open-weight AI Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM and Kimi — what downloadable models mean for cost and control.
WHICH ONE IS IT MMEL AUG 2026 Microsoft Copilot Several things are called Copilot. This is the free app — what it reaches, and what it won't. 3:31 PERPLEXITY
SHOW YOUR SOURCES MMEL AUG 2026 Perplexity Search that shows you where every answer came from — and how to check it went there. 3:27 GROK
WIRED INTO X MMEL AUG 2026 Grok Built close to the live conversation on X, which makes it fast — and not automatically right. 3:31 META AI
IN YOUR APPS MMEL AUG 2026 Meta AI It lives inside the apps you already message and scroll in, which changes what you share. 4:15 CHINESE AI
OPEN WEIGHTS MMEL AUG 2026 Chinese open-weight AI Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM and Kimi — what downloadable models mean for cost and control.