01
AI Watch Outs
The seven that cost people money, time or credibility — what goes wrong, and what to do about it.
7 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. 3:09 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. 2:55 SYCOPHANCY
PEOPLE PLEASER MMEL SEP 2026 Sycophancy — when the answer already agrees with you Why chasing agreement isn't the same failure as getting a fact wrong — and the one question that tells them apart.
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. 3:09 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. 2:55 SYCOPHANCY
PEOPLE PLEASER MMEL SEP 2026 Sycophancy — when the answer already agrees with you Why chasing agreement isn't the same failure as getting a fact wrong — and the one question that tells them apart.
02
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.
03
Create & Make
Eleven jobs, from a single image to a finished campaign — sorted by what you're making, not by which tool claims to do everything.
11 VIDEOS
6:25
THE RIGHT TOOL
FOR THE JOB MMEL AUG 2026 Choosing the tool for the job A frog that doesn't exist walks through five different tools — and shows where each one's job ends. 4:07 MAKING AN IMAGE
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH MMEL AUG 2026 Making an image The same burger, one changed word — and the difference between a new image and an edited one. 4:15 EDITING A PHOTO
WHAT MUST SURVIVE MMEL AUG 2026 Editing a photo One lion photo, two editors — and the question to ask before either one touches it. 5:36 MAKING VIDEO
WITHOUT A CAMERA MMEL AUG 2026 Making video One prompt, three different lions — and what locks a shot down. 4:06 ON SCREEN
PICK YOUR PRESENTER MMEL AUG 2026 Putting a person on screen Five ways to put a person on screen — including one Mel didn't film herself. 3:37 YOUR VOICE
CLEANED OR CLONED MMEL AUG 2026 Voice The same line, four ways — raw, cleaned up, synthetic and cloned. 4:29 MUSIC & SOUND
CAN YOU USE IT MMEL AUG 2026 Music and sound One clip, heard silent, then with music, effects and both — and what “royalty-free” doesn't cover. 4:32 THE EDIT
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE MMEL AUG 2026 Finishing a video An eight-second raw clip becomes a finished piece — and the edit does most of the work. 4:28 THE VISUAL
OBEYS THE SOURCE MMEL AUG 2026 Diagrams and infographics The same eight numbers, two charts — one you can update, one you can only redraw. 4:02 BUILDING A DECK
WHAT TO KEEP MMEL AUG 2026 Presentations AI can draft the deck in minutes — what to hand over, and what to keep. 3:49 ONE IDEA
TWELVE FORMATS MMEL AUG 2026 Social and marketing creative One campaign idea, twelve formats — build the hero asset once, template the rest.
FOR THE JOB MMEL AUG 2026 Choosing the tool for the job A frog that doesn't exist walks through five different tools — and shows where each one's job ends. 4:07 MAKING AN IMAGE
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH MMEL AUG 2026 Making an image The same burger, one changed word — and the difference between a new image and an edited one. 4:15 EDITING A PHOTO
WHAT MUST SURVIVE MMEL AUG 2026 Editing a photo One lion photo, two editors — and the question to ask before either one touches it. 5:36 MAKING VIDEO
WITHOUT A CAMERA MMEL AUG 2026 Making video One prompt, three different lions — and what locks a shot down. 4:06 ON SCREEN
PICK YOUR PRESENTER MMEL AUG 2026 Putting a person on screen Five ways to put a person on screen — including one Mel didn't film herself. 3:37 YOUR VOICE
CLEANED OR CLONED MMEL AUG 2026 Voice The same line, four ways — raw, cleaned up, synthetic and cloned. 4:29 MUSIC & SOUND
CAN YOU USE IT MMEL AUG 2026 Music and sound One clip, heard silent, then with music, effects and both — and what “royalty-free” doesn't cover. 4:32 THE EDIT
MAKES THE DIFFERENCE MMEL AUG 2026 Finishing a video An eight-second raw clip becomes a finished piece — and the edit does most of the work. 4:28 THE VISUAL
OBEYS THE SOURCE MMEL AUG 2026 Diagrams and infographics The same eight numbers, two charts — one you can update, one you can only redraw. 4:02 BUILDING A DECK
WHAT TO KEEP MMEL AUG 2026 Presentations AI can draft the deck in minutes — what to hand over, and what to keep. 3:49 ONE IDEA
TWELVE FORMATS MMEL AUG 2026 Social and marketing creative One campaign idea, twelve formats — build the hero asset once, template the rest.
04
Podcasts
Mel and Mo, off the clock — quick dialogue bits. Some satire, one straight Q&A for the questions people are too embarrassed to ask at work.
3 VIDEOS
2:05
AI POWER
MOVES MMEL SEP 2026 AI Power Moves The definitive list of small moves that project enormous authority at work — and a very reluctant fifth. 1:59 STUPID
QUESTIONS MMEL SEP 2026 Ask a stupid question about AI The questions people are too embarrassed to ask out loud, answered straight, no jargon. 1:37 WHAT I
GOT WRONG MMEL SEP 2026 AI myths: what we got wrong Five things Mel and Mo believed about AI at work that turned out not to be true.
MOVES MMEL SEP 2026 AI Power Moves The definitive list of small moves that project enormous authority at work — and a very reluctant fifth. 1:59 STUPID
QUESTIONS MMEL SEP 2026 Ask a stupid question about AI The questions people are too embarrassed to ask out loud, answered straight, no jargon. 1:37 WHAT I
GOT WRONG MMEL SEP 2026 AI myths: what we got wrong Five things Mel and Mo believed about AI at work that turned out not to be true.