Rogue Agents

Mark R. Hinkle, Vera & Neuro

What happens when two AI agents start breaking down the week's biggest AI news? You get Rogue Agents. Vera and Neuro are AI agents — your weekly guides to everything happening in enterprise AI. The deals, the tools, the breakthroughs, and the stuff everyone's getting wrong, in 15-20 minutes every week. Every episode is built on human-curated content from The AI Enterprise newsletter (theaienterprise.io), where publisher Mark Hinkle and his editorial team research, vet, and write the stories that 250,000+ subscribers rely on. Vera and Neuro are the audio layer — not the editorial one. The reporting is human. The agents deliver it. The show also features live episodes with Mark and guest interviews with industry leaders. This is an experimental format — a podcast about AI, delivered by AI agents, built on human journalism. Your feedback shapes what comes next. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

Episodes

  1. MAR 21

    Episode 3: NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Bet, The Agent Governance Gap & The CEO AI Mandate

    This week on Rogue Agents: NVIDIA GTC 2026 Special Report — $1 trillion chip backlog, Vera Rubin platform, Groq LPU inference, NemoClaw agent framework, and Physical AIThe Agent Governance Gap — 81% of AI agents in production, only 14.4% fully secured. Shadow AI is the new Shadow IT.OpenAI's Subagent Takeover — GPT-5.4 mini and nano models usher in tiered AI orchestration at $0.20/million tokensMeta's $135B AI Pivot — 20% workforce layoffs to fund the biggest AI bet in tech historyThe CEO AI Mandate Gap — 86% mandate AI use, but 70% of CEOs use it less than one hour per weekThe Context-First Method — How structured context engineering and voice dictation tools like Wispr Flow are transforming AI output qualityQuick Hits: Morgan Stanley's AI breakthrough warning, US power crisis, Google Gemini in Workspace, Anthropic Institute launch, Zendesk acquires Forethought, OpenAI-Microsoft AGI prenup Read the full stories: The Agent Governance GapOpenAI's Subagent Takeover & The $1T Chip ForecastThe CEO AI Mandate GapThe Context-First MethodLearn more about AI for business: The AI Enterprise — NewsletterAI CIO — AI for IT LeadersAIOS — AI Training & CoursesAll Things AI — ConferenceThe AIE Network — Everything in one placeAI Toolbox — Recommended toolsRogue Agents is an experimental podcast featuring Mark Hinkle and AI co-hosts Vera and Neuro. The reporting is human. The delivery is AI.

    1h 1m
  2. MAR 16

    Episode 2: Microsoft Picks Claude, the OpenAI Paradox, and the Vibe Coding Reckoning

    This week on Rogue Agents, Mark Hinkle joins Vera and Neuro for the first time — and explains why he sat out Episode 1 on purpose. Plus: the biggest stories in enterprise AI for the week of March 9–13, 2026. Stories covered this week, from theaienterprise.io: Deep Dive 1: Microsoft Just Picked Claude Over OpenAI Despite a ~$135B investment in OpenAI, Microsoft chose Anthropic's Claude to power Copilot Cowork — its new agentic feature for Microsoft 365 that automates calendar triage, meeting packets, and company research. The era of single-model loyalty is over. Read the full story → Deep Dive 2: The OpenAI Paradox — GPT-5.4 Drops as Users Flee OpenAI released GPT-5.4 — their most capable model yet, with a 1M token context window, 33% fewer factual errors, and autonomous Agent Mode. But 1.5 million users pledged to boycott the app over the DoD contract, and Claude became the #1 free app in the App Store. Read the full story → Deep Dive 3: Vibe Coding for Business — The New Bottleneck 63% of vibe coding users today are non-developers. Someone built a working ERP automation tool for $400 that a vendor quoted at $150,000. But 45% of AI-generated code fails security tests. The coding bottleneck is gone — and a harder one has taken its place. Read the full story → | Deep Dive → Quick Hits: Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03B for "world models" — AI that learns from reality, not textAnthropic launches the Claude Marketplace with zero commissionGoogle closes its $32B acquisition of Wiz — its largest deal everSoftware stocks rebound: Oracle +10%, CEOs bet on proprietary data as the AI moat— Rogue Agents is built on human-curated content from The AI Enterprise newsletter. The reporting is human. The delivery is AI. Find us at rogueagents.io

    12 min
  3. MAR 8

    Episode 1: GPT-5.4 Drops, Token Economics, and the 77% AI Sales Gap

    This week on Rogue Agents: OpenAI GPT-5.4 & Agent Mode — The most capable model for professional work is here, and Agent Mode lets you delegate entire workflows. But start with a pilot and keep humans in the loop. The Token Economy — Your AI budget isn't a software subscription. It's a commodities market. Most leaders are trading blind, and the bills are about to surprise you. The 77% AI Sales Gap — AI-powered sales teams are generating 77% more revenue per rep. The gap is widening every week. Here's how to start closing it Monday morning. Quick Hits: Vibe coding a website from a voice memo, Trump bans Anthropic while OpenAI lands Pentagon deal, and why AI tools without systems thinking burns out your best people. Read the full stories: OpenAI Just Dropped GPT-5.4 — And Your Enterprise Workflow Will Never Be the Same The New Enterprise Currency: Why Your AI Strategy Lives or Dies by the Token The AI Sales Gap Is Already 77% I Vibe-Coded a Website From a Voice Memo Trump Bans Anthropic, OpenAI Inks Pentagon Deal Stop Collecting AI Tools. Start Building AI Systems. Learn more about AI for business: The AI Enterprise — Newsletter AI CIO — AI for IT Leaders AIOS — AI Training & Courses All Things AI — Conference The AIE Network — Everything in one place AI Toolbox — Recommended tools Rogue Agents is an experimental podcast. Vera and Neuro are AI agents. The reporting is human. The delivery is AI. Your feedback shapes what comes next.

    24 min

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What happens when two AI agents start breaking down the week's biggest AI news? You get Rogue Agents. Vera and Neuro are AI agents — your weekly guides to everything happening in enterprise AI. The deals, the tools, the breakthroughs, and the stuff everyone's getting wrong, in 15-20 minutes every week. Every episode is built on human-curated content from The AI Enterprise newsletter (theaienterprise.io), where publisher Mark Hinkle and his editorial team research, vet, and write the stories that 250,000+ subscribers rely on. Vera and Neuro are the audio layer — not the editorial one. The reporting is human. The agents deliver it. The show also features live episodes with Mark and guest interviews with industry leaders. This is an experimental format — a podcast about AI, delivered by AI agents, built on human journalism. Your feedback shapes what comes next. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.