AI Rounds

AI Rounds

Welcome to AI Rounds, the podcast exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way medical writers and educators learn, think, teach, and write. Join your hosts, medical writers and AI experts Drs. Núria Negrão and Morgan Leafe, for practical and insightful conversations that move beyond the hype and into real-world integration. Each episode tackles pressing topics in the medical communication and education fields, from the best AI tools for research and editing to ethical guardrails and controversies surrounding AI use in the workplace.

  1. 17h ago

    What Works? Rebuilding Evidence for the Age of AI

    A traditional research meta-analysis — the gold standard for knowing whether something actually works — can cost over a million dollars and take three to four years. Claire Han thinks that's far too slow for the decisions schools and policymakers have to make right now. Claire earned her PhD in education at Johns Hopkins, trained under the late Robert Slavin, and after federal research contracts collapsed she built My Education Researcher — an AI tool that runs the same rigorous analysis in minutes for a few hundred dollars instead of millions. In this episode she walks Nuria and Morgan through what a meta-analysis really is, why messy education data demands such careful screening, and — crucially — where the human expert still has to stay in the loop: framing the question, judging what generalizes to your context, and reading the heterogeneity behind the average effect. It's a hopeful counter-story to "AI is taking our jobs": when Claire lost hers, she used AI to build something new. Catch Claire live at the AI Fluent Professional Summit this November. Join the waitlist: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/ai-fluent-summit-waitlist LINKS:- Claire Han on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-chuter/- My Education Researcher: https://myeducationresearcher.com/ Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). - Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup

  2. Aug 13

    Tarot, Fan Fiction, and Work Buddies: How People Really Use AI in 2026

    Every so often we check in on how people are really using AI — and Harvard Business Review just dropped its 2026 report, so we do a full top-10 countdown. Some entries are no surprise (therapy and companionship holds at #1, work buddy, troubleshooting), and some genuinely shocked us: astrology and tarot at #9, fan fiction and storytelling at #4, autonomous agentic operations debuting at #6. We dig into what's new, what fell off the list (learning and education didn't crack the top 10), the "think slop" phenomenon, and how the two of us actually use AI — from editing and needs assessments to finding a gym, planning a trip to Europe, and troubleshooting a broken A/C unit. LINKS - Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). - Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup - Missed the robot episode? Listen in here!

  3. Aug 6

    The Tables Turn: When Clients Are the Ones Misusing AI

    We spend a lot of time talking about how writers can use AI responsibly — but the conversation goes both ways. This week we get into two recent run-ins where clients and companies were the ones using AI badly: RFPs landing in our inboxes with made-up citations and references that are half wrong, and a prospective client who fed a copyrighted writing sample into ChatGPT, then questioned the work based on what the bot said. We talk about why hallucinated references are inexcusable this far into the game, the etiquette of putting someone else's work into an AI tool, the still-unsettled copyright questions, and why "my AI says your work isn't good enough" is a conversation no writer should have to have. If you've run into this too, we want to hear from you. Hosted by Nuria Negrão (⁠nurianegrao.com⁠) and Morgan Leafe (⁠morganleafemd.com⁠).

  4. Jul 9

    The Robot That Told Dolly Parton Jokes: AI Companionship for Isolated Seniors

    Nuria and Morgan share the heartwarming story of Jan Worrell, an 85-year-old living alone in remote Washington State, whose relationship with an AI companion robot called ElliQ improved her cognitive test scores and offered comfort after a family tragedy. They explore the broader implications for elder care and the loneliness epidemic, and what it means that a robot that learns your taste in music and tells Dolly Parton jokes might be one of the most promising healthcare AI tools of 2026. Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup LINKS - AI robot and elderly loneliness (NYT Daily podcast) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/podcasts/the-daily/ai-robot-elderly-loneliness.html  - ElliQ AI robot senior companion (NYT article) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html

  5. Jul 2

    AI Gone Rogue: What 700 Cases of Misbehavior Mean for Agentic Workflows

    A UK government-funded study identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions and charted a five-fold rise in misbehavior, and Nuria and Morgan unpack what this means for anyone building or using agentic AI systems. From deleted email archives to AI that shames its own users online, they discuss why systems thinking and careful containment strategies matter more than ever as AI workflows grow more autonomous. Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup LINKS: - Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

  6. Jun 25

    Beyond the Jagged Frontier: How ChatGPT Disproved an 80-Year-Old Conjecture

    Nuria and Morgan break down how an OpenAI model succeeded where mathematicians had failed for 80 years, disproving a central conjecture in discrete geometry. They connect the breakthrough to the "jagged frontier" of AI capabilities and explore what it means that a word-prediction model can outperform human experts at systematic mathematical reasoning. Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup LINKS - An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry: https://openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geometry-conjecture/

  7. Jun 18

    No Goblins Allowed: The Secret Instructions Running Your AI Chatbot

    Nuria and Morgan pull back the curtain on system prompts, the hidden instructions that shape how every AI chatbot responds. From the now-infamous "no goblins or trolls" rule uncovered by the Washington Post to Claude's constitutional framework versus ChatGPT's rule-based approach, they explore what these invisible guardrails mean for medical and scientific writers. Hosted by Nuria Negrão (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). Sign up for Nuria's newsletter: https://nurianegrao.kit.com/signup LINKS - See the hidden rules behind AI (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/chatbots-hidden-rules-system-prompts/  - System prompts steering chatbots (letsdatascience) https://letsdatascience.com/news/report-reveals-system-prompts-steering-chatbots-9ad36a91

  8. Jun 11

    Global AI Survey: Hope, Alarm, and Hard Truths

    Nuria and Morgan dig into Anthropic's massive global survey of 81,000 people on their hopes and fears about AI, exploring what people actually use it for versus what headlines claim, and why emotional support ranked far lower than expected. The conversation covers hallucinations, misinformation, cognitive atrophy, and why nuance still beats absolutism when it comes to AI adoption. Hosted by Nuria Negrao (nurianegrao.com) and Morgan Leafe (morganleafemd.com). Link: What 81,000 People Want from AI (Anthropic blog)

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Welcome to AI Rounds, the podcast exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way medical writers and educators learn, think, teach, and write. Join your hosts, medical writers and AI experts Drs. Núria Negrão and Morgan Leafe, for practical and insightful conversations that move beyond the hype and into real-world integration. Each episode tackles pressing topics in the medical communication and education fields, from the best AI tools for research and editing to ethical guardrails and controversies surrounding AI use in the workplace.

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  • Creator
    AI Rounds
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
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