# AI’s threat to consulting Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-s-threat-to-consulting Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-s-threat-to-consulting.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-08-31T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/ais-threat-to-consulting Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a94de601348fdc7613551ff/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/ai-s-threat-to-consulting Duration seconds: 754 ## Resource Soaring demand for natural gas has pushed dealmaking to a decade high, the consulting industry is headed for an AI showdown with its own clients, and the Taliban wants to strike a minerals deal with the US. Plus, it’s Tim Cook’s last day as chief executive of Apple.   Mentioned in this podcast: Scramble for gas assets pushes dealmaking to record high   Controversial Venezuelan executive courts investors after Trump oil deal Consulting heads for an AI showdown — with its own clients The rise of physical AI: can robots save US manufacturing? Taliban sees room for mineral deals with US under Donald Trump Tim Cook’s legacy by the numbers AI podcast presenters are here — but I’m not one of them FT Weekend Festival: ft.com/festival   Want to get in touch? Email us at podcasts@ft.com Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  The FT News Briefing is produced by Victoria Craig, Sonja Hutson, and Saffeya Ahmed. Our show is mixed by Sam Giovinco and Kelly Garry. Additional help from Gavin Kallmann, Michael Lello, Peter Barber and David da Silva. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Flo Phillips is the FT’s global head of audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/ai-s-threat-to-consulting/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/ai-s-threat-to-consulting.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.