{"podcast":{"title":"The Times Tech Podcast","slug":"the-times-tech-podcast-487766","podcast_index_feed_id":487766,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/danny-in-the-valley","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0b311a8cbef1d93cf121/1728038865168-4d111bb9-300e-4efb-b485-601b498a043e.jpeg","author":"Will Morley","episode_count":475,"summary":"From Silicon Valley to The City, tech journalists Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott bring you the inside track on the new industrial revolution. Co-hosted from San Francisco and London, this weekly podcast delivers the latest news and freshest interviews with the people creating the future. As West Coast Correspondent for The Sunday Times, Danny is on the ground to witness the technological whirlwind that first roared out Silicon Valley. From London, working as The Times' Technology Business Editor, Katie has seen the waves of boom and bust rolling through one of the world's financial capitals. Together they explore this strange new world of high finance and tech giants, explaining how we got here and what is just around the corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T22:20:19.310030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766"},"episode":{"title":"Forget your employees – how hard is your AI agent working?","slug":"forget-your-employees-how-hard-is-your-ai-agent-working","published_at":"2026-03-27T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/forget-your-employees-how-hard-is-your-ai-agent-working","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766","url":"https://shows.acast.com/dannyinthevalley/episodes/forget-your-employees-how-hard-is-your-ai-agent-working","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/dannyinthevalley/e/69c56074c2759aa9b1b90a46/media.mp3","summary":"A new trend is emerging in Silicon Valley – engineers are using more and more of AI agents to do their jobs. At some companies like Meta, AI usage is reportedly being linked to performance. But it’s also fuelling a growing anxiety, if AI can do your job better and faster, where does that leave you? Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott discuss the paranoia currently consuming Silicon Valley, what this really means for the future of work and whether we’re heading toward a genuine AI jobs crisis. Plus, they speak to CEO of Forterro, Dean Forbes, on his remarkable story from homelessness to leading a top private software firm in Europe.  Are you using AI agents to do your job? Get in touch: techpod@thetimes.co.uk Producer: Marnie Duke Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A new trend is emerging in Silicon Valley – engineers are using more and more of AI agents to do their jobs. At some companies like Meta, AI usage is repo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/episodes/forget-your-employees-how-hard-is-your-ai-agent-working/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/forget-your-employees-how-hard-is-your-ai-agent-working.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}