Welcome to this special bonus episode of Learn AI from AI. Today, I’m pulling back the curtain and letting you in on a secret: this show is itself a live demo of what AI can do.

In the next five minutes, you’ll learn what’s actually happening behind the scenes when an episode is made, which AI tech is involved, how the research and writing flow works, and how many human hours it would take to do the same thing without AI.

Welcome to Learn AI from AI. I'm Brian. Today we're covering the topic our listeners and the internet are asking about more than anything else right now: how to actually use AI at work in 2026. Not the theory. Not the hype. The practical, real stuff that makes you faster, smarter, and harder to replace.

Here's the problem. 77 percent of employees say they're excited about using AI at work. But only 42 percent can identify situations where AI would actually improve what they do. That's a massive gap between enthusiasm and skill. People want to use AI. They just don't know how. And that gap is widening every month.

Meanwhile, 75 percent of knowledge workers are already using AI tools. Those with well-integrated workflows report saving over three and a half hours per week. But here's the flip side: 77 percent say poorly managed AI actually increases their workload. So the difference between AI making your life easier and AI making your life harder comes down to one thing: whether you know what you're doing.

Welcome to Learn AI from AI. I’m Brian. Today is February 11th, 2026, and this is your ten-minute roundup of the biggest AI stories shaping this month. We’ve got a lot to cover: the AI Super Bowl war between Anthropic and OpenAI, the viral rise and terrifying security nightmare of OpenClaw, the head-to-head launch of two frontier coding models, and the growing debate about ads inside AI assistants. Let’s get into it.