The Great CrowdStrike Crash, AI’s Role in Employee Smiles
In episode 341, we cover the unprecedented global IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike update crash, affecting 8.5 million Windows machines. We discuss whether it's the largest outage in history and delve into the intricacies of internet accessibility and responses from key stakeholders like Microsoft. Also, in our Aware Much segment, we explore Japan's AI system, Mr. Smile, designed to standardize employee smiles, and its implications on employee monitoring. Plus, we welcome back Kevin and give a special shout-out to our latest Patreon supporter.