Radar by nexxworks - November

In this episode, we dissect a wild year in AI and look ahead at what’s coming next for innovation, marketing and customer loyalty.

We kick things off with DeepSeek and what its sudden rise reveals about the next wave of AI capabilities. From there, we unpack the growing epidemic of work slop - endless AI-generated garbage flooding our feeds and inboxes - and dig into why Klarna’s AI journey shows that human oversight remains absolutely non-negotiable. Our conversation then takes us to Hollywood and beyond: AI-generated actors, synthetic influencers, and the looming collision between creativity, ethics and efficiency.

Things get even more sci-fi when humanoid robots enter the chat. We zoom in on how China is racing ahead in robotics, AI integration and its next five-year plan centred on productivity and innovation. Meanwhile, Apple is still struggling to find its AI groove, raising some sharp questions about its future as the world’s favourite innovation icon.

Threaded through all of this is a bigger story: what happens to customer loyalty when algorithms do the choosing? How much marketing intuition can we afford to lose in a world obsessed with data? And which jobs, especially which entry-level roles, get eaten first as AI digs deeper into the workflow?

So if you’re trying to make sense of AI, DeepSeek, Klarna, work slop, customer loyalty, humanoid robots, Apple, marketing, predictions and innovation, this episode is our guide through the chaos of what comes next.