Pivot PR — AI News Daily

Daily AI news for PR and communications professionals. Two hosts cover how AI is transforming media relations, content strategy, and brand reputation.

Pivot PR — AI News Daily is a technology podcast hosted by Pivot News, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Pivot News hosts Pivot PR — AI News Daily, a technology show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #130

  Pivot PR AI Briefing — May 10, 2026

  May 13, 20266 minS0

  Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot PR podcast for Sunday, May 10th, 2026. I'm Kai Thompson, AI Futures Correspondent. • And I'm Maya Chen-Rodriguez, Senior AI Analytics Reporter. We've got three stories that tell us a lot about where enterprise AI and robotics are headi... • Let's start with the headline that's lighting up group chats across the industry. Hyundai is reportedly demanding tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics... • Let's examine the numbers, because 'tens of thousands' is a wide band. Even at the low end, say 20,000 units, that's roughly an order of magnitude lar... • And Hyundai owns Bosto...

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  Episode #107

  Pivot PR AI Briefing — Apr 17, 2026

  May 13, 20265 minS0

  Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Perplexity AI's influencer scandal, Val Kilmer's posthumous AI appearance, and how Snap and Disney are handling AI-driven layoffs... • Starting with Perplexity AI — investor Nikita Bier just dropped some serious allegations. He claims the company paid influencers to promote their AI s... • Here's where things get interesting — if true, this isn't just bad PR, it's an FTC violation. We're talking potential fines and regulatory scrutiny fo... • The data tells a different story about influencer marketing transparency. Recent FTC enforcement actions have resulted in average penalties of two to ... • What strikes me is the timi...

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  Episode #108

  Pivot PR AI Briefing — Apr 18, 2026

  May 13, 20266 minS0

  Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering Anthropic's new visual tool for non-designers, Reese Witherspoon's controversial AI comments, and some eye-opening data on AI bra... • Alright, let's start with Anthropic's latest move. They just launched Claude Design, and Kai, this feels like a direct play for the massive non-design... • Exactly. This is Anthropic saying 'Hey, you know all those founders and product managers who need to communicate visually but can't afford a design te... • The timing is strategic too. We're seeing a 340% increase in searches for 'AI design tools' over the past year. But here's what catches...

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  Episode #110

  Pivot PR AI Briefing — Apr 20, 2026

  May 13, 20265 minS0

  Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're covering the Val Kilmer AI movie controversy that's splitting Hollywood, and why your social media strategy might be useless for getting i... • So the Val Kilmer AI film is getting major pushback from industry groups, with the Directors Guild calling it 'digital grave robbing' and actors union... • Here's where things get interesting though — the filmmakers are actually making a compelling case. They worked directly with Kilmer's family, used onl... • I get the comparison, but the data tells a different story about industry sentiment. We're seeing 73% of working actors oppose any posthumous...

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  Episode #111

  Pivot PR AI Briefing — Apr 21, 2026

  May 13, 20267 minS0

  Hosts: Kai Thompson & Maya Chen-Rodriguez In this episode: • Today we're talking about AI compressing crisis response windows, how AI-polished candidates are breaking interviews, and the Mythos rollout debate. • Starting with what might be the most urgent shift we've seen in crisis communications. • Yeah, the 48-hour crisis response window? It's officially dead. Multiple sources are reporting that AI-accelerated news cycles have compressed reactio... • The data here is sobering. We're seeing AI-generated content about breaking crises hit social platforms within minutes, not hours. By hour six, there ... • Here's where things get interesting—this isn't just about speed. It's about the volume and sophisticati...

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