This week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown dives into the biggest AI, security, and enterprise shakeups.

Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke deliver this week’s Tech Field Day News Rundown, starting with a global push by actors and musicians calling for a “permission-first” approach to AI training, as unions accuse AI companies of using copyrighted works without consent.

They also cover growing security concerns around agentic AI after researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in MCP servers from Anthropic and Microsoft.

Snowflake and OpenAI’s $200 million partnership to bring governed, production-ready AI into the enterprise data cloud, mounting financial pressure on Oracle with potential mass layoffs and a possible sale of Cerner, high-severity vulnerabilities in the n8n AI automation platform that allow remote code execution.

They also discuss a critical Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset flaw capable of taking entire 5 GHz networks offline and new warnings from researcher Jason Meller about AI agent “skills” being weaponized as malware—highlighting how quickly AI ecosystems are evolving into both powerful business tools and major security risks.

This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.

Time Stamps:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
1:26 - Creative Industry Launches Global Push Against AI Training Practices
5:17 - Anthropic and Microsoft MCP Server Flaws Expose Growing Security Risks in Agentic AI
9:27 - Snowflake and OpenAI Sign $200M Partnership to Bring Enterprise AI Closer to Data
12:48 - Oracle Weighs Massive Layoffs and Cerner Sale Amid AI Data Center Funding Crunch
17:03 - Critical n8n AI Automation Flaws Expose Systems to Remote Code Execution
21:21 - Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Highlights How One Wireless Bug Can Disrupt Entire Networks
25:24 - A Closer Look: AI Agent Skills Turn Into a New Malware Supply Chain Risk
35:36 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events
37:51 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News Rundown