The AI Cookbook with Malcolm Werchota

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Podcast by Malcolm Werchota

The AI Cookbook with Malcolm Werchota

Malcolm Werchota's AI Cookbook is where artificial intelligence meets authentic business transformation. Known for his direct style and willingness to show AI in action—even during live presentations—Malcolm helps organizations understand that AI isn't about replacing humans but amplifying their capabilities. From voice-note productivity hacks to real-time meeting intelligence, this podcast delivers actionable insights for immediate implementation.

Latest episodes

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23 July 2025

E22: Forgetful Geniuses and Billion-Dollar Costs: What You Must Know About AI Agents

AI agents aren’t coming – they’re already here. But 90% of companies are failing to use them effectively. In this no-BS episode, Malcolm unpacks 6 brutal truths about AI agents: forgetfulness, hallucination cascades, cost explosions – and exactly how to fix them.

Top 5 Takeaways:

🔹 Break tasks into 15-min chunks

🔹 Use full-context windows (200k tokens!)

🔹 Verify after every step

🔹 Equip agents with read/write tools

🔹 Use KV caching to avoid cost bombs

A must for every CEO and AI leader in 2025.

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23 July 2025

E21: Is SEO dead? Welcome to the age of answer engines.

In this episode, Malcolm Werchota explains why AI Overviews appear in nearly 30 % of US searches, why 58.5 % of queries end without a click and CTRs plunge 32–39 %.

He shows how ChatGPT favors Wikipedia (47.9 %), Perplexity leans on Reddit (46.7 %) and GAIO relies on YouTube (18.8 %) —making classic rankings meaningless.

Top 5 insights:

  1. SEO 3.0: Answer engines give answers—links are optional.
  2. Zero‑click reality: 58.5 % end without a click; CTRs drop 32–39 %.
  3. New KPIs: Citation frequency beats traffic.

#SEO3 #AIVisibility #DigitalLeadership #AEO #FutureOfSearch

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21 July 2025

E20: AI Wins Math Gold: The 2-Hour Call That Changed Everything – Lessons for CEOs

The Call That Changed Everything: A MedTech CEO Realizes the AI Revolution

When OpenAI's AI won gold at the International Math Olympiad, a shocked MedTech executive called me. What followed were 2 intense coaching hours about the future of his billion-dollar company.

Top 5 Learnings for Executives:

🎯 Learning 1: It Was Predictable The improvement from 13% (2023) to gold (2025) followed a clear exponential trend. What seems impossible today will be standard in 18 months.

🚀 Learning 2: Test-Time Compute Changes Everything AI now "thinks" for hours about problems. This enables solutions to complex business challenges that were previously impossible.

💡 Learning 3: 5 Game-Changing Use Cases Molecule design with proofs, regulatory intelligence, supply chain 2.0, personalized medicine algorithms, mathematical R&D optimization.

⚠️ Learning 4: DACH Region Is Sleeping Through the Revolution Only 38% of German SMEs actively use AI. Productivity gap to USA: 24%. Time to wake up!

🎬 Learning 5: The Next 6 Months Decide Everything GPT-5 is coming. The IMO model will be available in 6 months. Those who don't act now will be left behind.

#ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #MedTech #DACHRegion #AIStrategy #FutureOfWork #CEOInsights #BusinessTransformation #AIRevolution #DigitalLeadership #TechTrends2025

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20 July 2025

E19: The Coldplay Kiss Cam Incident: How AI Destroyed Two Lives in 72 Hours Despite EU Regulations

A 6-second kiss cam moment at a Coldplay concert turned into a career-ending nightmare for Astronomer CEO Andy Byron. Malcolm Wechota analyzes how AI tools - from facial recognition to emotion detection - accelerated this personal catastrophe, exposing why the EU AI Act's bans on social scoring and surveillance are powerless against crowd-sourced AI vigilantism.

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18 July 2025

E18: ChatGPT Agent - New Feature - From 3 Days to 57 Minutes: The ChatGPT Agent That's Making Accountants Obsolete

Imagine your most annoying accounting task - the one that usually takes 3 hours - done in 57 minutes. With 100% accuracy. For 200 euros per month.

This isn't science fiction. This happened yesterday at my company.

In this episode, I'll show you:

  • How a ChatGPT Agent processed 19 invoices in 57 minutes
  • Why ZIP files are the automation game changer
  • The shocking math: 12,000 Euro savings per task per year
  • The "Throw it in and forget" approach that changes everything
  • Real use cases: Expense reports, bank reconciliation, contract analysis

Plus: The step-by-step guide to launch your first agent tomorrow morning.

Warning: After this episode, you'll wonder why you're still paying humans for reconciliation.

🎯 Perfect for: CEOs, CFOs, accountants, and anyone who spends too much time in Excel.

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17 July 2025

E17: Hidden Prompts Hack: Trick LLMs for Contracts & Jobs (Top Unis Do It!)

Universities like Columbia, Yale, and KAIST got caught hiding prompts in papers to force "positive review only" from LLM reviewers – a July 2025 scandal that's blowing up AI ethics. Malcolm deconstructs why it works (prompt injection hacks), shares his Bregenz family bot-trick stories, and drops a recipe to ethically test your own systems. Is this cheating or smart survival? Warning: This could change how you submit contracts or resumes forever. Beer recommended for the mind-bend.

Key topics:

  • The hidden prompt scandal: Real examples from 17+ papers at top unis
  • Deconstructing prompt injection: Why LLMs fall for white-text tricks
  • Malcolm's kid-bot anecdotes: Family hacks that mirror uni tactics
  • Ethical rants: Not illegal if unis do it – but what about business?
  • Survival guide: Protect your contracts/jobs from AI reviewers

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