In today's episode, Zack provides a debrief of his experience at the National Preparedness Symposium at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, highlighting the topics and trends discussed. Zack presented on the use of AI in emergency management and the need for understanding its limitations. Other big discussions included the importance of the national qualification system, the use of IPAWS for emergency notifications, cybersecurity, dealing with homelessness and migration, civil unrest and election security, and preparations for the World Cup.

Anyone who hasn't been to the CDP or to NPS should try to attend! The CDP was an amazing facility with a ton of training opportunities and the NPS was a fantastic conference. Network, network, network!

Zack also provides some info on the latest ChatGPT 4o update and the new voice assistant mode! Can this be used for Sim Cell and other functions? Listen in and find out what this can do! Support our podcast!

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