The AI Weekly Brief: Practical AI Tips and Predictions from Business Leaders
Jun 10, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
The AI Weekly Brief invites business leaders to share practical AI tips and their 1/5/10 year predictions for how AI will impact their industry. In this episode we go over: Intro on MichaelPractical…
Michael J. SmithGuestAntoineHostWhat was a week or two weeks ago? Yeah, I think a week
OK.
And then so there's been this chatter of of refunds on tariffs.
What's your take on that and what might occur in the next three to six to 12 months?
Well, the Supreme Court was, I think, intentionally vague as to how that would work.
And the only reference came in Justice Kavanaugh's dissent, which is essentially how would this work with the Treasury Department? Before the decision had even been filed, we filed lawsuits on behalf of a bunch of different clients in the Court of International Trade.
So those are all still
That seems to be the best course of action right now as we kind of seek guidance on it.
The Trump administration has, perhaps not surprisingly, not been extremely willing to just hand out refunds to everyone that claims they want one.
Obviously, we hope that, you know, there is somewhat of a, you know, streamlined process for this, you know, because people are going to be filing left and right, you know, to try to get some type of recourse.
As to how exactly it's going to play out, obviously, we're hopeful it's not something that's going to take a number of years, as, you know, President Trump suggested that it would.
But right now, that does seem to be the mechanism, which is filing these lawsuits and trying to get a refund that way.
as to how long
it's going to take and what exactly that entails, that's something we're still trying to figure out along with everyone else.
What was a week or two weeks ago? Yeah, I think a week
OK.
And then so there's been this chatter of of refunds on tariffs.
What's your take on that and what might occur in the next three to six to 12 months?
Well, the Supreme Court was, I think, intentionally vague as to how that would work.
And the only reference came in Justice Kavanaugh's dissent, which is essentially how would this work with the Treasury Department? Before the decision had even been filed, we filed lawsuits on behalf of a bunch of different clients in the Court of International Trade.
So those are all still
That seems to be the best course of action right now as we kind of seek guidance on it.
The Trump administration has, perhaps not surprisingly, not been extremely willing to just hand out refunds to everyone that claims they want one.
Obviously, we hope that, you know, there is somewhat of a, you know, streamlined process for this, you know, because people are going to be filing left and right, you know, to try to get some type of recourse.
As to how exactly it's going to play out, obviously, we're hopeful it's not something that's going to take a number of years, as, you know, President Trump suggested that it would.
But right now, that does seem to be the mechanism, which is filing these lawsuits and trying to get a refund that way.
as to how long
it's going to take and what exactly that entails, that's something we're still trying to figure out along with everyone else.
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