{"slug": "computer-says-maybe", "title": "Computer says... Maybe", "summary": "The YIMBY Pod explores the government's reprimand of Cherwell Council and discusses the potential of AI to fix the planning system, featuring an interview with Paul Maltby from Faculty AI about their Augmented Planning Decisions tool.", "body_md": "# Computer says... Maybe\n\n### And does Wychavon even exist?\n\nOn * YIMBY Pod* this week:\n\nWe explore why the government has given Cherwell Council a big slap on the wrist.\n\nJames tries to sell Martin on the idea that AI can fix the planning system.\n\n…And then we speak to\n\n**Paul Maltby** from**Faculty AI** about how, well, he is using AI to fix the planning system.\n\nPaul Maltby’s blog post on Augmented Planning Decisions (APD) is [here](https://faculty.ai/insights/articles/how-were-building-ai-to-help-fix-the-english-planning-system).\n\nJames’s deep dive into Extract and APD is [here](https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-gemini-build).\n\nMartin’s newsletter is [here](https://martinrobbins.substack.com/), and his YouTube channel is [here](https://www.youtube.com/@MFRobbins).\n\n*Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!*\n\n**YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Substack and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/computer-says-maybe", "canonical_source": "https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/computer-says-maybe", "published_at": "2026-06-22 06:01:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-22 06:12:17.810584+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-policy", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Cherwell Council", "Paul Maltby", "Faculty AI", "YIMBY Pod", "James O'Malley", "Martin Robbins"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/computer-says-maybe", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/computer-says-maybe.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/computer-says-maybe.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/computer-says-maybe.jsonld"}}