Practical AI for Actuarial Modeling
In this episode, Dale Hall talks with Igor Nikitin, CEO of Nice Technologies, about the practical integration of AI into actuarial modeling, especially for pension and longevity risk transfers. Igor outlines concrete AI use cases such as a second‑reviewer for data quality checks and an assistant for model development, code generation, and documentation visualization. He also warns of hype, emphasizing that AI’s value depends on the availability of robust training data, clear governance, and realistic cost assessments, and shares a recent experiment comparing traditional coding to AI‑driven development. The discussion highlights the need for a nuanced, layered approach to AI adoption in actuarial work.
The Disturbing Truth About AI, Killer Robots & the Pentagon
In this episode, host Seth Holhouse examines the paradox of the U.S. government banning Anthropic's AI model Claude for national security reasons while simultaneously using it to plan and execute airstrikes on Iran. He reveals how the same AI architecture...
He Thinks AI Code May Break Everything - EP 59 Will Wilson
In this episode, host Ashley Vance talks with Will Wilson, co‑founder of Antithesis, about the chronic unreliability of software and why traditional example‑based testing fails. Wilson explains how Antithesis uses deterministic simulations and property‑based (autonomous) testing to expose unknown‑unknown bugs...
SaaStr 844: The Top 5 Issues Managing Multiple AI Agents in Production with SaaStr's CEO and Chief AI Officer
In this episode, SaaStr’s CEO and Chief AI Officer discuss the practical challenges of running dozens of AI agents in production, outlining their top five pain points: the cognitive load of context switching across heterogeneous agents, the disruptive "blackout" period...
Where Is Warehouse Technology Heading with Gary Allen of Ryder
In this episode, Kevin Lawton chats with Gary Allen of Ryder about the rapid evolution of warehouse technology, focusing on automation and AI. Allen explains how automation—from autonomous mobile robots to autonomous forklifts and emerging humanoids—is becoming more affordable and...
AI Revisited - Part 2
In this episode of Rework, host Kimberly Rhodes and 37signals CEO Jason Fried discuss how AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT have become integral to their daily workflow. Jason shares concrete examples of using AI as a writing assistant to...
Customer Joint Value Creation with Bimbo Bakeries USA's Jeff Hendrix
In this episode, Jeff Hendricks, Chief Customer Officer of Bimbo Bakeries USA, discusses how the company is leveraging real‑time customer and POS data to close the gap on missed sales and improve supply‑chain execution in an omni‑channel environment. He explains...
API-First Insurance: When Brands Become Insurers
In this episode, Wayne Slavin, CEO and co‑founder of Sure, explains why the next biggest distributors of insurance will be non‑insurance brands that already own consumer relationships, and how Sure’s API‑first “digital insurance rails” enable these brands to embed frictionless,...
AI-Assisted Coding Needs More than Vibes; It Needs Containers and Sandboxes
In this episode, Docker President Mark Cavett discusses how containers are becoming essential for safely running AI‑generated code, emphasizing the need for hardened images to bridge the trust gap. He explains Docker’s new open‑source Docker Hardened Images (DHI) catalog, which...
How PMOs Lead Responsible AI Transformation in Higher Education – with Ivonne Mejia
In this episode, Yvonne Mejia, Lead Project Portfolio Manager for the CSU Bay Region and PMI‑CPMAI certified AI champion, discusses how PMOs can responsibly drive AI transformation in higher education. She explains the CPM‑AI methodology, emphasizing the importance of starting...
Anthropic Accuses Chinese AI Labs of Claude Mining
Jaeden and Jamie dissect Anthropic's claim that Chinese AI labs are illicitly mining the Claude model to train their own systems, focusing on the controversial 'distillation' technique used to replicate capabilities. They examine how this practice fuels competition in the...
We're Not Ready for AI Consciousness | Robert Long, Philosopher and Founder of Eleos AI
In this episode, philosopher Robert Long discusses the emerging ethical challenge of AI consciousness, warning that humans historically struggle to understand and care for minds unlike their own, which could lead to a form of AI "factory farming" where sentient...
The Rundown 3/3/26: Upfront Summit Recap, AI Layoffs, Private Credit, and the AI Safety Debate
In this episode Matt Cohen and John Ruffalo recap the Upfront Summit, highlighting the surge in AI-driven venture tools, the intense focus on space tech, and the geopolitical push for U.S. AI standards. They critique the wave of AI‑justified layoffs,...
What VC's Are Looking For in AI Startups Today
In this episode, host Jaden Schaefer breaks down the evolving criteria VCs use to evaluate AI startups in 2026, emphasizing a shift toward AI that directly completes tasks rather than superficial chat‑based layers. He cites insights from investors like Aaron...
St. James Hospital Dublin’s Giunti Says AI Transformation Starts With Literacy
In this episode, St. James Hospital Dublin’s Chief Data Officer Guido Giunti explains why AI transformation in healthcare must begin with AI and data literacy across all staff, not just technology deployment. He describes a blended top‑down and bottom‑up strategy that uses...
Penn Medicine’s Cook Says You Can’t ‘Set It and Forget It’ With Clinical AI
Dr. Tessa Cook, an associate professor and vice chair of practice transformation in radiology at Penn Medicine, discusses how her team approaches clinical AI implementation. She emphasizes a systematic, "set it and forget it" mindset is unrealistic; instead, AI tools...
The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make when Rolling Out AI to Knowledge Teams
In this brief episode, host Jordan Cooney talks with Steve Wonker, Managing Director at New Markets Advisors, about the biggest mistake leaders make when rolling out AI to knowledge teams: launching without solid data and governance frameworks. They explain that...
Family Office Roundtable 2026 - $124 Trillion Wealth Transfer, AI, & Private Markets
In this Family Office Roundtable, Ron and Wendy discuss the massive $124 trillion wealth transfer from baby boomers to the next generation and how family offices are adapting. They focus on AI’s disruptive role, highlighting platforms like Opto that can filter...
Why Every Org Should Be Investing in Predictive AI
In this episode, host David Rice talks with AI expert Eric Siegel about the overlooked power of predictive AI, which forecasts outcomes like clicks, purchases, or fraud and drives real business value through automated decision-making. Siegel argues that organizations are...
AI in Construction for Business Leaders to Fix Broken Processes & Avoid Deskilling - Jonathan Marsh
In this episode, hosts Jonathan Marsh and Travis Voss explore how AI can address broken processes in construction while warning against deskilling the workforce. They discuss the concept of "context graphs"—linking decision traces across systems like Salesforce, Slack, and email—to...
OpenAI's Ad Push Begins, and The Knot Is Co-Piloting
In this Digiday episode, hosts Kamiko McCoy and Tim Peterson discuss OpenAI's recent moves, including a controversial Pentagon partnership and the launch of its first ad‑tech deal with Criteo, signaling the start of ads on ChatGPT's free tier. They interview...
🛑STOP Installing OpenClaw on Your Computer
The episode warns against installing OpenClaw, an autonomous AI coding agent, directly on personal computers, likening it to leaving a front door open. It explains that such agents can read and modify files, execute terminal commands, and access sensitive data,...
Leaders in ERP Podcast Episode 7 - Work, Reimagined: How AI Empowers People
In this episode, CPO Jennifer Sherman of Unit4 discusses how AI can finally deliver on ERP’s promise to make work easier by moving from generic, horizontal solutions to industry‑specific, vertically‑focused products that understand the nuances of each sector. She explains...
OpenAI Steals $200M Contract in Anthropic Vs. Pentagon Battle
The episode delves into the heated dispute between Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense, where the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk and canceled a $200 million contract, only for OpenAI to step in and claim the deal. Host Jaden...
Ep 724: Trump Bans Anthropic, OpenAI Signs Pentagon Deal, Big AI Goes Agentic and More AI News
In this episode Jordan Wilson breaks down a week of AI turbulence, highlighting OpenAI’s newly announced Pentagon contract that includes safeguards against autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, and contrasting it with President Trump’s directive to phase out Anthropic’s technology from...
Product Update: AI-Driven Onboarding and Workflow Automation in Semaphore
In this episode, Pete outlines Semaphore's new AI-driven assistant that streamlines CI/CD onboarding by converting natural language descriptions into fully configured pipelines. The assistant also offers ongoing workflow insights, error explanations, reruns, and configuration suggestions while preserving full developer control...
5 Ways to Make Your Organization AI-Ready
In this episode, host Jordan Cooney talks with AI transformation expert Steve Wonker about why AI success hinges on redesigning organizational workflows rather than merely adding tools. They highlight how most AI pilots deliver minimal value, with a small fraction...
No Need for Ctrl+C when You Have MCP
In this episode, Ryan Donovan interviews David Soria Parra, co‑creator of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and a technical staff member at Anthropic. They discuss the origin of MCP as a solution to the copy‑paste friction when using LLMs, its evolution...
The AI Trade Is Global: Derek Yan on Dollar Weakness, EM Tech, and Hidden Concentration Risk
In this episode, host Melanie Schaefer and CraneShares senior investment strategist Derek Yan discuss how the concentration of U.S. mega‑cap stocks is driving investors to seek diversification in emerging markets (EM), especially as the dollar shows signs of weakening. Yan...
Perplexity Max Debuts Multi-AI Agent Tool
The episode breaks down Perplexity's new Max plan, a cloud‑based multi‑AI agent that can orchestrate up to 19 different models and even spawn sub‑agents to complete complex, multi‑step tasks like financial analysis or legal research. While the tool is aimed...
Suno Hits $300M ARR: AI's Impact on the Music Industry
The episode explores the rapid rise of AI-generated music, spotlighting Suno's milestone of 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue, as well as Google's new Lyria 3 model. It discusses how tools like Suno enable creators to generate full...
Suno Hits $300M ARR: AI's Impact on the Music Industry
The episode explores the rapid rise of AI-generated music, focusing on Suno's milestone of 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million ARR, and Google's new Lyria 3 model. The host explains Suno's user-friendly tools for creating full tracks from simple prompts or vocal...
AI's Role in the Future of Robotics: Insights From 3Laws
In episode 233 of The Robot Report, hosts Steve Crow and Mike Oitzman discuss the explosive growth of AI funding, highlighted by OpenAI’s $110 billion raise, and its implications for robotics. They interview Andrew Singletary and Amir Sharif of Three Laws...
Airbnb Integrates AI Features & Customer Support Overhaul
The episode explores Airbnb's rollout of AI-driven features across search, discovery, and customer support, with hosts Jamie and Jane discussing how conversational AI could transform property searches into natural language queries and enable sponsored listings. They highlight competitive pressures from...
Collective Altruism in Recommender Systems
In this episode, Data Skeptic talks with MIT PhD student Kat about how users can collectively manipulate recommender systems and why such coordinated actions can actually benefit the platforms. Kat explains her research that frames recommender algorithms as multi‑agent games,...
AI Agents and the Future of Global Trade with Alibaba’s Kuo Zhang - Ep. 291
In this episode, Kuo Zhang, President of Alibaba.com, explains how the platform’s new AI agent, Axio, is transforming global B2B trade by handling complex sourcing tasks, from interpreting natural‑language requests to managing compliance, logistics, and supplier communication. He highlights real‑world...
Episode 146: Embodied AI on the ISS - Jamie Palmer
In this episode, Claire Asher talks with Jamie Palmer, co‑founder and CTO of Icarus Robotics, about developing free‑flying, dexterous robots to assist astronauts on the ISS and future commercial stations. Palmer explains how the robots—essentially microgravity drones with manipulators—are being...
Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
In this episode, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, and their panel dissect the accelerating impact of AI on the labor market, highlighting concerns that automation is displacing jobs across sectors. They also unpack recent developments: the Pentagon’s legal clash with Anthropic,...
Nvidia Dumps: A Big Signal or Just an Options Vol Crush? Also, a Rare Earth Rabbit Hole.
The episode dissected Nvidia's post‑earnings sell‑off, debating whether the drop reflects a broader warning about AI‑driven capex sustainability or simply a volatility crush from massive call‑option exposure ahead of expiration. Hosts highlighted divergent market moves, with large‑cap AI names falling...
Using AI to Train Space Warfighters
In this episode, Tom Patton talks with Dr. Belinda Merchan, Chief Scientist at Slingshot Aerospace, about how AI is transforming space warfare training. Traditional training relied on scripted scenarios, but Slingshot’s agentic AI uses physics‑based models and proprietary tracking data...
AI for Better Customer Connections in CX - with Joe Atamian of Comcast
In this episode, Joe Atamian, VP of Inside Sales at Comcast, explains how contact centers lose customer context when interactions jump across IVR, chat, and voice, leading to frustration, longer handle times, and eroded trust. He advocates an AI‑first approach...
Nano Banana 2 Is Here! Gemini-3 Shutdown & The AI Layoff Myth | EP99.36
The episode dives into Google’s new image generation model, Nano Banana 2, highlighting its roughly 50% lower cost and faster performance compared to its predecessor, especially for high‑resolution outputs. Hosts discuss real‑world usage, noting improvements in instruction following, the usefulness...
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[LIVE] Anthropic Distillation & How Models Cheat (SWE-Bench Dead) | Nathan Lambert & Sebastian Raschka
In this live SAIL episode, Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka discuss the recent Anthropic blog post about distributed distillation attacks, where Chinese labs allegedly used Anthropic's APIs to generate synthetic data for training competing models. They explain the concept of...
The Good Robot Podcast: The Role of Designers in AI Ethics with Tomasz Hollanek
In this episode, research fellow Tomasz Hollanek explains critical design studies, showing how it encourages both users and designers to question power dynamics and the assumptions behind AI systems. He argues that "good" technology is context‑dependent and that purposeful friction—or...
Drug Dealin Ep. 9: Using AI to Find Novel Treatment Options
In Episode 9 of Drug Dealin, hosts Kenny and Shibu demonstrate how patients can use publicly available tools like ClinicalTrials.gov and AI language models to uncover novel treatment options, focusing on a hypothetical Parkinson’s disease case inspired by a TV...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Surviving the AI Slop-Pocalypse
In this episode, hosts discuss the looming impact of AI-driven automation on white‑collar work, referencing a viral speculative essay about a 2028 AI crisis and its economic fallout. They explore how agentic AI could collapse B2B SaaS models, reduce demand...
#199: AI Answers - Do Custom GPTs Still Matter? AI Output Validation, 2026 Job Disruption, Preventing Burnout, and Build Vs....
In this AI Answers episode, hosts Paul Reitzer and Kathy McPhillips field 15 live questions from their Intro to AI class, covering topics such as structured prompting, the relevance of prompt libraries, and the practical value of custom GPTs. They...
How Capital Is Powering the AI Infrastructure Buildout with Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari
In this episode, Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari explains how his firm finances the massive AI compute infrastructure boom, leveraging its expertise in private credit, real‑estate, and energy assets. He details innovative financing structures—such as SPV debt backed by...
Defining, Measuring, and Communicating the Value of AI
In this Technovation episode, a panel of CIOs discusses how to define, measure, and communicate AI value, sharing real‑world approaches from Ally Financial and Avery Dennison. Satish Muthukrishnan describes Ally’s cautious, 18‑month rollout of Ally.ai, emphasizing risk‑based governance, human‑in‑the‑loop design, and...
The ERP Minute Episode 226 - February 24th, 2026
In this brief episode, host Rebecca McCabe highlights Sage Intacct's new AI-powered features for finance teams, including a finance intelligence agent, close automation, cash intelligence, and a data cloud, aimed at reducing system switching and enhancing decision‑making. She also covers...