Creating More, Not Less, With AI: GeekWire’s Todd Bishop
In this episode, Sam Ransbotham and GeekWire co‑founder Todd Bishop discuss how AI is transforming work, education, and journalism by augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing jobs. They examine real‑world examples such as students using AI on exams and newsrooms rethinking story creation, highlighting both the productivity gains and the new challenges that arise. Bishop draws on his journalism background to illustrate how AI serves as a collaborative coworker, reshaping creativity and learning across industries.
363: Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel on AI’s Real Constraints, Skill Gaps, and the New Rules of...
In this episode, Cisco President and CPO Jeetú Patel explains how Cisco is shifting to an AI‑first strategy, emphasizing that AI adoption now hinges on overcoming power, trust, and data constraints. He highlights that AI will transform every role, making...
How to Create Your Own AI Performance Coach: Optimizing Your Unique Nutrition, Recovery, and Injury Management Needs | Lucas Werthein...
Lucas Werthein, COO and co‑founder of Cactus, explains how he built a personalized AI wellness coach using ChatGPT that integrates medical imaging, blood work, wearables and nutrition data to protect his joints, speed recovery, and sustain peak athletic performance despite...
79: Using AI at Work to Reimagine Marketing and Customer Experience with Etan Polinger
In this episode, Etan Polinger, founder of Raize Digital, explains how AI is reshaping marketing strategy and customer experience by automating workflows, generating consistent brand‑aligned content, and delivering predictive insights. He emphasizes designing AI systems that augment, not overwhelm, marketing...
How Hackers Use AI & How to Stop It | Sarah Cecchetti of Beyond Identity
The episode explores how cybercriminals are weaponizing AI to automate credential theft, generate phishing content, and bypass traditional defenses, with Sarah Cecchetti of Beyond Identity explaining the tactics and risks. She emphasizes the need for passwordless, identity‑centric security models that...
Designing Recommender Systems for Digital Humanities
In this episode, Data Skeptic talks with Florian Atzenhofer-Baumgartner, a PhD student developing Monasterium.net, Europe’s largest digital archive of historical charters, about the unique challenges of building recommender systems for the digital humanities. Florian explains how sparse interaction data, cold‑start...
LWiAI Podcast #225 - GPT 5.1, Kimi K2 Thinking, Remote Labor Index
The episode reviews the latest AI model releases, highlighting OpenAI's GPT‑5.1 with added personality options and Baidu's ERNIE 5.0, alongside breakthroughs in autonomous driving from Baidu Apollo Go and Pony AI’s IPO. It covers a wave of startup funding—Incept’s $50 M for diffusion models,...
Driving the Systemic Change for AI – with Deborah Golden of Deloitte
Deborah Golden, Deloitte's U.S. Chief Innovation Officer, discusses why many AI pilots fail to scale and offers a practical framework for systemic change. She highlights tools such as AI sandboxes, portfolio‑based funding, and blameless post‑mortems to break organizational inertia and...
White House Plans Order to Block State AI Laws
The episode examines the White House’s plan to issue an executive order that would preempt state-level AI regulations, outlining the federal government’s intent to create a unified AI policy framework. It discusses the potential implications for innovation, regulatory consistency, and...
AI Agents in Your Browser: Work Cheat Code or Too Risky?
The episode explores the rise of agentic browsers—AI‑powered extensions that can automate tasks directly within the web browser—debating whether they serve as a productivity cheat code or pose significant security and compliance risks. Guest Maxime Vermeir from ABBYY highlights enterprise...
TikTok Adds Feature to Filter Out AI Beauty Filters
TikTok has introduced a new setting that lets users completely block AI-driven beauty filters, aiming to reduce pressure from unrealistic visual standards. The episode discusses how this move reflects growing concerns about digital self-image and the platform's effort to promote...
TikTok Lets Users Disable All AI Content on Their Feed
The episode discusses TikTok's new feature that lets users opt out of all AI-generated content, highlighting the platform's push for greater transparency in its feed. It examines the potential impact on creators, who worry the filter could fragment audiences and...
Gmail Now Uses Your Emails to Train Its AI (Even Your Attachments)
The episode explains Gmail's new policy that automatically scans users' emails and attachments to train Google's AI models unless users opt out, raising privacy concerns. It outlines how the data collection works, the potential benefits for AI development, and the...
Is Gemini 3 Really the Best Model? & Fun with Nano Banana Pro - EP99.25-GEMINI
In this episode, Michael and Chris evaluate Google's Gemini 3 Pro, noting its impressive capabilities while highlighting areas for improvement such as speed and contextual consistency. They also discuss the emergence of xAI's Grok 4.1 Fast and explore the Nano...
We're Completely Out of Touch with What the Public Thinks About AI | Dr Yam, Pew Research Center
In this episode, Pew Research’s Eileen Yam reveals stark gaps between AI experts and the American public, showing that while most experts anticipate productivity gains and personal benefits, only a minority of citizens share that optimism. The public’s dominant fears...
AI and the Law: How AI Will Change Legal Careers (Special Episode)
In this special episode, host Dan Turchin explores how AI is transforming the legal profession, covering ownership of AI‑generated work, accountability for automated decisions, and the need for robust governance in law firms. Insights from five experts—including IP specialist Robert...
#181: AI Answers - Measuring AI Skills, Aligning Leaders, AI Literacy Frameworks, Overcoming Resistance & Preparing for AI Agents
The episode explores emerging AI literacy frameworks and why basic AI knowledge is vital for every employee, offering leaders strategies to demonstrate business value and articulate risks of lacking AI guidelines. It discusses the balance between formal policies and flexible...
Suno Secures Funding Boost of $200M Post-Warner Deal
The episode discusses Suno's recent $200 million funding round, which follows its new partnership with Warner Music. Executives outline plans for accelerated product upgrades that aim to streamline music creation workflows, while analysts predict the infusion could fundamentally reshape how artists...
NestAI Lands €100M, Partners with Nokia for Defense AI
The episode details NestAI's recent €100 million funding round, highlighting its significance for Europe's emerging defense‑focused AI industry. It examines the strategic partnership with Nokia, explaining how combined expertise could speed the development of secure, battlefield‑ready AI systems. The discussion also...
Function Health Raises $298M for Healthcare AI at $2.5B Valuation
The episode examines Function Health's $298 million Series B round, highlighting its impact on the burgeoning longevity and diagnostics market and the company's move into unicorn status. It outlines how the funding will be used to scale the AI-driven health platform, accelerate...
Beyond Note-Taking with Fireflies
In this episode, Krish Ramineni, co‑founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, walks listeners through the evolution of AI‑powered meeting assistants—from early BERT‑based prototypes to today’s real‑time transcription and knowledge‑automation tools like Live Assist. He highlights key lessons about product‑market validation, the...
⚡️ 10x AI Engineers with $1m Salaries — Alex Lieberman & Arman Hezarkhani, Tenex
Alex Lieberman and Arman Hezarkhani discuss Tenex's AI‑first consulting model that pays engineers by story‑point output instead of hours, enabling some to earn $1 million and delivering ten‑fold productivity gains. They explain how this incentive structure spurred rapid prototyping—building complex vision...
Sunday Robotics: Scaling the Home Robot Revolution with Co-Founders Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi
In this episode, Sarah Guo talks with Sunday Robotics co‑founders Tony Zhao and Cheng Chi about the emerging "GPT moment" in AI robotics and their flagship product, Memo, a general‑intelligence home robot. They explain how diffusion policy, ACT/ALOHA frameworks, and...
“Farm-to-Table Software”: How I Built a Thanksgiving Party Hub Using Lovable for Managing Invites, Dishes, Shared Recipes, and Photos
In this pre-Thanksgiving episode, the host demonstrates how they built a custom Thanksgiving party hub in Lovable, covering guest management, dish tracking, recipe sharing, and photo galleries. They detail the process of refining AI‑generated designs with Google Fonts, Tailwind, and...
Turning Consumer Goods Data Into Real-Time Business Decisions - with Michael Finley of AnswerRocket
In this episode, Michael Finley, CTO of AnswerRocket, discusses how consumer goods companies can transition from AI pilots to enterprise‑scale, agent‑driven decision systems that operate in real time. He highlights the importance of robust data governance, seamless integration with existing...
Ashima Sharma on Data, Teams, and the Human Side of AI
In this episode, Ashima Sharma emphasizes that successful AI adoption hinges on three pillars: clean, contextual data; cross‑functional, empowered teams; and a human‑centered mindset that treats AI as a collaborative partner. She explains why many AI projects falter without operationally...
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In this episode, philosophy of science professor Henk de Regt explains his theory of scientific understanding, arguing that true understanding requires the ability to generate theory‑based explanations and make qualitative predictions using the relevant scientific skills, rather than merely feeling a...
Google Debuts Gemini 3: AI That Thinks Smarter
The episode introduces Google’s Gemini 3, highlighting its advanced reasoning and comprehension abilities that enable superior multi‑tasking performance. Early adopters report noticeable productivity gains, while industry experts anticipate the model will reshape AI‑driven sectors such as automation, content creation, and...
E192: Building Biotech: What It Takes to Lead a Public Life Sciences Company
Dr. William Ho, CEO of IN8 Bio, discusses how his Wall Street background informs his strategy for building a public biotech focused on Gamma Delta T‑cell therapies, and how AI—from NLP‑driven drug‑target discovery to LLM‑guided manufacturing—accelerates development, cuts costs, and...
The Rise of the Super Worker in the Age of AI with Josh Bersin
In this episode, Jason Stoughton and AI analyst Josh Bersin discuss how AI is reshaping work, introducing the "super worker"—employees amplified by AI tools to tackle complex problems rather than routine tasks. They highlight the pivotal role of HR in...
Proactive Agents for the Web with Devi Parikh - #756
In this episode, Devi Parikh, co‑founder and co‑CEO of Yutori, explains how proactive web agents can transform browser interactions by using visually‑grounded models that operate on screenshots instead of the fragile DOM, resulting in more robust handling of complex interfaces....
From Automation to $1.3B: Scribe’s AI Success Story
In this episode Jamie and Jaeden break down how Scribe achieved a $1.3 billion valuation by building AI‑powered workflow automation tools for enterprises. They explore how individuals can turn their expertise into AI consulting gigs and stress the growing importance of...
Perplexity Brings Getty Images Into AI Search — Here’s Why It Matters
The episode explains Perplexity’s new partnership with Getty Images, which integrates high‑quality, royalty‑free visuals directly into the AI‑driven search experience. It highlights how the collaboration gives users richer, context‑relevant images while creating fresh licensing and revenue streams for photographers. The...
The Future of Google Maps: AI Features Every User Should Know
In this brief episode, hosts Jaeden and Jamie break down the latest AI-powered enhancements to Google Maps, highlighting the integration of Gemini and Vertex AI to boost navigation accuracy and personalized recommendations. They explain how these features streamline user experience...
AI Forces Wikipedia to Charge for Access—Here’s What It Means
Jamie and Jaeden dissect Wikipedia’s rollout of a paid API that forces AI companies to pay for access to its content, highlighting the platform’s move toward monetization amid rising operational costs. They discuss the controversy over charging for human‑verified knowledge,...
Lovable’s 8M-User Surge: The Future of AI App Building
In this episode, hosts Jaeden and Jamie dissect Lovable’s rapid growth to nearly 8 million users, highlighting how its AI‑driven app‑building platform is reshaping software creation. They discuss the platform’s core strengths, such as rapid prototyping and user‑friendly design, alongside security...
Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
The episode breaks down Google’s rollout of Gemini 3, the latest large‑language model, highlighting its new multimodal capabilities, faster reasoning, and tighter integration with Google services. Executives Demis Hassabis and Josh Woodward explain the technical breakthroughs, safety measures, and the product’s...
How AI Data Platforms Are Shaping the Future of Enterprise Storage - Ep. 281
In this episode, NVIDIA’s Jacob Liberman explains how AI Data Platforms integrate GPUs directly with storage to accelerate enterprise workloads, turning data into a compute resource. He outlines the architecture of the GPU‑accelerated storage solution, its performance benefits, and how...
Genome LLM Makes a Super-Virus, and Should AI Decide if You Live?
The episode explores the dark side of AI, highlighting a genome‑trained language model that can design a super‑virus and debating whether AI copies of ourselves should make life‑or‑death decisions. It also covers quirky AI culture, from a woman marrying a...
The CEO Behind the Fastest-Growing AI Inference Company | Tuhin Srivastava
In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Lukas Biewald talks with Tuhin Srivastava, CEO and founder of Baseten, one of the fastest-growing companies in the AI inference ecosystem. Tuhin shares the real story behind Baseten’s rise and how the market finally...
#180: GPT-5.1, AI That Brings Back the Dead, Beliefs Vs. Truth in AI, First AI-Led Cyberattack & AI-Generated Song Tops...
OpenAI has released GPT-5.1, a controversial new AI app is bringing people back from the dead, and there's a big debate in AI about very different belief systems. On this week's episode, Paul and Mike go deeper on those topics and...
AI Is Changing Human Behavior: How to Prepare
In this episode, host explores how AI is reshaping human behavior and its implications for content marketing, featuring insights from marketing strategist Mark Schaefer. Schaefer explains that AI influences decision‑making, attention spans, and communication styles, urging marketers to adapt their...
242 | Inside the Friday AI Hangouts: Real-World Wins, Woes & WTF Moments with AI
Is AI supposed to make things easier… so why does it feel like chaos? You’re not alone. In this special episode of Leveraging AI, we invite you into the room where the real conversations happen — our live, unfiltered Friday AI...
Looking at Retail Challenges From a Data Perspective - with Nick Masca of Marks and Spencer
In this episode, Nick Masca, Head of Data Science for Growth & Personalisation at Marks & Spencer, discusses the data‑driven challenges retail and e‑commerce leaders face, emphasizing change‑management over classic digital transformation. He highlights obstacles in applying data tools to...
Jeff Bezos Raises $6.2B As Co-CEO of New AI Start-Up
The episode examines Jeff Bezos’s surprising return to an executive role as co‑CEO of the new AI venture Project Prometheus, highlighting how his involvement signals a major shift in the AI startup landscape. Hosts discuss the strategic implications for both...
Insiders Claim OpenAI Buried Under Microsoft Compute Fees
The episode reveals an insider leak suggesting OpenAI’s operating costs are being eclipsed by Microsoft’s compute fees, with GPU demand driving expenses sharply upward. Hosts discuss how these rising bills could strain budgets and potentially force OpenAI to renegotiate terms...
The Internet of AI Agents Is the Future. In Conversation with Vijoy Pandey
In this episode, host Jason Stoughton talks with Vijoy Pandey about the emerging "Internet of AI Agents," exploring how interoperable agents can break down siloed systems and enable seamless collaboration across the tech ecosystem. Pandey draws on his experience at...
The AI Scientist That Does 6 Months of Work in a Day
The episode examines Kosmos, an AI "scientist" that claims to compress six months of research into a single day, processing thousands of papers, generating massive codebases, and delivering validated findings in fields like neuroscience, genetics, materials science, and Alzheimer’s research....
Adobe Launches Smart AI Tools for Effortless Editing
The episode introduces Adobe’s new suite of AI-powered editing tools that automate routine tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance creative output, positioning Adobe as a renewed contender for creative professionals. It highlights how features like auto‑color correction, intelligent cut detection, and...
Tesla Roadster Delays Ignite Altman–Musk Clash
The episode examines the heated social‑media exchange between Elon Musk and Sam Altman sparked by Altman's comment on the perpetual delay of the Tesla Roadster, highlighting how the feud reflects broader tensions in the tech world. It also delves into...
