Best EU Automation Podcasts (2025)

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How OpenAI Builds AI Agents That Think and Act with Josh Tobin - #730 1:07:27

2d ago1:07:27

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Today, we're joined by Josh Tobin, member of technical staff at OpenAI, to discuss the company’s approach to building AI agents. We cover OpenAI's three agentic offerings—Deep Research for comprehensive web research, Operator for website navigation, and Codex CLI for local code execution. We explore OpenAI’s shift from simple LLM workflows to reaso…

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Caroline Busby, CFA: One CFA Charterholder's Walk from College to Membership to Volunteering 13:27

3d ago13:27

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Caroline Busby, CFA of Blackrock shares her motivations from just out of school to the Board of Directors of CFA Society New YorkBy CFA Society New York

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Editor’s (re)View: BMS, Merck, Roche see manufacturing flexibility as key to dealing with tariffs 4:26

8d ago4:26

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The three Big Pharma companies on their earnings calls this week tried to reassure investors that they have the global footprints to mitigate the effects of tariffs.By Pharma Manufacturing

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CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi - #729 56:18

9d ago56:18

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Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by p…

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Lindsey Rubinstein and Neil Datta: How Family Offices are Staffing Up and Finding Value in The Markets 21:14

10d ago21:14

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Hear from Lindsey Rubinstein and Neil Datta about how their families are managing the many changes in the family office sectorBy CFA Society New York

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Generative Benchmarking with Kelly Hong - #728 54:17

15d ago54:17

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In this episode, Kelly Hong, a researcher at Chroma, joins us to discuss "Generative Benchmarking," a novel approach to evaluating retrieval systems, like RAG applications, using synthetic data. Kelly explains how traditional benchmarks like MTEB fail to represent real-world query patterns and how embedding models that perform well on public benchm…

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#223 Paul Buvarp on the Demand-side of Disinformation 53:41

17d ago53:41

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Paul Buvarp contrasts disinformat…

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Thermo Fisher opens cell therapy center, FDA cites Aurobindo site, Trump probes pharma imports ahead of tariffs [The good, the bad, the ugly] 4:13

17d ago4:13

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The good — Thermo Fisher opens center to boost cell therapy development The bad — FDA cites Aurobindo plant after Raleigh inspection The ugly — Trump probes pharma imports as tariff threat loomsBy Pharma Manufacturing

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Marvin Loh: What are Institutional Investors Overweighting and Underweighting Now 16:29

17d ago16:29

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Find out how they view tech, autos and more with Marvin Loh of State StreetBy CFA Society New York

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Business Navigation in the EU: Balancing Innovation & Regulation 23:45

22d ago23:45

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What does it take to balance innovation with regulation in Europe's evolving policy landscape? In this episode of Panasonic Connect Beyond, host Margarita Lindahl sits down with Sebastian Vos and Sandra Alverà to explore how businesses can drive progress while staying aligned with regulatory demands. From the strategic role of AI to the impact of s…

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#222 JD Maddox on Emerging IO Opportunities 46:01

24d ago46:01

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, JD Maddox discusses new influence…

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Exploring the Biology of LLMs with Circuit Tracing with Emmanuel Ameisen - #727 1:34:06

24d ago1:34:06

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In this episode, Emmanuel Ameisen, a research engineer at Anthropic, returns to discuss two recent papers: "Circuit Tracing: Revealing Language Model Computational Graphs" and "On the Biology of a Large Language Model." Emmanuel explains how his team developed mechanistic interpretability methods to understand the internal workings of Claude by rep…

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Federico Barriga-Salazar: Where are EU Sovereign Budgets Headed if They Raise Their Defense Spending? 18:31

24d ago18:31

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Cut through the hype on the topic with Federico Barriga-Salazar of Fitch RatingsBy CFA Society New York

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Novartis to invest $23B in US sites, US urged to invest $15B in biotech counter to China, Trump warns of major pharma tariffs [The good, the bad, the ugly] 4:10

24d ago4:10

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Join us each week as we do a quick review of three compelling stories from the pharma world — one good, one bad, and one ugly. Up this week: The good — Novartis to invest $23B in U.S. manufacturing and R&D, including seven new sites The bad — U.S. urged to invest $15B to counter China’s biotech rise The ugly — Trump signals ‘major’ tariffs on pharm…

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The EU AI Act Explained: Ethics, Innovation & the Future of AI in Europe 18:47

28d ago18:47

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Send us a text In this episode, we use AI to take a deep dive into the EU’s landmark Artificial Intelligence Act — the world’s first comprehensive legislation regulating AI. 🎧 Join us as we break down: What the AI Act actually is — and why it matters globally How the law classifies AI risk and bans high-risk practices What it means for facial recog…

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Teaching LLMs to Self-Reflect with Reinforcement Learning with Maohao Shen - #726 51:45

1M ago51:45

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Today, we're joined by Maohao Shen, PhD student at MIT to discuss his paper, “Satori: Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Action-Thought Enhances LLM Reasoning via Autoregressive Search.” We dig into how Satori leverages reinforcement learning to improve language model reasoning—enabling model self-reflection, self-correction, and exploration of a…

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#221 Carrick Longley on Influence Automation 54:26

1M ago54:26

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Carrick Longley discusses Large L…

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Joseph Wang: What's Happening to the Long Bond? 21:36

1M ago21:36

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Joseph Wang looks back to see the way forwardBy CFA Society New York

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Managing Projects Smarter with AI, ChatGPT, AI Agents & Businessmap 50:30

1M ago50:30

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Send us a text Teodora Bozheva is back by popular demand! Her last talk had 1,000+ registrations—don’t miss this one! In this webinar, Teodora Bozheva, Head of Professional Service at Businessmap, will explore how AI is transforming project management by enhancing efficiency, data analysis and decision-making. In the webinar, you will learn why pro…

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Bytesize Legal Update: Automated decision making back in the spotlight 11:40

1M ago11:40

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In the recent case C 203/22 (Dun & Bradstreet Austria), the court of Justice has returned to the issue of automated decision-making and provided some useful clarification on what information needs to be disclosed about this kind of data processing to data subjects – in particular, addressing the question of how these obligations interact with trade…

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#220 Tom Kent on US International Broadcasting and Soft Power 37:22

1M ago37:22

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Tom Kent returns to the Cognitive…

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Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov - #725 1:09:07

1M ago1:09:07

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Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicl…

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Matthew Luzzetti: Where is the US Consumer now? 19:54

1M ago19:54

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Matt Luzzetti, Chief US Economist at Deutsche Bank shares his viewsBy CFA Society New York

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Cellares, Cabaletta validate automated CAR T production, FDA warns Aspen over sterility issues, rejects Hengrui, Elevar cancer combo again [The good, the bad, the ugly] 3:18

1M ago3:18

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Join us each week as we do a quick review of three compelling stories from the pharma world — one good, one bad, and one ugly. Up this week: The good — Cellares, Cabaletta validate automated CAR T production The bad — FDA warns Aspen over sterility issues The ugly — FDA rejects Hengrui, Elevar cancer combo again…

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#219 Dr. Josh Segal on Are We Losing the War? Lethality, Deterrence, and Information 43:13

1M ago43:13

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Dr. Josh “Bugsy” Segal asks the p…

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Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models with Julie Kallini - #724 50:32

2M ago50:32

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Today, we're joined by Julie Kallini, PhD student at Stanford University to discuss her recent papers, “MrT5: Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models” and “Mission: Impossible Language Models.” For the MrT5 paper, we explore the importance and failings of tokenization in large language models—including inefficient compression…

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Jody Lurie, CFA: What Does US Consumer Weakness Mean for Leisure, Lodging and Casinos? 23:47

2M ago23:47

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Jody Lurie, CFA has deeply researched this sector. Find out what she thinks about the consumer.By CFA Society New York

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#218 Chris Greenway on BBC Monitoring 1:00:36

2M ago1:00:36

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Chris Greenway discusses the orig…

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Scaling Up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning with Jonas Geiping - #723 58:38

2M ago58:38

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Today, we're joined by Jonas Geiping, research group leader at Ellis Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems to discuss his recent paper, “Scaling up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning: A Recurrent Depth Approach.” This paper proposes a novel language model architecture which uses recurrent depth to enable “thinking in l…

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Jennifer Huddleston: Where Are the Lawsuits Against Tech Companies Headed? 19:00

2M ago19:00

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Hear from Jennifer Huddleston, a legal expert with experience in the beltway.By CFA Society New York

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Axplora expands ADC capacity, Merck KGaA CDMO business slump, FDA issues a warning letter to Granules India [The good, the bad, the ugly] 3:44

2M ago3:44

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Join us each week as we do a quick review of three compelling stories from the pharma world — one good, one bad, and one ugly. Up this week: The good — Axplora expands its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing capacity to support growing demand. The bad — Merck KGaA’s CDMO business reports a decline The ugly — The FDA issues a warning letter …

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Human Robot Agent: Redesigning Work in the Age of AI with Jurgen Appelo 51:20

2M ago51:20

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Send us a text Embrace the transformative power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its sweeping impact on the workplace, leadership, and organizational design. This session unpacks highlights from the new book Human Robot Agent, exploring practical strategies to embrace innovation, navigate complexity, and harness AI to thrive in a socio-techn…

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#217 Janne Riihelainen on the EU Influence Operations Course 37:12

2M ago37:12

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Janne Riihelainen discusses the I…

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Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought with Chengzu Li - #722 42:11

2M ago42:11

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Today, we're joined by Chengzu Li, PhD student at the University of Cambridge to discuss his recent paper, “Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought.” We explore the motivations behind MVoT, its connection to prior work like TopViewRS, and its relation to cognitive science principles such as dual coding theory. We dig i…

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Bobby Eubank, CFA: What a Long Run View of Automation Tells Us About AI and the Job Market 11:30

2M ago11:30

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Bobby Eubank and his coworkers have been tracking automation's impact for decades. Hear what they think. Want more expert insights? Become a member of CFA Society New York and unlock exclusive content, events, and a network of diverse finance professionals. Join today at cfany.org.By CFA Society New York

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#216 John Cappello on the Balkan Security Network 30:10

2M ago30:10

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, John Cappello emphasized the impo…

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Inside s1: An o1-Style Reasoning Model That Cost Under $50 to Train with Niklas Muennighoff - #721 49:29

2M ago49:29

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Today, we're joined by Niklas Muennighoff, a PhD student at Stanford University, to discuss his paper, “S1: Simple Test-Time Scaling.” We explore the motivations behind S1, as well as how it compares to OpenAI's O1 and DeepSeek's R1 models. We dig into the different approaches to test-time scaling, including parallel and sequential scaling, as well…

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Phyllis Costanza: How ESG Materiality is likely to change 19:55

2M ago19:55

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Pyllis Costanza of Advanced Portfolio Management shares her thoughts on how the business will change, particularly as short term materiality is coming.By CFA Society New York

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Next-Gen Agile: How AI is Elevating Scrum Masters with Aisling Finn 47:16

2M ago47:16

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Send us a text Welcome to the future of Agile! In this session, we dive deep into how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the Scrum Master role—turning them into leaders of innovation, efficiency, and strategic decision-making. What You’ll Learn: ✅ How AI enhances decision-making & risk navigation ✅ Automating routine tasks to boost tea…

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Eli Lilly expands manufacturing to boost supply, FDA blocks imports from two Indian API makers, ICU Medical recalls potassium chloride injection bags over labeling error [The good, the bad, the ugly] 3:54

2M ago3:54

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Join us each week as we do a quick review of three compelling stories from the pharma world — one good, one bad, and one ugly. Up this week: The good — Eli Lilly expands manufacturing to boost supply The bad — FDA blocks imports from two Indian API makers over manufacturing violations The ugly — ICU Medical recalls potassium chloride injection bags…

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#215 Brian Hamel on the Special Operations Forces, Cyberspace, and Space Triad 54:36

2M ago54:36

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Brian Hamel discusses his 2023 Ar…

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Accelerating AI Training and Inference with AWS Trainium2 with Ron Diamant - #720 1:07:05

2M ago1:07:05

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Today, we're joined by Ron Diamant, chief architect for Trainium at Amazon Web Services, to discuss hardware acceleration for generative AI and the design and role of the recently released Trainium2 chip. We explore the architectural differences between Trainium and GPUs, highlighting its systolic array-based compute design, and how it balances per…

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Jarrad Linzie: Where Fixed Income Index Investing is Headed 19:48

2M ago19:48

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Jarrad Linzie of MSCI has been structuring and implementing indices for years. Hear what he thinks about the business as it faces transitional pressures.By CFA Society New York

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Novartis boosts Slovenia investment to $3.6B, Trump tariffs could unsettle biopharma FDI, FDA warns Global Calcium, blocks US imports [The good, the bad, the ugly] 4:24

3M ago4:24

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Join us each week as we do a quick review of three compelling stories from the pharma world — one good, one bad and one ugly. Up this week: The good — Novartis boosts Slovenia investment to $3.6B The bad — Trump tariffs unsettle biopharma FDI The ugly — FDA warns Global Calcium, blocks US importsBy Pharma Manufacturing

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π0: A Foundation Model for Robotics with Sergey Levine - #719 52:30

3M ago52:30

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Today, we're joined by Sergey Levine, associate professor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Physical Intelligence, to discuss π0 (pi-zero), a general-purpose robotic foundation model. We dig into the model architecture, which pairs a vision language model (VLM) with a diffusion-based action expert, and the model training "recipe," emphasizing the ro…

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#214 Jon Roginski and Stephanie Jaros on Insider Threat and Workforce Protection 48:29

3M ago48:29

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Jon Roginski and Stephanie Jaros …

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AI Trends 2025: AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems with Victor Dibia - #718 1:44:59

3M ago1:44:59

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Today we’re joined by Victor Dibia, principal research software engineer at Microsoft Research, to explore the key trends and advancements in AI agents and multi-agent systems shaping 2025 and beyond. In this episode, we discuss the unique abilities that set AI agents apart from traditional software systems–reasoning, acting, communicating, and ada…

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Project Management with AI: Unlocking Potential with Tools like ChatGPT with Teodora Bozheva 54:19

3M ago54:19

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Send us a text Discover How AI is Revolutionising Project Management! Join us for an insightful session with Teodora Bozheva, Head of Professional Services at Businessmap and a thought leader in organisational agility and project management. Teodora is the author of the groundbreaking Kanban Project, Program, and Portfolio Management and co-author …

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Speculative Decoding and Efficient LLM Inference with Chris Lott - #717 1:16:30

3M ago1:16:30

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Today, we're joined by Chris Lott, senior director of engineering at Qualcomm AI Research to discuss accelerating large language model inference. We explore the challenges presented by the LLM encoding and decoding (aka generation) and how these interact with various hardware constraints such as FLOPS, memory footprint and memory bandwidth to limit…

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