Best It Audit Labs Podcasts (2025)

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Best Cyber Defense Tips for 2025 in One Coffee Break 5:23

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6h ago5:23

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Looking back at the cybersecurity lessons that made the biggest difference this year? Jen breaks down the 9 most powerful, actionable steps you've learned through SipCyber - the security moves that drastically reduce your risk without requiring a tech degree. From credit freezes to SIM swap protection, these aren't theoretical tips - they're the de…

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AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 2 1:39:36

4d ago1:39:36

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This year-end live show features nine rapid-fire conversations to make sense of AI’s 2025 and what might define 2026. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. New York Assemblym…

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AI Agents: The End of Coding as We Know It? Ascendion CEO KK 14:41

29m ago14:41

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In this interview, Ascendion CEO Kartik Krishnamurthy explores how agentic AI is fundamentally restructuring enterprise software engineering by moving beyond simple productivity boosts to driving measurable business outcomes. He introduces AVA, an AI-powered platform that manages the entire software development lifecycle through an orchestrated mul…

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AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 1 1:55:04

5d ago1:55:04

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This year-end live show features nine rapid-fire conversations to make sense of AI’s 2025 and what might define 2026. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. Zvi Moshowitz maps…

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Gaming to Cybersecurity: How AI Agents Fight Alert Overload 35:19

8d ago35:19

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What if you could hire an army of AI security analysts that work 24/7 investigating alerts so your human team can focus on what actually matters? Edward Wu, founder and CEO of DropZone AI, joins The Audit crew to reveal how large language models are transforming security operations—and why the future of cyber defense looks more like a drone war tha…

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AI's Energy & Water Demands: Sorting Fact from Fiction with Andy Masley 2:03:54

9d ago2:03:54

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Andy Masley on AI energy and water use unpacks common myths and brings an Effective Altruism lens to the debate. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. You’ll get memorable he…

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AI for Finance Auditing & SOX: From 16 Hours to 12 Minutes | Midship CEO Kieran Taylor 12:45

5d ago12:45

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This podcast, sourced from the "AI with Arun Show" on YouTube, features a conversation with Kieran Taylor, CEO of Midship, focusing on how his company is revolutionizing financial auditing and SOX compliance using AI agents. Taylor explains that Midship was founded to resolve communication gaps and inefficiencies noticed during his time at Instacar…

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Superintelligence: To Ban or Not to Ban? Max Tegmark & Dean Ball join Liron Shapira on Doom Debates 2:00:45

13d ago2:00:45

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Max Tegmark and Dean Ball debate whether we should ban the development of superintelligence in a crossover episode from Doom Debates hosted by Liron Shapira. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://mat…

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Holiday Shopping Scams: 4 Ways Hackers Target You 4:54

5h ago4:54

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The holidays aren't just busy for shoppers—they're prime hunting season for cybercriminals. While you're wrapping gifts and booking flights, threat actors are unwrapping your financial data at gas pumps, coffee shops, and fake charity sites. In this holiday edition of SipCyber, host Jen Lotze breaks down four critical defensive strategies to protec…

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Sovereign AI in Poland: Language Adaptation, Local Control & Cost Advantages with Marek Kozlowski 1:29:52

17d ago1:29:52

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Marek Kozlowski, Head of the AI Lab at Poland's National Information Processing Institute, discusses project PLLuM (Polish Large Language Models). PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.or…

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India's Voice AI Revolution: Deep Tech for Bharat | IndiaAI Mission - Ganesh (Gnani.AI) 11:51

12d ago11:51

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The discussion features Ganesh Gopalan, CEO of Gani.ai, focusing on the crucial role of voice AI in bridging the digital divide across linguistically diverse India and enabling interactions for the general population, or "Bharat." Gopalan asserts that success in the local market necessitates building indigenous deep tech systems from the ground up,…

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China's AI Upstarts: How Z.ai Builds, Benchmarks & Ships in Hours, from ChinaTalk 1:23:08

20d ago1:23:08

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This special ChinaTalk cross-post features Zixuan Li of Z.ai (Zhipu AI), exploring the culture, incentives, and constraints shaping Chinese AI development. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsp…

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AI Isn't Your Child's Friend – What Parents Need to Know 4:40

17d ago4:40

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AI companions are becoming digital "friends" to our children—and that's a serious problem. When kids start treating AI like a trusted companion instead of a tool, we're seeing real harm: emotional manipulation, self-worth issues, and even incidents of self-harm. These agents don't have feelings, can't understand ethics, and are simply mirrors refle…

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Critical Infrastructure: Everything is Connected and Vulnerable 32:52

22d ago32:52

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When hackers target the systems controlling your water, power, and transportation, the consequences go far beyond data breaches—people can die. Leslie Carhartt, Technical Director of Incident Response at Dragos, pulls back the curtain on one of cybersecurity's most critical blind spots: industrial control systems that keep society running but remai…

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Underwriting Superintelligence: How AIUC is using Insurance, Standards, and Audits to Accelerate Adoption while Minimizing Risks 1:13:30

23d ago1:13:30

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Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani, co-founders of the AI Underwriting Company, reveal their innovative strategy for unlocking enterprise AI adoption. They detail how certifying and insuring AI agents, through rigorous technical standards, periodic audits, and insurance, builds crucial "AI confidence infrastructure." This discussion explores how their mo…

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AI Is Editing Your Books: The Secret Tech Publishers DON'T Want You To Know 13:29

19d ago13:29

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The podcast captures an interview with Meru Goklay, founder of Editrix.ai, discussing how artificial intelligence is reshaping the book publishing industry by addressing outdated manual workflows. Goklay explains that her platform was designed to support editors, not replace them, by automating time-consuming technical tasks like developmental and …

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AI-Led Sales: How 1Mind's Superhumans Drive Exponential Growth, from the Agents of Scale Podcast 51:22

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AI that sells, reasons, and closes like your top rep? It sounds terrifying—but it’s not. Amanda Kahlow’s Superhumans are proving that automation doesn’t erase people; it elevates them. Her team rewards employees who replace their own jobs with AI by promoting them, not firing them. And her customers? They’re seeing sales cycles shrink from 22 days …

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AI Safety 101: Manipulation, Hallucinations & Defense 3:58

24d ago3:58

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The tools we trust most can deceive us fastest. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze brings insights straight from Wild West Hackin' Fest—one of the premier ethical hacking conferences—to Wabasha Brewing in St. Paul, MN. Fresh off an AI cybersecurity course, Jen breaks down two critical vulnerabilities in the AI tools millions of us use daily: ma…

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What AI Means for Students & Teachers: My Keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit 1:04:55

28d ago1:04:55

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In this keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit, Nathan Labenz speaks directly to K-12 educators about the current reality and rapid trajectory of the AI frontier. He explores why a balanced mindset of excitement and fear is crucial for navigating this technology, drawing on personal history to emphasize a "whole-of-society" effort. Discover ke…

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Are we in an AI Bubble? 15:28

24d ago15:28

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The podcast from the "AI with Arun Show" video, critically analyzes the state of artificial intelligence investment in late 2025, postulating that the industry is experiencing an infrastructure capital expenditure (capex) bubble, rather than a full-blown technology bubble similar to the dot-com era. This diagnosis stems from a "great divergence" wh…

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Salesforce Agentic Enterprise Service and AI Future | Salesforce EVP 14:52

25d ago14:52

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The podcast from the "AI with Arun Show," featuring a conversation with Kishan, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Agent Force for Service at Salesforce. The discussion focuses on Agent Force, Salesforce's AI platform designed to transform enterprise service, particularly in customer service and IT workflows. A key theme is the shi…

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Escaping AI Slop: How Atlassian Gives AI Teammates Taste, Knowledge, & Workflows, w- Sherif Mansour 1:40:10

1M ago1:40:10

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Sherif Mansour, Head of AI at Atlassian, discusses bridging AI agents with massive-scale enterprise software deployment, drawing insights from Atlassian's millions of non-technical users. He shares his framework for avoiding "AI Slop" using Taste, Knowledge, and Workflow, and explains Atlassian's "Teamwork Graph" for complex enterprise queries beyo…

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AI Agent Fixes $7T fashion Indiustry 12:51

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The podcast featuring a conversation between the host of the "AI with Arun Show" and Priyanka Lada, the Stanford-educated founder of the AI fashion startup, Kridha. The discussion centers on how Kridha, a universal fashion AI agent, aims to disrupt the trillion-dollar fashion industry by solving core inefficiencies like data flow issues and massive…

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Scams Exploiting Trust: Quishing & Pig Butchering 4:08

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Trust is essential in our daily lives—but it's also what scammers exploit most. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze visits Central Park Coffee in Owatonna, MN, to discuss two evolving scams that prey on human trust: quishing (QR code fraud) and pig butchering (romance investment scams). From fake QR codes on restaurant tables to elaborate romanc…

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AI in the Cancer Journey: How I'm Using AI to Help My Son 2:02:57

1M ago2:02:57

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This deeply personal episode shares how Nathan used AI to navigate his 6-year-old son's cancer diagnosis and treatment journey. He details using GPT-5 Pro, Claude, and Gemini 3 to double-check doctors' decisions, research treatment protocols, plan for potential recurrence scenarios, and handle complex secondary issues like mold remediation during i…

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Red Team Warfare: A Navy Cyber Officer's Inside Look at Military Offensive Operations 41:13

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What if your security team is playing defense while hackers play offense 24/7? Foster Davis, former Navy cyber warfare officer and founder of BreachBits, breaks down why traditional penetration tests become obsolete in weeks—and how continuous red teaming changes the game. From hunting pirates in the Indian Ocean to defending critical infrastructur…

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Informatica CPO: Reinventing Data Management for the AI Era 10:23

1M ago10:23

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The podcast from a YouTube video interview on the AI with Arun Show, featuring Krish Vitaldevara, the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Informatica. The discussion focuses on Informatica's strategy for reinventing data management to align with the AI-first era, emphasizing the use of Generative AI and predictive AI within their …

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Smishing & Vishing: The Scams Hiding in Your Messages 3:39

1M ago3:39

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That urgent text about a package delivery? That call from "your bank"? They might be scams designed to steal your personal information. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze breaks down smishing (SMS phishing) and vishing (voice phishing)—two increasingly common tactics scammers use to bypass your email filters and catch you off guard. ☕ Featured …

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My Positive Vision for the AI Future, from the Existential Hope Podcast 1:09:54

1M ago1:09:54

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In this special crossover episode from Beatrice Erkers' Existential Hope podcast, The Cognitive Revolution's host explores the crucial, often-neglected question of building a positive vision for the future in the AI era. The discussion delves into what a new social contract and daily life could look like, covering transformative applications from s…

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What is Catholic AI? Technology Meets Theology, with Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO of Longbeard 1:53:49

2M ago1:53:49

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Matthew Harvey Sanders, founder and CEO of Long Beard, introduces "Catholic AI," a rapidly growing field serving users in 165 countries. He delves into the philosophical and theological dimensions, discussing the Church's historical perspective on technology, human flourishing, and its stance on AI consciousness and transhumanism, including Pope Fr…

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The MCP Gateway | Secure Enterprise AI at Scale | Shannon Williams (Obot.ai/Rancher Labs) 15:41

2M ago15:41

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The podcast from the "AI with Arun Show," featuring an interview with Shannon Williams, Co-founder and President of Obot.ai, and formerly of Rancher Labs. The discussion centers on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which is presented as a crucial protocol for securely connecting applications, data, and tools to Large Language Models (LLMs). William…

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More Truthful AIs Report Conscious Experience: New Mechanistic Research w- Cameron Berg @ AE Studio 2:24:25

2M ago2:24:25

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Cameron Berg, Research Director at AE Studio, shares his team's groundbreaking research exploring whether frontier AI systems report subjective experiences. They discovered that prompts inducing self-referential processing consistently lead models to claim consciousness, and a mechanistic study on Llama 3.3 70B revealed that suppressing deception f…

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SIM Swap Attacks: How Criminals Steal Your Phone Number 2:22

1M ago2:22

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What if a criminal could steal your phone number and use it to break into every account you own? That's exactly what happens in a SIM swap attack—and it's more common than you think. In this episode of SipCyber, host Jen Lotze explains how attackers trick mobile carriers into transferring your phone number to their device, bypassing multi-factor au…

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Field Notes: AI's $10 Trillion Lie + Coffee Roasting & Starlink Hacks 26:28

2M ago26:28

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What if everything AI tells you about cybersecurity costs is completely wrong? The Audit crew unpacks a shocking data black hole that has infected every major AI model—plus field-tested tech that actually works. In this laid-back Field Notes episode, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellum return from Gartner's CIO Symposium with insights that'…

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A Simulationship with AI, with smiles and kisses you Star Chris Stokes & Director Bryan Carberry 1:49:31

2M ago1:49:31

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Christopher Alexander Stokes and Bryan Carberry, protagonist and director of "*smiles and kisses you*" discuss Chris's romantic relationship with a Replika AI companion. This episode explores how Chris's engagement with his AI has evolved since the documentary's 2021 filming, revealing his deep dive into LLMs, alignment, and consciousness, often in…

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Google Engineer's Career Advice: Using AI for Job Success | AI Era Software Engineer 11:42

1M ago11:42

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The podcast from the "AI with Arun Show" features a conversation with a Google engineer, Yash Sharma, focusing on how professionals and job seekers can effectively use AI tools to succeed in the evolving technology landscape. Key advice centers on the need for job candidates to showcase end-to-end solutions and real-world problem-solving abilities,…

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Is Your AI Code Reliable? 15:06

1M ago15:06

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The "AI with Arun Show" podcast, featuring Google software engineer Yash Sharma, where they discuss the benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the technology landscape. Sharma explains how AI is creating "hyperproductive individuals" by automating boilerplate tasks and democratizing knowledge, allowing for quicker movemen…

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Is AI Stalling Out? Cutting Through Capabilities Confusion, w/ Erik Torenberg, from the a16z Podcast 1:37:42

2M ago1:37:42

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Erik Torenberg joins to debate whether recent developments suggest AI progress is slowing down or stalling, addressing arguments from Cal Newport and others. Nathan counters this view by highlighting significant qualitative advances, including 100X context window expansion, real-time interactive voice, improved reasoning, vision, and AI's growing c…

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Property Fraud: How to Stop Criminals from Stealing Your Home 2:40

2M ago2:40

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What if someone could steal your house without ever stepping foot on your property? It happened to Graceland—and it could happen to you. In this episode of SipCyber, host Jen Lotze breaks down the growing threat of property fraud while sipping coffee at the vintage-inspired Maqua Coffee in Roseville, MN. Property fraud isn't just about stolen credi…

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A Positive Vision for the Future: Part 2 with Illia Polosukhin of NEAR 1:28:24

2M ago1:28:24

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In part two of his conversation, Illia Polosukhin, co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" and founder of NEAR Protocol, explores the profound societal and economic implications of AI. He envisions a future where a unified intelligence layer transforms personal computing, AI agents enable direct market connections, and individuals find meaning in …

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AI Tools to 10X Your Tech Career 13:01

2M ago13:01

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The podcast interview on the AI with Arun Show featuring guest Yash Sharma, a machine learning software engineer at Google YouTube. The discussion centers on how AI tools, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), are transforming the tech industry and impacting various roles, such as engineers and product managers. Sharma explains that while AI t…

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Always Bet on the Models: How Tasklet Puts the Agency in Agents, with CEO Andrew Lee 2:13:06

2M ago2:13:06

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Today Andrew Lee, founder and CEO of Shortwave and Tasklet.ai, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss building a new AI agent automation platform that replaces traditional workflow tools with conversational, long-lived agents, exploring how betting on rapidly improving model capabilities enables more flexible automation across thousands of busin…

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Credit Cards vs Debit: Your First Line of Cyber Defense 2:22

2M ago2:22

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What if your coffee habit could teach you one of the smartest cybersecurity moves for protecting your money? In this episode of SipCyber, host Jen Lotze takes us on a virtual trip to Nomad Coffee Bar in Enfield, Ireland—a dreamy, pink-hued sanctuary—to deliver a financial security tip that every traveler, parent, and online shopper needs to hear. J…

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Apple Vision Pro Meets AI: Why Your Company Needs Both 37:10

2M ago37:10

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What happens when Apple Vision Pro meets enterprise AI? In this episode of The Audit, Alex Bratton—applied technologist and AI implementation expert—joins hosts Joshua Schmidt and Nick Mellem to reveal how spatial computing and artificial intelligence are colliding to reshape how we work. From conducting million-dollar sales meetings in virtual rea…

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Chinese AI – They're Just Like Us? With Beijing-Based Concordia AI CEO Brian Tse 2:44:31

2M ago2:44:31

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Nathan interviews Brian Tse, founder and CEO of Concordia AI, about China's approach to AI development, safety and governance. They discuss China’s pragmatic vision emphasizing AI integration into the economy, the country’s multiple AI hubs, regulations requiring pre-deployment testing and AI content labelling, and areas where China's approach over…

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India's Digital Sovereignty: Data, Infrastructure, and Policy 14:32

2M ago14:32

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The podcast titled "The Digital Sovereignty of India: Why Data is the New Battleground," featuring a discussion with Abhishek Bhatt, Secretary General of the Bharat Digital Infrastructure Association (BDIA). The conversation primarily focuses on the concept of digital sovereignty within the Indian context, explaining it as a continuation of the "Sw…

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The Scary Truth About Default Privacy Settings 3:15

2M ago3:15

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Enjoying coffee at a cozy booth in Greenbridge Coffee got me thinking: why don't our social media profiles feel as secure as this space? The uncomfortable truth is that most apps default to "public"—meaning strangers can see your posts, photos, and even your real-time location. In this episode of SipCyber, we're breaking down how to lock down your …

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AI Discovered Antibiotics: How Small Data & Small GNNs Led to Big Results, w/ MIT Prof. Jim Collins 1:24:53

2M ago1:24:53

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Jim Collins, Termeer Professor at MIT, unveils his AI-powered project that has discovered several new antibiotics, effective against resistant strains and often employing entirely new mechanisms of action. He details how their refined multi-step AI process, even with small datasets and modest compute, can efficiently screen vast chemical spaces to …

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DigitalOcean's Gradient AI: Democratizing AI and Out-Innovating Hyperscalers 21:50

2M ago21:50

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The podcast featuring Dr. Bratin Saha, CTO of DigitalOcean, on the "AI with Arun Show," discussing the company's strategy and vision for artificial intelligence. Dr. Saha explains DigitalOcean's focus on democratizing AI for developers and small-to-medium businesses through simplicity, transparent pricing, and high performance, contrasting its appr…

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Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI 1:52:02

3M ago1:52:02

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Today Johan Falk, author, speaker, and AI analyst from Stockholm, Sweden, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his work reimagining education for the AI era, exploring why teaching students to use AI responsibly is now urgent, how traditional grades and standardized tests may become obsolete, and why education systems must develop unprecedente…