Best Nicholas Cook Podcasts (2025)

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The Decentralized Future of Private AI with Illia Polosukhin - #749 1:05:03

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In this episode, Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of the seminal "Attention Is All You Need" paper and co-founder of Near AI, joins us to discuss his vision for building private, decentralized, and user-owned AI. Illia shares his unique journey from developing the Transformer architecture at Google to building the NEAR Protocol blockchain to solve glo…

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Inside Nano Banana 🍌 and the Future of Vision-Language Models with Oliver Wang - #748 1:03:39

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Today, we’re joined by Oliver Wang, principal scientist at Google DeepMind and tech lead for Gemini 2.5 Flash Image—better known by its code name, “Nano Banana.” We dive into the development and capabilities of this newly released frontier vision-language model, beginning with the broader shift from specialized image generators to general-purpose m…

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Incredible Tools and Strategies for Lowering Your Taxes with Justin Rupple 1:07:10

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Retire On Rentals Podcast: Episode with Justin Rupple - Incredible Tools and Strategies for Lowering Your Taxes Show Notes: In this insightful episode of Retire On Rentals, host Nicholas Cook interviews Justin Rupple, founder of Elevated Tax Strategies, to uncover powerful tax-saving strategies for real estate investors and business owners. Justin …

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Episode 126 - A Live Commemoration Of The Third Anniversary Of The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II 59:57

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Mike Shephard, Susan Harrison, Sammy Dobson, Tom Crowley, Linnea Sage and Mike Wozniak join in this week as we commemorate three years since the death of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Live stream tickets: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-online-streaming/kplayer/ Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.c…

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Episode 41 - AI at Work: What Every Developer Needs to Know with Brian Swiger 51:55

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Brian shares his fascinating journey from certification skeptic to exam developer, explaining how Microsoft's approach to testing has evolved from simple multiple-choice questions to complex, hands-on lab scenarios that reflect real-world challenges. Drawing on his experience working with retail and consumer goods organizations, Brian reveals how b…

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From Nuclear Submarines to Commercial Real Estate with Joe Squires 58:55

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Retire On Rentals Podcast: Episode with Joe Squires - From Nuclear Submarines to Commercial Real Estate Show Notes: In this engaging episode of Retire On Rentals, host Nicholas Cook sits down with Joe Squires, owner of Admiral Properties, to explore his fascinating journey from an electrician on a nuclear submarine to a successful commercial real e…

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Is It Time to Rethink LLM Pre-Training? with Aditi Raghunathan - #747 58:26

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Today, we're joined by Aditi Raghunathan, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss the limitations of LLMs and how we can build more adaptable and creative models. We dig into her ICML 2025 Outstanding Paper Award winner, “Roll the dice & look before you leap: Going beyond the creative limits of next-token prediction,” which ex…

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Building an Immune System for AI Generated Software with Animesh Koratana - #746 1:05:11

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Today, we're joined by Animesh Koratana, founder and CEO of PlayerZero to discuss his team’s approach to making agentic and AI-assisted coding tools production-ready at scale. Animesh explains how rapid advances in AI-assisted coding have created an “asymmetry” where the speed of code output outpaces the maturity of processes for maintenance and su…

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Autoformalization and Verifiable Superintelligence with Christian Szegedy - #745 1:11:48

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In this episode, Christian Szegedy, Chief Scientist at Morph Labs, joins us to discuss how the application of formal mathematics and reasoning enables the creation of more robust and safer AI systems. A pioneer behind concepts like the Inception architecture and adversarial examples, Christian now focuses on autoformalization—the AI-driven process …

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Multimodal AI Models on Apple Silicon with MLX with Prince Canuma - #744 1:10:20

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Today, we're joined by Prince Canuma, an ML engineer and open-source developer focused on optimizing AI inference on Apple Silicon devices. Prince shares his journey to becoming one of the most prolific contributors to Apple’s MLX ecosystem, having published over 1,000 models and libraries that make open, multimodal AI accessible and performant on …

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Episode 125 - Goodbye Jacobinius Arse 1:01:02

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Mike Wozniak, Cody Dahler, Tom Crowley and Linnea Sage join us this month as we say goodbye to Jacobinius Arse Syndrome. LIVE SHOW on September 6th 2025 - buy tickets to stream it here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-online-streaming/ Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com…

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Episode 40 - Zero Trust: Beyond Traditional Security Measures with Santhosh Anandakrishnan 22:41

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Santosh Kumar, Azure MVP in Networking and Cloud Security, explains why Zero Trust isn't just a product but a critical security strategy for the modern workplace. He breaks down how organisations can implement this approach to protect against the dramatic rise in cyber threats. Follow the Microsoft Community Insights Podcast on social media so you …

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Brilliant Businesses Podcast Episode 163 - Arthur Ponsonby, The Right Tuition Company 26:35

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A very enjoyable chat with Arthur Ponsonby, Founder and Director of The Right Tuition Company. Arthur tells us about the perceptions of tutoring, their core values and the evolution of the business, as well as some good advice for other entrepreneurs. https://right-tuition.co.uk/ Support the showBy Brilliant Businesses - Nicholas Bryant

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Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models with Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter - #743 1:01:01

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Today, we're joined by Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter, researchers at Google DeepMind, to discuss the recent release of Genie 3, a model capable of generating “playable” virtual worlds. We dig into the evolution of the Genie project and review the current model’s scaled-up capabilities, including creating real-time, interactive, and high-re…

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Brilliant Businesses Podcast Episode 162 - Paul Reader, Berry & Lamberts Solicitors 29:36

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An enjoyable chat with Paul Reader from Berry & Lamberts Solicitors in Tunbridge Wells. Paul tells us about his journey from being 18 and not knowing which career path to take, to now being Managing Partner at the firm which has been around for over 270 years! https://www.berryandlamberts.co.uk/about Support the show…

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Closing the Loop Between AI Training and Inference with Lin Qiao - #742 1:01:11

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In this episode, we're joined by Lin Qiao, CEO and co-founder of Fireworks AI. Drawing on key lessons from her time building PyTorch, Lin shares her perspective on the modern generative AI development lifecycle. She explains why aligning training and inference systems is essential for creating a seamless, fast-moving production pipeline, preventing…

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ANNOUNCEMENT // Béla Fleck Banjo Raffle 2:00

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Get your raffle ticket here! For just a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a person who plays music, whether they’re professional, amateur or just getting started. Imagine what it would be like to lose the instrument that helps you understand your life, to make sense of the world. Now, imagine losing it and most of what you own during the most tr…

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Episode 39 Security Copilot - Sentence Syntax with Mona Ghadiri 1:07:38

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Syntax in security might sound technical and dry, but as Mona Ghadiri reveals, it's actually the secret sauce that determines whether your AI security tools deliver inconsistent results or game-changing efficiency. This eye-opening conversation explores how treating Security Co-Pilot prompts as code transforms security operations. Mona, a Microsoft…

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King Penagor Has Live Show News 4:07

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Tickets for our upcoming live show on Saturday 6th September 2025 at 2pm at Kings Place in London: IN-HALL TICKETS: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-4/ STREAMING TICKETS: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/beef-and-dairy-network-podcast-online-streaming/ Thanks to Tom Crowley of the Lowland Folk.…

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Context Engineering for Productive AI Agents with Filip Kozera - #741 46:01

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In this episode, Filip Kozera, founder and CEO of Wordware, explains his approach to building agentic workflows where natural language serves as the new programming interface. Filip breaks down the architecture of these "background agents," explaining how they use a reflection loop and tool-calling to execute complex tasks. He discusses the current…

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Episode 38 - Insight to Impact: The Power of Azure OpenAI with Amit Mukherjee and Bhuvi Vatsey 27:42

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The rapidly evolving field of generative AI can be intimidating, especially for those looking to implement enterprise-ready solutions. That's precisely the gap Amit sought to fill with his book "Azure OpenAI Essentials," co-authored with technical reviewers who ensured quality and accuracy throughout. Amit, who has spent years helping healthcare or…

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Hard Money & High Stakes with Ryan Morell of Rain City Capital 47:04

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Hard Money & High Stakes with Ryan Morell of Rain City Capital Episode Description: In this dynamic episode of Retire On Rentals, host Nicholas Cook chats with Ryan Morell, Sales Director at Rain City Capital, a lender bringing a fresh approach to real estate investing. Ryan shares his journey from banking to mastering foreclosure auctions and hard…

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Infrastructure Scaling and Compound AI Systems with Jared Quincy Davis - #740 1:13:02

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In this episode, Jared Quincy Davis, founder and CEO at Foundry, introduces the concept of "compound AI systems," which allows users to create powerful, efficient applications by composing multiple, often diverse, AI models and services. We discuss how these "networks of networks" can push the Pareto frontier, delivering results that are simultaneo…

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Episode 124 - Your Host's Tenth Anniversary 1:14:43

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Mike Wozniak, Tom Neenan, Susan Harrison, Gemma Arrowsmith and Linnea Sage join in this month as your host celebrates his tenth anniversary as the presenter of the Beef and Dairy Network and proves that even in the midst of an outbreak of Jacobinius Arse Syndrome, beef is safe to eat. Music: Morning Mist / Brett Van Donsel Stock media provided by S…

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Episode 37 - Power naps, self care and mental health with Daniel Paulus 54:02

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Daniel takes us through the unsustainable habits that led to his collapse: working late shifts to avoid interruptions, surviving on takeaway meals and six energy drinks daily, and completely neglecting self-care. The turning point came when he discovered a three-part approach to recovery—the BOSH technique: movement (Bewegen), relaxation (Ontspanni…

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Building Voice AI Agents That Don’t Suck with Kwindla Kramer - #739 1:13:02

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In this episode, Kwindla Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily and creator of the open source Pipecat framework, joins us to discuss the architecture and challenges of building real-time, production-ready conversational voice AI. Kwin breaks down the full stack for voice agents—from the models and APIs to the critical orchestration layer that manages…

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Distilling Transformers and Diffusion Models for Robust Edge Use Cases with Fatih Porikli - #738 1:00:29

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Today, we're joined by Fatih Porikli, senior director of technology at Qualcomm AI Research for an in-depth look at several of Qualcomm's accepted papers and demos featured at this year’s CVPR conference. We start with “DiMA: Distilling Multi-modal Large Language Models for Autonomous Driving,” an end-to-end autonomous driving system that incorpora…

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Episode 36 - Empowering People Through AI and Community with Heather Cook 45:07

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What does it mean to build true belonging in a digital age? Heather Cook, a 25-year Microsoft veteran and community champion, takes us on a remarkable journey through the evolution of technology communities and how artificial intelligence is reshaping connection rather than replacing it. https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathernewman/ https://www.commun…

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Episode 123 - Jacobinius Arse Syndrome 56:55

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Mike Wozniak, Mike Shephard, Tom Crowley and Linnea Sage join in this month as we get to grips with the new outbreak of Jacobinius Arse Syndrome. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Jag Vet en Dejlig Rosa / Traditional Sonatina in G Major / Beethoven Ancient Rome / Cercl…

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Building the Internet of Agents with Vijoy Pandey - #737 56:13

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Today, we're joined by Vijoy Pandey, SVP and general manager at Outshift by Cisco to discuss a foundational challenge for the enterprise: how do we make specialized agents from different vendors collaborate effectively? As companies like Salesforce, Workday, and Microsoft all develop their own agentic systems, integrating them creates a complex, pr…

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LLMs for Equities Feature Forecasting at Two Sigma with Ben Wellington - #736 59:31

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Today, we're joined by Ben Wellington, deputy head of feature forecasting at Two Sigma. We dig into the team’s end-to-end approach to leveraging AI in equities feature forecasting, covering how they identify and create features, collect and quantify historical data, and build predictive models to forecast market behavior and asset prices for tradin…

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Episode 35 - Functional Programming with C# with Simon Painter 20:49

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Dive into the world of functional programming with Simon Painter, a .NET developer with 20 years of experience who literally wrote the book on functional C#. Simon breaks down this powerful programming paradigm in refreshingly accessible terms, comparing it to connecting Lego bricks to create increasingly complex systems. Beyond his professional wo…

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Brilliant Businesses Podcast Episode 161 - Andy Mitchell, Solicon Conservatory Roofs 25:57

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Andy Mitchell from Solicon Conservatory Roofs joins us in the studio, discussing the benefits of conservatory roof replacement. Focusing on customer care and reliability backed up with hundreds of positive customer reviews, making his company stand out from his competitors adding value to peoples homes. https://soliconservatoryroofs.co.uk/ Support …

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Daring to Develop, Uphill Battles, Regulations, and Success with Michael Hamilton 55:35

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Retire On Rentals Podcast: Episode 5 - Dreaming Big with Michael Hamilton of Seneca Development Episode Description: In this exciting episode of Retire On Rentals, host Nicholas Cook sits down with Michael Hamilton, President of Seneca Development, a Portland-based company specializing in multifamily structures and commercial assets. Michael shares…

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Zero-Shot Auto-Labeling: The End of Annotation for Computer Vision with Jason Corso - #735 56:45

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Today, we're joined by Jason Corso, co-founder of Voxel51 and professor at the University of Michigan, to explore automated labeling in computer vision. Jason introduces FiftyOne, an open-source platform for visualizing datasets, analyzing models, and improving data quality. We focus on Voxel51’s recent research report, “Zero-shot auto-labeling riv…

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Grokking, Generalization Collapse, and the Dynamics of Training Deep Neural Networks with Charles Martin - #734 1:25:21

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Today, we're joined by Charles Martin, founder of Calculation Consulting, to discuss Weight Watcher, an open-source tool for analyzing and improving Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) based on principles from theoretical physics. We explore the foundations of the Heavy-Tailed Self-Regularization (HTSR) theory that underpins it, which combines random matri…

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Talkin' Blues // Buffalo Nichols 1:05:40

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Today, I’m sharing a conversation I had with one of today’s most eclectic roots musicians, Buffalo Nichols. Since his earliest infatuations with guitar, Carl, who goes by the name Buffalo Nichols has asked himself the same question: How can I bring the blues of the past into the future? A student of African traditions and its roots in the blues, as…

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Episode 34 - AI Innovation with Azure from Concept to Creation with Harshavardhan Bajoria 20:58

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Harshavardhan shares his journey as an Associate Product Manager working with Azure AI solutions, from development challenges to community engagement. He discusses creating AI-powered interview systems and adaptive mock tests that serve millions of users while explaining how combining Azure and Gemini enables more robust solutions than using either…

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Google I/O 2025 Special Edition - #733 26:21

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Today, I’m excited to share a special crossover edition of the podcast recorded live from Google I/O 2025! In this episode, I join Shawn Wang aka Swyx from the Latent Space Podcast, to interview Logan Kilpatrick and Shrestha Basu Mallick, PMs at Google DeepMind working on AI Studio and the Gemini API, along with Kwindla Kramer, CEO of Daily and cre…

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RAG Risks: Why Retrieval-Augmented LLMs are Not Safer with Sebastian Gehrmann - #732 57:09

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Today, we're joined by Sebastian Gehrmann, head of responsible AI in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg, to discuss AI safety in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and generative AI in high-stakes domains like financial services. We explore how RAG, contrary to some expectations, can inadvertently degrade model safety. We cover examples o…

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Episode 122 - The Great Big British Toddler Teardown Live 50:29

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Chris Cantrill, Greig Johnson, Amy Gledhill, Rob Gilroy and Amy Mason join in this week as we hear from formers darts champion Kenny Baritone about an event he is planning in Doncaster. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Streets Of Wonder / Marc Torch Trollmors Vaggsang…

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From Prompts to Policies: How RL Builds Better AI Agents with Mahesh Sathiamoorthy - #731 1:01:25

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Today, we're joined by Mahesh Sathiamoorthy, co-founder and CEO of Bespoke Labs, to discuss how reinforcement learning (RL) is reshaping the way we build custom agents on top of foundation models. Mahesh highlights the crucial role of data curation, evaluation, and error analysis in model performance, and explains why RL offers a more robust altern…

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ANNOUNCEMENT // American Songcatcher's Future 2:04

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Over the last 5 years, we have had the privilege of bringing you stories of Pioneering musicians such as Bill Monroe, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Lead Belly, Dolly Parton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie and so many more. However, a recently shift was forced upon the American Songcatcher program. Our distributor, Spotify for Podcasters…

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

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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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Episode 33 - .NET Open Source Library: Lessons Learned with Jochen Kirstätter 36:32

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In this episode, we speak with software developer Jokey about his extensive experience with .NET, the challenges of integrating legacy systems, and the importance of continuous learning in the tech industry. Jokey shares insights on his journey in software development, his contributions to open source, and the innovative projects he has undertaken,…

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

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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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Episode 121 - Lead and Beef 34:05

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Cody Dahler joins in this month as we catch up with former scuba diver Nicholas Summers, who has emerged from his coma and started a new business venture. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Talking Woods / Guto Lucena Uncharted Lands / Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen…

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Generative Benchmarking with Kelly Hong - #728 54:17

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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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Episode 32 - Women of Microsoft: The stories of Innovation by Miri Rodriguez 24:58

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What does it mean to be a storyteller at one of the world's largest technology companies? In this captivating conversation with Miri Rodriguez, Senior Storyteller at Microsoft and co-author of the forthcoming book "The Women of Microsoft," we discover how narrative shapes the way we understand technology, transformation, and human connection in the…

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Brilliant Businesses Podcast Episode 160 - Rory Berry, Roaring Berry 28:17

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An epic conversation with people strategy consultant Rory Berry! Rory helps businesses create a highly engaged super motivated workforce, making it his mission to help businesses and organisations retain their best assets - their teams! https://www.roaringberry.com/ Support the showBy Brilliant Businesses - Nicholas Bryant