In this episode, Stephen Jenkins, VP of Technology Strategy at Magna Electronics, shares practical insights into how AI is reshaping the automotive industry - from cutting development timelines with synthetic data to building smarter, more efficient autonomous parking systems. He explores the challenges of trust, safety, and explainability in AI, t…

In this week's episode, we host one of our favourite guests; Anders Arpteg, Head of AI and Data at GlobalConnect, to discuss how AI could enable “single person unicorns” by handling core business functions, based on his keynote at the Data Innovation Summit. The episode also explores leadership shifts at Meta and OpenAI, the growing divide between …

In this week's episode, Ather chats with Magnus Hambleton, investor at byFounders and former data lead at Natural Cycles. Magnus has successfully applied transformers to improve fertility predictions in a medical setting. As an investor, he focuses on agentic AI and backs startups slightly ahead of what’s currently possible, betting on near-future …

In this episode, Salla Franzén, Investment Manager at Navigare Ventures, returns to AI-Podden to explore how AI accelerates discovery in fields like life sciences and neuroscience. She unpacks the risks of tech hype, the need for explainable, trustworthy AI, and the importance of tools that bridge disciplinary gaps. Salla also shares insights on sc…

In this week's episode we host John Lamb, Solutions Lead AI & Analytics at TietoEvry. John emphasises that while tools like LLMs are useful for automating repetitive tasks such as code generation or data prep, they fall short when it comes to reasoning and interpreting structured data. He explains that data cleaning still dominates much of a data s…

In this episode, we host special guest; Senior Business and Tech Correspondent at SVT and author, Alexander Norén. We discuss how AI is transforming warfare, especially through autonomous drones and decision-making systems, as explored in his documentary AI War. Alexander also reflects on AI’s impact on jobs, arguing that human-made work will gain …

In this episode we speak to Anders Indset, a philosopher, deep tech investor, and best-selling author. We discuss AI’s real-world impact, emphasizing Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) that optimize industry-specific data in fields like healthcare, finance, and logistics. Anders critiques Europe’s cautious investment culture, advocating for a bolder …

In this episode we chat to Niklas Silfverström, CEO of Klang.ai, about Europe's need for AI independence. We discuss data privacy risks, the Cloud Act, and AI bias, emphasizing the need for European infrastructure and language models. Niklas highlights how relying on American AI companies threatens sovereignty, and why investing in GPUs, data cente…

In this episode, we host Anders Arpteg to discuss GROK 3’s rapid innovation, the competitive AI landscape, and the rise of Chinese models. We explore Elon Musk’s influence, AI power concentration, open-source challenges, and the Tesla Agile DNA. The conversation concludes with insights into AI reasoning, AGI development, and future challenges.…

In this episode, Ather speaks to Galina Esther Shubina, Senior Director of AI Strategy at King. They discuss how AI improves gameplay and development at King through AI-powered playtesting bots. Galina is excited about robotics but sees major technical challenges ahead. On AGI, she is skeptical, predicting it won’t emerge for at least 100 years due…

In this episode, Ather speaks to Mehrdad Mamaghani, Volvo Group’s Head of Data Science. They discuss AI’s role in predictive maintenance, financial forecasting, and sustainability. Merdad critiques the hype around AGI, emphasizing transparency and practical applications, and highlights the need for AI talent and expertise in Europe.…

Merry Christmas folks! This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss December's AI news updates. Highlights included Uber's entry into AI data labeling, Google DeepMind's Genie 2 for training AI in simulated environments, and Amazon's collaboration with Anthropic to develop a mega AI supercomputer. We covered the importance of new…

This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss November's AI news updates. Topics include; OpenAI’s Slush presentation, which revealed both innovation and cultural challenges, and the diminishing returns of AI scaling laws. They explore the rise of specialized models, new players like Gemesis and Mistral, and OpenAI's ChatGPT searc…

Christian Guttmann, Executive Director of the Nordic AI Institute, discusses AI as both a philosophical aspiration and a practical tool. He highlights applications like personalized banking recommendations and data querying with large language models but notes their limitations in reasoning and understanding. Advocating for hybrid AI models and ric…

This week we welcome back; Reggie Townsend, Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS Institute and member of President Biden's National AI Advisory Council. We discussed AI development and regulation in the US. He stressed balancing innovation incentives with government restraint and cited the CHIPS Act as key for AI infrastructure, though most investm…

This episode, recorded live, at the third installment of AI-Podden live at Epicenter, features Ingrid af Sandeberg, Strategic Advisor at Epicenter and Chairman of the board at Stockholm AI. She joins Ather & Mimi on the stage to discuss AI trends and tools, including Notebook LM, highlighting the shift toward smaller, specialized models like those …

I Austin, Texas den 13 juni i år tog Teslas aktieägare beslut om ett ersättningsprogram som ger vd:n Elon Musk 56 miljarder dollar. Inte lika uppmärksammat globalt var ett annat beslut: att rösta ned förslaget som kom från flera nordiska aktieägare om att stärka det fackliga inflytandet på företaget. Den svenska Teslastrejken har hållit på i ett år…

This episode, recorded live, is the third installment of Ather and Mimi's special news updates at Epicenter Stockholm. They discuss Elon Musk's We, Robot controversy, OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding round, and AI limitations like pattern matching. They also highlighted neurosymbolic AI’s potential, Nobel winners in machine learning, and the rapid ado…

Open AI anser att kursen mot artificiell generell intelligens är utstakad. Är det möjligt och vad händer då? Det går snabbt nu. Världsledande ai-bolaget Open AI har nyss släppt modellen o1 som sägs kunna resonera. Härnäst väntar artificiell intelligens med agens och modeller som kan bidra med innovation. Åtminstone om man ska tro Sam Altman, vd på …

Ted Schönbeck, Nordic CTO, Google Cloud discusses the current and future landscape of AI, emphasizing its ability to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, with machine learning allowing systems to learn independently. Google, an "AI-first" company since 2016, has integrated AI into products like Maps and Search. Schönbeck highlig…

Brukar du lyssna på Intergalaktiskt i feeden Allt du behöver veta om Ny Teknik behöver du till säsong 3 också prenumerera på Intergalaktiskt i din poddapp. Dessa avsnitt kommer alltså framöver inte att publiceras i den här feeden. Alert! Intergalaktiskt är snart tillbaka med en ny säsong. Just nu sitter Viktor Krylmark och Bill Burrau djupt försjun…

This episode features special guest, Tom Sodestrom, AWS Enterprise Strategist, speaking on the latest trends in AI and edge computing. Tom shares his insights on the upcoming trends in the next 5-10 years, including the rise of generative AI, increased data volume and importance, productive edge computing, and digital twins and simulation at scale.…

Nio av tio handelsvaror i världen åker någon gång fraktfartyg på sin väg till konsumenterna. Världshaven är fulla av containerfartyg, och trafiken väntas öka flera gånger om de närmaste decennierna. Samtidigt ska sjöfarten ställa om och minska sina koldioxidutsläpp. Ett av de viktigaste framtidshoppen för det är e-metanol som ska ersätta drivmedel …

This episode, recorded live, is the second installment of Ather and Mimi's special news updates at Epicenter Stockholm. They discuss OpenAI and concerns about its shift from research to product development, as well as AI advancements in math reasoning by DeepMind and OpenAI’s new "Strawberry" model. The hosts also touch on Sam Altman's Worldcoin pr…

This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss June's AI news updates. Topics include Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI over a nonprofit agreement, Anthropic’s Cloud 3 outperforming ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, and major investments in Anthropic by Google and Amazon. They also cover the EU AI Act's approval, marking the first regu…

Apple Intelligence. Vad består egentligen Apples stora ai-satsning av? När får vi ta del av den? Och vad innebär samarbetet med Open AI? Svaren på dessa frågor får du i det här avsnittet av podden Allt du behöver veta om ny teknik som görs av Ny Tekniks redaktion. På Apples utvecklarkonferens WWDC nyligen lugnade Apple nervösa aktieägare med besked…

In this episode, Ather interviews Tom Soderstrom, AWS Enterprise Strategist, on his career and insights into innovation and generative AI. Tom shares his journey from Sweden to the US, becoming NASA’s first CTO for IT at JPL, and introducing cloud computing. He emphasises innovation through small, low-risk experiments, or “two-way door decisions,” …

Abraham “Avi” Loeb är arg. Varför är det så många haters? Allt han försöker göra är att samla in data, vanlig forskning med andra ord. Dessutom forskning som skulle kunna sätta mänskligheten på en ny bana. En bana ut i världsrymden, en väg till att bli ett interstellärt folk. I det sista avsnittet av den andra säsongen av Intergalaktiskt berättar A…

In this episode, Ather interviews Lele Cau, AI research scientist at MotherBrain, part of EQT Partners. They discuss AI as a system integrating software and hardware for intelligent decision-making. Lele describes MotherBrain’s role in aiding deal professionals with data and algorithms, emphasising the importance of knowledge graphs in large langua…

In this episode, Ather meets Caroline Ohlsson, Data & AI Director at Verdane. Caroline explains Verdane's investment in tech-enabled companies and how her team supports them with data and AI. She discusses Verdane's use of generative AI tools like Verdain GPT and Microsoft Co-pilot to boost productivity, and shares examples of AI-driven improvement…

Kina har enorma ambitioner med sin elbilsindustri. Det handlar både om den inhemska marknaden och export. Omkring 100 kinesiska elbilstillverkare ska övertyga kineser, européer och amerikaner om att både gå över till elbil och att välja just ett kinesiskt märke. Den kinesiska staten stöttar industrin kraftigt ekonomiskt. Nu ser världen ett begynnan…

In our first ever live recording at Epicenter Stockholm, Ather and Mimi Billing open with Kai-fu Lee's prediction that AI will take 50% of jobs by 2027 and the market's projected growth to $184 billion by 2024. Despite major investments, the profitability of large language models (LLMs) remains uncertain. OpenAI's financial success is noted, but hi…

Skicka ut kärnavfall i rymden. Är det världens bästa sämsta idé? Eller varför har vi inte börjat med det? Intergalaktiskt dyker in i ett för podden ovant ämne och pratar om möjligheten att dumpa gammalt kärnbränsle i rymden, och vad vi faktiskt gör med kärnavfallet i dag. För att reda i detta har Bill Burrau och Viktor Krylmark tagit hjälp av kärna…

In this episode, Ather interviews Anastasia Varava, Research Lead at SEBX, SEB Banken, about AI in banking. Anastasia's work at KTH and SEB Banken focuses on machine learning, robotics, and AI applications to enhance employee efficiency, decision-making, crime prevention, and customer experience. She discusses data sensitivity, the shift to cloud s…

In this episode host Ather interviews Mikael Huss, co-founder and Principal Data Scientist at Codon. They discuss the evolution of AI, noting the shift from traditional data science to large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Mikael highlights the overshadowing of other AI applications by LLMs and generative AI. They emphasize the importance of d…

Podden Allt du behöver veta om ny teknik går på djupet med hur det går för vätgasomställningen i Sverige. Tonläget sattes när dåvarande EU-kommissionären Frans Timmermans 2020 utnämnde vätgas (clean hydrogen) till den nya energins rockstjärna och rullade ut planer för en enorm ökning av grön vätgasproduktion i Europa. I Sverige har vätgas enligt en…

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss April's AI developments, including; implications in geopolitics and business, highlighting Microsoft's warning about AI's potential use to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea, and India. They explore China's advancements in AI, the impact of quantum computing on AI development, …

Efter att under våren avhandlat allt från ufon och science fiction till universums slut har turen nu kommit till makt och kontroll. Intergalaktiskt tar en djupdykning i vissa av de internationella fördrag som skrivits för att försöka kontrollera rymdverksamheten. Tillsammans med Sabine Höhler, professor i teknikhistoria vid KTH, försöker Viktor Kry…

In this episode, Ather hosts guest Alex Baker, global retail strategist, entrepreneur, and Principal at Nordic Retail Hub. They discuss the evolution of AI in retail, highlighting its shift from backend applications to enhancing customer-facing experiences with technologies like dynamic pricing and personalized promotions. They also explore various…

Ather interviews Vilhelm von Ehrenheim, co-founder and CAIO of QA Tech, discussing the use of AI in automating quality assurance for web applications. Wilhelm details how their AI agents test web functionality to ensure reliability before launch, leveraging large language models for enhanced decision-making. He also addresses the challenges of adap…

Från grafikkort till datacenter och nu ai-acceleratorer. Podden Allt du behöver veta om ny teknik går på djupet med chipbolaget Nvidia, som vill utveckla beräkningskraft kraftfull nog att förändra vår värld. Medverkande: Kalle Wiklund och Peter Ottsjö, reportrar på Ny Teknik. -------------- Allt började på en diner i San Jose i USA – och i dag är t…

In this episode, Ather interviews Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, AI director at ManageEngine, who clarifies AI's role as a practical tool for pattern recognition and productivity in IT management, rather than a threat to human jobs. Ram discusses how ManageEngine has integrated AI across their product suite since 2011 to optimize IT operations and custome…

Den andra solförmörkelsen på kort tid i USA leder in Bill Burrau och Viktor Krylmark i en diskussion om solen. För visst borde det finnas bättre sätt att utvinna solenergi än att vänta in den här på planeten jorden? För att lära sig mer om ett koncept som kallas för Dysonsfär deltar Jerry Määttä, docent i litteraturvetenskap vid Stockholms universi…

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss March's AI developments, including; Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, alleging violation of their nonprofit agreement through a Microsoft collaboration and deviation from open-source values. Concurrently, Musk introduced his open-source language model, GROK. Meanwhile, Anthropic's new AI, C…

Hur har inledningen av 2024 varit på elbilsmarknaden? Vad sticker ut hittills bland årets elbilar? Finns det en dominerande trend på elbilsmarknaden? Ny Tekniks elbilsreporter och testförare Felix Björklund ger de viktigaste insikterna om elbilsåret 2024, så som det ser ut hittills och det som ligger framför oss under resten av året. I poddavsnitte…

Oavsett om man tror att mänskligheten fått besök av varelser från andra planeter eller inte finns det observationer av föremål som saknar förklaring. Det är kort och gott dags för Intergalaktiskt att ta sig an ufo-frågan. I ett nytt avsnitt av podcasten Intergalaktiskt tacklas den känsliga och stigmatiserade frågan om oidentifierade flygande föremå…

Sverige befinner sig i en boom för batteriparker. Runt om i landet byggs ”containerparker” upp, inhägnade områden med containrar med stora batterisystem, anslutna till elsystemet. Batterianläggningarna ska bidra med stödtjänster i elsystemet men också lösa andra problem i elnätet. Nyligen publicerade vi på Ny Teknik en stor kartläggning av utveckli…

Efter några avsnitt om rymdekonomi och rymdindustri vänder Intergalaktiskt tillbaka till det som kittlar allra mest: rymdmystik. Det där som lockar och pockar. Det där, ibland, oförklarliga. Hur långt kan människan resa i rymden – vår går gränsen? Och vad är det sista SPÄNNANDE som händer i universum? Hade det varit värt att vara odödlig för att få…

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss February's AI developments, including OpenAI's new video tool, Sora, and its careful release strategy amidst ethical concerns. They explore the bias issues in Google's Gemini AI and contrast different AI philosophies, highlighting the debate between practical AI applications and the …

Salman Avestimehr, USC professor and FedML co-founder, discusses AI, federated learning, and large language models. This week's topics include; AI definition, distributed and federated systems research, current challenges in generative AI, and trustworthiness in ML. Ather and Salman explore the future of accessible LLMs on personal devices, stress …