Dagens podd utgår från Rain man med Tom Cruise och Dustin Hoffman. Diskuteras flitigt utifrån allt möjligt från karaktärerna till storyn. Kanske finns det också en pik mot pengars värde i samhället i filmen?

This week, Anna Bäcklund, Head of Data and Analytics at Handelsbanken, discusses AI's role in banking. She highlighted its potential to improve customer experience, compliance, risk management, and financial literacy. Though AI mimics human behavior, it lacks true human intelligence. Anna sees AI driving personalized banking and efficient systems w…

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.…

Dagens avsnitt är diskuterar ingen mindre film än La La Land i allt vad det innebär! Färgsprakande, kärlek, sorg och musik. Allt man kan förvänta sig från en musikal och det ska diskuteras i råge!

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…

Första filmen på nya hjulet blev ingen mindre än, The Shining. Denna gamla klassiker har dammats av och setts på nytt, och fördelen med klassiker är att det finns mycket att bita i! Det hade vi kunnat prata om i flera avsnitt men en någorlunda halvstor djupdykning utlovas!

Tillbaka efter sommaruppehållet med ett pangavsnitt! Denna gång är det Ricky Gervais omtalade After Life som ska diskuteras och alla speciella karaktärer som förgyller serien.

En film som skapar mer frågor än svar och som gör att vi sitter som frågettecken halva podden är ingen mindre än Interstellar. Mycket moraliska problem och filmiska grepp diskuteras!

12 arga män i ett varmt rum som diskuterar ett brott och ska bestämma om en person ska dömas till döden eller släppas fri. 11 personer tycker det är straight forward men en person tvekar. Mycket diskussioner uppstår som är värda att diskutera och analysera, lika relevant då som nu trots att den är från 57!…

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…

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,” …

I denna podd snackar vi om Inglorious Basterds, allt från hur bra vissa karaktärer är till kritik av storytellingen på vissa sätt.

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…

Här snackas det Dune del 1! Allt från bilderna till musiken, moraliska dilemman, trattar och mycket mer!

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…

I detta avsnitt pratar vi om den nästintill sprillans nya filmen Lift med Kevin Hart i huvudrollen. En heistfilm med väldigt blandade intryck som diskuterar flitigt! Spårar även iväg i helt orelaterade diskussioner och håller inte med varandra om mycket, men roligt har vi, eller?

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…

Nu ska En man som heter Ove diskuteras! Mycket roliga referenser och analyser lovas. Om allt från bilarna SAAB och Volvo till Oves väldigt speciella vanor och ovanor.

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…

Nu landar vi i Guds stad för ett avsnitt! Det diskuteras psykopater, snygga filmtekniker, hur en revolver avfyras 12 gånger utan omladdning i filmen och mycket annat!

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, …

Ett avsnitt där vi diskuterar de filmiska och filosofiska aspekterna av Will Hunting. Kommer även upp alternativa diskussioner om koftor, sandaler och cykelbyxor!

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…

Tiden drar iväg to say the least i detta avsnitt. Men otroligt intressanta observationer om metaforer i filmen samt roliga sidospår om bananer.

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…

Nu är vi tillbaka till film igen efter ett sidospår i form av en serie. I detta avsnitt diskuteras inget mindre än Iron Man. En klassisk superhjältefilm och startskottet till MCU med Robert Downey Jr i huvudrollen. Vi analyserar som vanligt filmens storytelling, karaktärer, bilder och musik. Blindrankingen återvänder och det nya konceptet wheel of …

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…

Första serien att behandlas på podden är ingen mindre än Peaky Blinders. Det diskuteras historia, karaktärer och att en av karaktärerna är läskigt lik en barndomsicon. Även premiär för den absolut inte orginella idén med blindranking!

Ett rykande färskt avsnitt 2 anländer med den kritikerrosade filmen Whiplash som vunnit flera fina priser i olika kategorier men är det tillräckligt för att vi ska tycka den är bra? En nästan lite för ingående genomgång av storyn utlovas och kanske lite utbildning kring Whiplash kan förekomma.Av Levin For The Frame

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…

Premiäravsnitt av Tagning 25! Vi inleder med att diskutera och analysera den storslagna och kritikerrosade filmen Gladiator. Namn kan komma att glömmas bort och blandas ihop men är det så konstigt med karaktärer som Marcus Aurelius, Commodus och Maximus Decimus Meridius?Av albin7

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 …

In this episode of the AI Podcast, host Ather Gattami interviews Michal Sustr, co-founder of EquiLibre, a company that uses game theory and reinforcement learning for trading. Michal discusses the company's approach to trading, which is based on the idea that markets can be modelled as games. He explains that EquiLibre uses game theory to develop a…

Reinforcement learning is a type of machine learning that allows agents to learn by interacting with their environment. DeepMind researcher, David Abel is interested in using reinforcement learning to understand and build intelligent agents. One of the big questions in AI is what exactly "intelligence" is. Another big question is how to build intel…

In this episode, Mimi and Ather delve into the impact of AI on elections and political communication as well as deepfakes and cybercrime. They address OpenAI's suspension of a developer for creating a politician-impersonating chatbot and an AI-generated robocall falsely imitating President Biden, demonstrating AI's potential misuse in politics. The…

Edward Hu, Researcher at OpenAI, known for his invention of LoRA, a widely used machine learning method to fine-tune Large Language Models (LLMs) which he co-invented at Microsoft, shares his views on LoRa. Together with Ather he also discusses the development of GFlowNets as a promising tool for the development of reasoning and planning AI systems…

Mimi Billing, European editor at Shifted and Ather highlight the latest news in AI in December and take a look back at 2023. In this episode, you will hear the latest on the release of Google DeepMind's Gemini in its Ultra, Pro, and Nano versions. How European Union policymakers have reached a provisional agreement on AI rules under the EU AI ACT. …

Andy Karvonen, Prof. of Urban Design and Planning at Lund University talks of the “Urban Brain", where we have some kind of smart city control room managing all aspects, from traffic to transportation and the management of facilities. Andy and Ather discuss the pros and cons of such a future, delving into the hard but important questions of privacy…

Mika Gustafsson, Prof., and David Martinez, PhD student, both at Linköping University conduct research in Bioinformatics and precision medicine. They are exploring how to use complex patient data, both clinical and environmental (such as the lifestyle) to develop personalized treatments and to help understand diseases more in depth in order to take…

Let’s start with the company behind chatGPT, OpenAI. No one has missed the last couple of weeks' happenings at OpenAI, where the CEO and cofounder Sam Altman was fired on Friday the 17th and then on Monday evening reinstated as CEO. There have been a lot of rumours of why he was fired in the first place but I think we need to focus on something dif…

Agnes Lindell, Head of Data Driven Business at Elvenite shares her experience in building data driven tools in the food industry, all from some of their most successful use cases to how they managed to do it. She mentioned the biggest challenges and how they managed to tackle them. A few examples include inventory optimization with over 10% of savi…

Kye Andersson, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Canucci and also author of the recently published Sifted article on the technological, and especially AI gap, between the EU and the US and China. Kye argues that we have too much focus on regulations, especially on less likely scenarios, and we are making the innovation in the EU more difficul…

In this special episode of AI-podden, we have the pleasure to introduce Mimi Billing from Sifted who will be co-hosting AI-podden in this special format where we get updates of the recent AI developments. In this episode, we are discussing why Nvidia is using AI to train a robot how to spin a pen between its fingers, China’s claim that they have bu…

The AI Swede of the year (2023) is Max Gordon, and he is also our (returning) guest in this episode of AI-podden! Max is an orthopedic surgeon and Associate professor at Karolinska Institute. Max Gordon shares with us his story of applying AI in Healthcare, how he got into it, where he started, and how he dealt with acquiring data, testing, buildin…

Nastaran Baleng-Soultani, co-founder of Space Academy and RadCap Ventures shares with us her thoughts about the “AI hype” and the trends of AI startup investments. She describes the ultimate startup settings where she would be interested in investing. In particular, Nastaran expresses her interest in ideas where AI could help us solve climate chall…

Ather’s guest in this episode is Eva Fors, Managing Director of Google Cloud Nordics. Eva and Ather discuss the most recent developments in the AI services provided by Google Cloud and how Google Cloud is feeling the sentiment around AI developments. Eva shares her thoughts on the balance between AI developments and regulations. She provides exampl…

Carl-Axel Wahlström, AI Artist and Creator of the AI fashion magazine Copy hares with us his experience and journey of using AI in his creative work, where he describes the AI tools he is using as “friends” that he enjoys working with. He tells us how he came about to create Copy and the journey that led him to create a magazine that is the first o…

Lars Albertsson, founder of Scling and one of Scandinavia’s most skilled data engineers, with experience from Google and Spotify shares his experience as a pioneer in the data engineering field, what his learnings has been, and the approach he takes in solving data architecture and engineering problems. Don't forget to subscribe and follow us on Li…