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McDonald's AI Initiative, Google's Antitrust Battle, and Meta's Legal AI Quandary In today's episode of #Trending, hosted by Jim Love, we delve into McDonald's new AI strategy to enhance service and reduce staff stress across their 43,000 restaurants, featuring partnerships with Google Cloud and cutting-edge technologies. We also cover the US Department of Justice's intensified antitrust actions against Google, including recommendations for the divestiture of Chrome and scrutiny of the Android operating system. Finally, we explore Meta's legal troubles for using pirated data to train their AI models, which could have significant implications for the AI industry. Don't miss out on these key tech updates! 00:00 Introduction and Headlines 00:21 McDonald's AI Innovations 02:34 DOJ's Antitrust Actions Against Google 04:48 Meta's Legal Battle Over AI Training 09:07 Conclusion and Listener Appreciation
In this episode of Untangled, we're diving into Stargate and what it means for local governments. This $100 billion AI initiative is making waves, but what does it actually mean for public sector leaders? Join us as we sit down with Kyler Cheatham, a digital transformation expert, to break down the real-world impact of AI, the challenges of implementation, and how organizations can prepare. We cover everything from infrastructure and workforce reskilling to policy implications and funding shifts.
This week on Drunk Real Estate, we're breaking down three major topics that are shaking up real estate and technology.
It could be the shot heard ‘round the world: the announcement recently of Stargate, a multi-billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) project now underway in the U.S. and backed by huge corporations, including Oracle, Open AI, and SoftBank, among others. But what will be the impact on healthcare, and notably, health information management (HIM) professionals?Reporting on this huge healthcare issue during the next edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays will be the legendary Rose Dunn.Dunn, who served as past president and former interim CEO of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), will do double duty next Tuesday. She will also handle reporting duties for the Talk Ten Tuesdays Coding Report, substituting for Christine Geiger. In that capacity, Dunn is expected to report on the 60-Day Refund Rule, part of the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule.Also part of the broadcast will be these instantly recognizable panelists, who will report more news during their segments:• Social Determinants of Health: Tiffany Ferguson, CEO for Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., will report on the news that is happening at the intersection of medical record auditing and the SDoH.• CDI Report: Cheryl Ericson, Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) for the vaunted Brundage Group, will report the latest documentation quandaries your team is likely to encounter this year.• News Desk: Timothy Powell, ICD10monitor national correspondent and regulatory expert, will anchor the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.• MyTalk: Angela Comfort, veteran healthcare subject matter expert, will co-host the long-running and popular weekly Internet broadcast. Comfort is the assistant vice president of revenue integrity for Montefiore Health.
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On President Trump's first day back in office, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Oracle's Larry Ellison, and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son announced a historic $500 billion AI data center project. Dubbed the Stargate Project, this joint venture aims to revolutionize AI infrastructure in the U.S., creating tens of thousands of jobs and enhancing American leadership in AI. Learn about the project's scope, ambitious goals, and debates sparking across the tech and political landscape. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions. Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/ Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown
Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!Donald Trump has announced a groundbreaking Stargate AI initiative, and our guest, Josh, is here to untangle its societal and political ramifications. We explore how this development could reshape the cultural landscape and discuss the evolving role of technology in our lives. Josh also updates us on the progress and ambitious topics tackled by Eternal Christendom, setting the stage for a lively exchange on faith, tech, and the modern world.Navigating the uneasy waters between technology titans like Elon Musk and political leaders brings up pressing concerns about transhumanism and its philosophical challenges. We delve into the power dynamics at play and question the ethical considerations of AI's role in medicine, from cancer detection to personalized vaccines. The episode touches on how these advancements align—or clash—with theological beliefs, and what they might mean for humanity's quest to transcend its limitations.In the midst of these contemporary issues, we also traverse historical and spiritual narratives, reflecting on how past religious tensions and encounters with mysticism inform our present-day experiences. The conversation spans topics from the symbolism of modern events to the challenges faced by the Church today, providing a nuanced exploration of faith's place in a rapidly changing world. Join us for this thought-provoking journey that weaves together technology, spirituality, and the enduring quest for meaning.Support the show********************************************************https://www.avoidingbabylon.comMerchandise: https://shop.avoidingbabylon.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rssSpiritusTV: https://spiritustv.com/@avoidingbabylonOdysee: https://odysee.com/@AvoidingBabylon
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What will be the role of Ai in the practice of strategy? From utopian to dystopian scenarios, the APG is working with planners, internationally, to game out what the possibilities might be and how we can get there. Thanks to Tracksuit (the affordable brand tracking solution) and the Master of Advertising Effectiveness (MAE) program for supporting our show.
Is your company's AI initiative feeling more like a costly experiment than a game-changing transformation? You're not alone. While 92% of enterprises are investing in AI, a staggering 85% of AI projects fail to deliver on their promises. But why? The truth is, most organizations are approaching AI implementation backwards. They're buying expensive tools and platforms without first establishing the foundation that makes those investments worthwhile - proper training and education. This gap between AI ambition and AI competency is costing enterprises millions. Today, we're joined by someone who's been solving this exact problem. Maryrose Lyons is the founder of the AI Institute and a digital marketing veteran with over two decades of experience. Since 1999, she's witnessed every major digital transformation, and now she's helping enterprises bridge the critical AI knowledge gap. With a Master's in Cyberpsychology and professional certification in AI, Maryrose brings a unique perspective on both the technical and human elements of AI adoption. Through the AI Institute, she's helped countless organizations turn their AI investments from money pits into profit centers, with some clients seeing up to 20% increase in performance after proper training. The AI Hat Podcast host Mike Allton asked Maryrose Lyons about: ✨ Training Before Tools - Successful AI implementation starts with education, not software purchases ✨ Cultural Integration Matters - Technical knowledge must be paired with organizational change management ✨ Measurable ROI Focus - Proper AI training directly correlates to improved business performance Learn more about Maryrose Lyons Connect with Maryrose Lyons on LinkedIn Resources & Brands mentioned in this episode AI Institute courses and AI Institute Programs for enterprise Coupon Code: Mike2025 = 15% discount on courses Udio The Surprising Truth About AI Adoption in Marketing Teams with Corbett Drummey 1Up EU AI Act AI Policy Template AI Marketing Primer: A Comprehensive Guide for Marketers Explore past episodes of the The AI Hat Podcast podcast and Maryrose's podcast is called Chatting GPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT & NOTES: https://theaihat.com/why-your-enterprise-ai-initiative-is-failing-and-how-to-fix-it/ Brought to you by The AI Hat - Get Your AI On. Interesting in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here. Powered by Magai - why choose one AI tool when you can have them all? And Descript, the magic wand for podcasters. Produced and Hosted by Mike Allton, AI Consultant & Trainer at The AI Hat, where he's tirelessly helping businesses and marketers get ahead of the AI Revolution and apply advanced technologies to their roles. He's spent over a decade in digital marketing, bringing an unparalleled level of experience and excitement to the fore, whether he's delivering a presentation or leading a workshop. If you're interested in helping business owners with AI in an upcoming episode, reach out to Mike. Powered by the Marketing Podcast Network. Music by Tokay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join host Lauren Hawker Zafer - Squirro CMO as she sits down with Dr. Imanol Schlag, a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the ETH Zurich, Dr. Schlag has made significant contributions to the development of advanced neural network architectures and reasoning models. His academic journey includes a PhD under the guidance of renowned AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber at the Swiss AI Lab, where he explored innovative approaches to enhance machine learning capabilities. Dr. Schlag's research focuses on the intersection of language models and quantitative reasoning, with several of his papers gaining recognition in top-tier conferences. He is known for his work on Linear Transformers and their applications in fast weight programming, which has generated substantial attention in the AI community. Join us, as we dive into Dr. Schlag's insights on the future of AI, the challenges of developing trustworthy models, and his vision for the role of machine learning in Swiss society. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or just curious about the latest advancements in technology, this conversation promises to be both enlightening and inspiring. Don't forget to subscribe and share your favourite episodes with your friends! #techpodcast #squirro #ai #transformation
Season Three - Spotlight Seventeen Our seventeenth spotlight of this season is a snippet of our upcoming episode: Pioneering the Future of AI - Language Models and the Swiss AI Initiative. Join host Lauren Hawker Zafer - Squirro CMO as she sits down with Dr. Imanol Schlag, a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the ETH Zurich, Dr. Schlag has made significant contributions to the development of advanced neural network architectures and reasoning models. His academic journey includes a PhD under the guidance of renowned AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber at the Swiss AI Lab, where he explored innovative approaches to enhance machine learning capabilities. Dr. Schlag's research focuses on the intersection of language models and quantitative reasoning, with several of his papers gaining recognition in top-tier conferences. He is known for his work on Linear Transformers and their applications in fast weight programming, which has generated substantial attention in the AI community. Join us, as we dive into Dr. Schlag's insights on the future of AI, the challenges of developing trustworthy models, and his vision for the role of machine learning in society. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or just curious about the latest advancements in technology, this conversation promises to be both enlightening and inspiring.
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Join Rebekah Lewin, senior assistant dean of admissions & programs, as she chats about Generative AI with Mitch Lovett, senior associate dean of education and innovation, and Dan Keating, clinical assistant professor. They discuss the ways in which AI is transforming the business school landscape, Simon's AI Initiative, new program offerings for those interested in a deeper dive into AI, ways that AI is woven into the curriculum at Simon, and more! Learn more about Generative AI at Simon. View transcript.
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Priyanka Kamath, founder of the 100 Girls in Gen AI initiative, and the AI-Powered Skill Recco Engine under Amazon Education. Priyanka shares her journey from cybersecurity roles at Fortune 500 companies to founding a transformative initiative to empower young girls in India through technology and innovation. We dive deep into the mission behind 100 Girls in Blockch(AI)n, its focus on blockchain and AI education, and how it aims to inspire the next generation of female tech leaders. Learn how Priyanka is creating tech equity and fostering leadership in the tech space through community building, mentorship, and skill development programs.
In this second episode of the CEPS Tech Podcast series on AI we will be looking at various proposals to launch a large-scale initiative on AI in Europe in the years to come. Does Europe need an “AI Moonshot” to catch up with other global powers? What characteristics should the moonshot have? We compare in particular the recent proposal tabled by advisors to the European Commission, to create a “CERN for AI in science”; the proposal by the scientific community to launch a moonshot to create alternatives to non-European generative AI models; and proposals to fund a pan-European Digital Public Infrastructure. Our host Tom Parker is joined by co-host Andrea Renda, Director of Research at CEPS, a well-known expert in AI governance and policy and Professor at the European University Institute. Joining them both to help unpick this topic are two leading experts in the AI field. Holger Hoos, Alexander von Humboldt Professor of AI at RWTH Aachen University (Germany) and Director of Research at CLAIRE who shares his insights on a Moonshot for AI and what Europe needs to do to not fall further behind in the AI field. Adriana Groh, Co-founder of the Sovereign Tech Fund which is focused on supporting the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital infrastructure with the gaol to sustainably strengthen the open-source ecosystem by focusing on security, resilience, technological diversity as well as the coding talents. For further reading on CEPS' and Andrea Renda's research on other interesting AI topics follow this link. For more information on Holger Hoos and the work CLAIRE does, have a look here. To find out more about Adriana Groh´s work and the initiatives of the Sovereign Tech Fund have a look here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dale Hall, managing director of research, Society Of Actuaries Research Institute, discusses the organization's plan to lend its actuarial expertise and participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of artificial intelligence.
In this episode, we break down the intricacies of Gemma, Google's innovative open nature AI model, discussing how it was developed and its significance in the broader context of AI research and development. We consider the implications for open-source collaboration in AI. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/
In this episode of Week in Edtech, Ben and Alex discuss:1. AIGoogle Launches AI Opportunity Initiative For Europe; Announces €25M Funding To Support AI Skills Development2. EdtechIndiaASU GSV Emeritus Event in IndiaPhysicsWallah's FY23 Profit Tanks 91% To INR 90MDeborah Quazzo and Michael Moe on BYJU'sDeborah Quazzo follow-on investments in IndiaHow Eruditus survived the evisceration of edtechDuolingo is largest language platform in the world3. K-12Tyton Partners' ‘Investing in Tomorrow' Research Reveals a $100,000 Per Student Impact of High School Financial Education4. Higher EdSavvas Learning Company Acquires Outlier.org5. M&AGoogle acquires Edlyft SchoolStatus Announces Acquisition of SchoolNowQuantum5 acquires Trivie / US, AssessmentsSpecial Guests:Adeel Khan, Founder at MagicSchool AIGary Eimerman, Chief Learning Officer at Multiverse
Delve into the unveiling of 150 AI models by Instacart, strategically timed before its upcoming IPO. Learn how these AI advancements are poised to revolutionize the grocery shopping experience and propel Instacart into the next phase of growth. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter
Delve into the strategic advantage gained by the US Army as they launch an AI initiative to anticipate enemy strategies in advance, providing critical foresight hours ahead of time. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the implications for modern warfare. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.ai Join our ChatGPT Community: Facebook Group Follow me on Twitter: Jaeden_AI
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In this episode, we explore Nirvana's ambitious $57 million AI investment in the trucking insurance sphere, shedding light on the transformative potential of these technologies in bolstering risk management and safety protocols. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community Learn more about AI in Video Learn more about Open AI
In this episode, we explore the evolution of the workforce with IBM's decision to replace 7,800 jobs using AI, triggering a 48% decline in Chegg's stock. Join me as I navigate through the details, providing insights into the broader implications for the intersection of AI and employment. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community Learn more about AI in Video Learn more about Open AI
Explore Elon Musk's AI venture, positioned to rival ChatGPT, and uncover the dynamics shaping the competitive landscape of conversational AI. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.ai Join our ChatGPT Community: Facebook Group Follow me on Twitter: Twitter
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In this episode, we delve into the latest strategic moves by industry leaders as they make substantial investments in artificial intelligence. Accenture takes center stage with a significant $3 billion commitment to AI, while Intel embarks on a $1 billion AI initiative, and Salesforce bolsters its AI fund to $500 million. Join us for a comprehensive discussion on these monumental financial commitments and their potential impact on the ever-evolving AI landscape. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai
For Scott Beck, Artificial Intelligence is a technological tool that can be used for human flourishing. For example, imagine your depressed teen searches a site asking for advice about living or dying. Then imagine that within less than a minute that teen gets a phone call from a pastor of a nearby church asking to have a talk about life, and to be a listening ear. This is the possible good of the algorithm-based AI technology imagined by "AI & the Church Initiative", a new effort just launched by Beck's company, Gloo, a technology platform dedicated to connecting the faith ecosystem. On this episode of Lighthouse Faith, Beck, founder and CEO of the Boulder, Colorado based Gloo says, "We believe there is a moral imperative to responsibly use technology to advance human flourishing. AI is a powerful technology that should better support, not replace, relationships." With most talk in the public square about the fears associated with AI, Gloo is seeing the good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matterport Announces Genesis: A Generative AI Initiative to Transform How Buildings are Designed, Built, and Managed Combining generative AI and property insights, Matterport's digital twin platform aims to reshape the real estate landscape, optimizing interior design, space utilization, energy efficiency, safety, and accessibility while transforming property marketing strategies. SUNNYVALE, California, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matterport, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTTR), today announced Genesis, a new initiative that aims to deliver generative AI across its digital twin platform for customers looking to bolster the efficiency and profitability of their property portfolios worldwide. Genesis combines Matterport's stable of deep learning and computer vision innovations including Cortex AI and Property Intelligence, with generative AI to deliver a new generation of digital twins. They will be dynamic in nature: interiors easily removed, redesigned, and presented in dimensionally accurate 3D. New design concepts, operational layouts, and other space utilization requirements will be quickly evaluated and customized for buildings of any size, residential or commercial. The project builds upon Matterport's decade-long expertise in artificial intelligence and its market-leading 3D spatial data library of more than 30 billion square feet of digitized physical space, to help customers market, manage, and reimagine every type of property across the built world– automatically. “Matterport has been at the forefront of the digital transformation of the built world for more than a decade, fueled by our early advances in artificial intelligence,” said RJ Pittman, Chairman and CEO of Matterport. “Genesis is the continuation of that strategy to help Matterport and its partners create transformational digital experiences for properties and improve operations in buildings worldwide.” -- Matterport media release continues in the We Get Around Network Forum (www.WGANForum.com). https://www.wegetaroundnetwork.com/topic/18775/page/1/matterport-genesis-generative-aihow-buildings-are-designed-built-managed/
Diese Woche im Tech Briefing:Thema der Woche: OpenAI-CEO Sam Altman ist auf einer Welttournee mit Charme-Offensive. Er fordert Regulierung – und will sie mitgestalten. Er macht Werbung für GPT, will sich beliebt machen und Vertrauen in die KI-Systeme erwecken. Sam Altman will es anders machen, als die Social Media Manager, die jahrelang in Wild-West-Manier ihre Marktposition gestärkt haben und mit Strafen konfrontiert werden. Was hat es mit der Charme-Offensive auf sich? Dazu: Wer ist Sam Altman und wie wurde er zur aktuell interessantesten Person im Silicon Valley? Plus: Was hat Sam Altman an der TU München gesagt? Unsere Tech Briefing-Reporterin Clara Meyer-Horn war vor Ort und hat uns die interessantesten Gesprächsausschnitte mitgebracht. Im Podcast hören Sie, ob ChatGPT je wieder Open Source wird, wie Altman sich die Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz vorstellt und wie KI unser Leben weiterhin verändern wird. Dazu im Gespräch: Andreas Liebl, CEO der applied AI Initiative erklärt, wie das Bias-Problem von Künstlicher Intelligenz gelöst werden könnte und warum große Digitalkonzerne seiner Meinung nach die besten Chancen haben, sich bei der Entwicklung von KI durchzusetzen.Und: Was bedeutet Responsible AI / Verantwortungsvolle Künstliche Intelligenz und wie können wir diese Systeme entwickeln?Plus: Nachrichten aus der Welt der BigTech, Startups und TechnologieHaben Sie Fragen? Schreiben Sie uns gerne eine Mail an kontakt@mediapioneer.com.Die kostenlose Economy Edition unseres Tech Briefing Newsletters können Sie hier kostenlos abonnieren.Hören Sie das volle Tech Briefing mit einem Pioneer-Abo im ersten Monat für nur einen Euro.Ab sofort steht die neue The Pioneer Podcast App kostenlos im Apple App Store und im Google Playstore zum Download bereit.Moderation: Christoph Keese und Lena Waltle Redaktionsassistenz: Clara Meyer-HornProduktion: Till Schmidt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Maintenance can be one of the most difficult to control and costly elements of property management. But it's also vital to resident satisfaction and retention.Because residents already have high expectations for maintenance, cumbersome processes and delays in repairs can make or break that all-important resident experience.In this episode of The Top Floor podcast, we're joined by Ray Hespen, CEO and Co-Founder of Property Meld, and Cat Allday, VP of AI Initiative at AppFolio, to talk more about creating the best possible maintenance experience for your business, teams, and residents.Key Points:Why maintenance affects resident satisfactionHow resident expectations for maintenance have changedThe top challenges of property maintenanceHow the right tools can improve the maintenance experienceWhy maintenance teams are key to resident satisfactionThe role of automation and AI in property maintenanceWhat the future holds for property maintenanceKey Links:Maximizing Efficiency: A Data-Driven Look at What's Holding Property Management Businesses Back: https://www.appfolio.com/blog/2022-top-property-management-challenges/Property Meld: https://propertymeld.com/AppFolio: https://www.appfolio.com/
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/finance
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals, 2020), Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising--the beating heart of the internet--is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008. From the unreliability of advertising numbers and the unregulated automation of advertising bidding wars to the simple fact that online ads mostly fail to work, Hwang demonstrates that while consumers' attention has never been more prized, the true value of that attention itself--much like subprime mortgages--is wildly misrepresented. And if online advertising goes belly-up, the internet--and its free services--will suddenly be accessible only to those who can afford it. Tim Hwang is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel for Substack. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative and previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our last episode, we talked about cognitive technologies, or behaviors that shape our capacities to think, communicate, and imagine. Cultural artifacts like language, visual drawings, math, and art are cognitive technologies because they allow us to link our minds together and invent new ideas that go beyond what any one mind could do on its own. They allow us to stabilize and share ideas across space and time to build increasingly complex tools, systems, and societies.Today, humans are at a point in society where we're creating things that we don't understand. A few decades ago, it was said we'd reached a point where no one individual could understand things we were starting to build, such as how computers work. Instead, it took a group of specialized experts to jointly piece together new technologies we were inventing. In the past few years, with increasingly complex artificial intelligence technologies, we've crossed another threshold: we've built things that nobody can fully understand - not even groups of experts. Unlocking this Pandora's box has created a positive feedback loop: In order to coordinate the collective interactions of new, complicated technologies, we must develop even more complicated systems. Ironically, many of the technologies are intended to simplify our lives - to allow us to more easily connect with one another, manage our finances, and order our groceries. But the speed at which new technologies are evolving in fact further complicates our lives. This is one of the major paradoxes of the 21st Century. (“Hashtag disruption!”)Today we're talking with Tim Hwang about one of the most pervasive examples of these technologies. It's the one that underlies the entire business model of the internet. And it's having a profound effect on human behavior at a global scale. We're talking about programmatic advertising. Tim is a writer, researcher, and currently the general counsel at Substack. He's the author of The Subprime Attention Crisis, a book about the online advertising bubble that we'll be discussing today. He's also a research fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology and a board member of Meedan, a non-profit that builds software and programmatic initiatives to strengthen journalism, digital literacy, and accessibility of information. Previously he's served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google, as well as the director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, a $27M philanthropic fund and research effort working to advance the development of machine learning in the public interest.The ideas we'll cover are a bit jargonized and technical, but their implications are extremely broad and important. Tim believes we're in danger of another economic collapse, perhaps even orders of magnitude larger than the 2008 mortgage crisis. Given the technical nature of the topic, we're going to first review the main arguments in Tim's book and then ask him to connect his ideas to the themes we think about at Oscillations. We encourage our listeners to read The Subprime Attention Crisis, since there's a lot of information that we won't be able to cover in our conversation today. "Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly SillsJoin the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share.subscribe: YouTube / Instagram /
Welcome to the Infosys Applied AI podcast where we converse with our clients, partners, and industry veterans in this exciting space of AI and Automation. In our first episode of this show, we meet Mr. Sudeep Gupta, Director of Data and AI Platforms at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare. Sudeep takes us through the Conversational AI strategy and journey at GSK and walks us through a future proof architecture of their platform. Hosted by Abhiram Mahajani, Director of Sales for the Infosys AI and Automation Practice, UK and Europe
This week I'll sit down with Ganes Kesari, Chief Decision Scientist at Gramener, the company behind Gramex and an innovative rising star. Ganes is a contributor in leading magazines such as Forbes, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, and The Enterprisers Project. He won the 2020 CSuite Award for best blog by a business leader. He has taught at Princeton University and Indian Business School and has been invited to speak at TED, O'Reilly Strata, Microsoft, and Intel events. Timestamps 00:00 intro 03:04 Gaining Business Value from AI Initiative, Establishing Baselines 08:41 Human vs AI performance baseline, Long Term Benefits of AI 10:30 Netflix's Recommendation Engine Competition, Failed ROI and Model Accuracy 15:40 GCP losses, Data and Model Drifts, Bulls Eye in a Moving Target 19:40 Data Maturity Assessment Tool, 5 Stage Roadmap 23:20 Logging in Personal Journal, 4 years, 120,000 data points. 25:40 From Siloed Modules to End to End Flow, Gramex Unified Architecture 29:30 Gramener Game Plan, Services vs Platform 34:28 Using ModelHandler to Furnish Realtime Business Visualizations 36:51 WorldBank Data Visualisation of Technology and Entrepreneurship Report, Data Story Component 42:33 Data Journalism at Guardian, Character and Plot Visualisation of Hindu Epic Saga Mahabharata, Shakespeare's Sonnets, Hans Rosling and GapMinder 47:18 Airtel Contract Deals 49:51 IITs, IIMs, Geeks and Humor 54:22 Education in India, SAT scores and Path Ahead 58:50 Industry-Academic Partnerships and Practical Experience 01:03:00 AI Adoption Pain Points, Cybersecurity, Regulation, Fairness and Explainability 01:07:00 CNA Financial $40M ransom payment and AI Adoption Correlation 01:13:00 Increasing Bain & Company's Net Promote Score for a Computer Manufacturer 01:20:19 Backing in Himalayas and Monastery in Bhutan 01:25:25 AI in Biodiversity, Rhinoceros, Penguins and Whale Shark as Endangered Species 01:30:01 Google Vertex AI, Alteryx, Knime vs Gramex, Future Strategy 01:35:30 Slidesense, Business Reports and Powerpoint Integration 01:39:26 Explaining DeepLearning to your Daughter, Whitehat Jr Scam 01:45:00 How Technology is changing Social Landscape 01:47:26 Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov and DeepBlue Game 01:51:30 Chess and IQ, Narrow Intelligence and Transferability 01:53:01 Tesla Killing Jaywalker and AI's Mindless Application 01:55:00 G7 Summit 2020 and AI war between US & China 01:58:33 Smart Twins, Enterprise Mass Production & Gramex
Jasmine is the co-founder of the Zensory, combining the latest neuroscience and cutting-edge sensory experiences to help people tap into chosen mood states and increase performance. Jasmine is also co-founder of Health Tech Hive, a global community of change-makers in health tech and conducting award-winning women’s health research. Prior to this, Jasmine worked as a consultant on projects with NHSx on their latest AI Initiative and with Longevity International to facilitate the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity.
This week, taking a break from climate, we have a special guest on the show - Tim Hwang. Tim Hwang is a writer and researcher, and he's the author of Subprime Attention Crisis, a book about how online advertising may have become a bubble. He is currently a research fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University. He is the former director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, $26M philanthropic fund and research effort working to advance the development of machine learning in the public interest. He previously served as the global public policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google. We had a fascinating conversation that starts with a little word on deepfakes and misinformation, and then gets into the heart of the Subprime Attention Crisis thesis - is online advertising a bubble, and, if so, what does that mean for the internet that depends on it so much? I hope you enjoy.
In COVID-related AI news, Andy and Dave discuss research that provides a comprehensive survey on applications of AI in fighting COVID-19. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the AI Initiative at the Future Society launch a global alliance: Collective and Augmented Intelligence against COVID-19 (CAIAC). MIT and the IBM Watson AI Lab publish a paper that suggests a computational limit to progress in deep learning. The Atlas of Surveillance provides an open-source look at technologies that law enforcement are using across the US, to include facial recognition and drones. Similarly, Surfshark has compiled information on the status of facial recognition technology around the globe, along with additional useful information. MIT finds systematic shortcomings in the ImageNet dataset, with an observation that the crowdsourcing data collection pipeline can cause “misalignments.” Research from Google Brain shows that “self-attention” can allow agents to identify task-critical visual hints, and ignore task-irrelevant elements. UC Berkeley, Google, CMU, and Facebook demonstrate “one policy to rule them all,” where they use one global policy to control the movement of a wide variety of agent morphologies (which would normally require training and tuning for each separate morphology). The Army’s Cyber Institute releases the “Invisible Force” graphic novel, which examines potential uses of AI technology in a future fictional scenario. Alife 2020 makes a compilation of its July conference available, clocking in a nearly 800 pages. And Gwern examines the creative side of GPT-3 through poetry, humor, and other probing interactions Click here to visit our website and explore the links mentioned in the episode.
Nicolas Mialhe is the co-founder of The Future Society, a nonprofit think tank which helps advance the global governance of AI in 2014. Nicolas also co-founded the AI Initiative in 2015, as well as the CitX Initiative and the Science, Law and Society Initiative in 2016. He is one of the foremost experts in artificial intelligence and he has over 15 years of professional experience building partnerships at the intersection of industry, academia, innovation, government, and civil society across Europe, America, Africa, and Asia. Nicolas is the co-Convener of the Global Governance of AI Roundtable (GGAR) organized yearly during the World Government Summit in Dubai, as well as a member of the AI Group of experts at OECD (AIGO), of the World Bank’s Digital Economy for All Initiative (DE4ALL), and of the Global Council on Extended Intelligence (MIT Media Lab). Nicolas holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a Master in Defense, Geostrategy & Industrial Dynamics from Panthéon-Assas University, and a Bachelor of Arts in European Affairs and International Relations from Sciences Po Strasbourg In this episode: What is your definition of AI and what role does it play in today’s society? Nicolas Mialhe is a leading expert in artificial intelligence and he says that AI actually has the capacity to supersede government systems and social systems, making it necessary for us to revisit our social contract. AI has become an intrinsic part of globalization and as it develops and gets enhanced further with each new technological advancement and algorithm that humans put in place, it starts to beg the question of who decides what AI can, and to what extent it will effect change. Join Philip Guarino in this episode of HAE Invites as he speaks with the co-founder of The Future Society, Nicolas Mialhe, about the growing impact of AI in today’s society and where it’s headed in the future. They also talk about what The Future Society, the work that they do and how it can impact the world of AI, and our own. Stay tuned.
In this episode, we are joined by Tad Slaff, Product Owner Data & Analytics at Suitsupply. We dive into best practices for launching successful AI initiatives, from choosing a use case, getting buy in from the business, designing the technical architecture, and scaling.
We've touched on a lot of different kinds of expertise in this month-long series on using AI for competitive advantage. We end things by speaking with someone from the startup world: Adam Oliner, Head of Machine Learning at Slack. He speaks with us about building a data moat around your business when it comes to building AI solutions in-house. He puts the overall theme for leveraging AI for competitive advantage very succinctly. If you're just getting started with AI in your business, be sure to download our succinct guide to adopting AI, Beginning With AI, at emerj.com/beg1.
Grey Mirror: MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative on Technology, Society, and Ethics
Tim Hwang, the director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative (a $26M AI ethics fund), and an old co-founder of the Awesome Foundation. We chat about the current politics around AI ethics, how movements in civil society can be co-opted by companies, how to build ethics into an academic field, and the impacts of micro-grants. https://twitter.com/timhwang https://twitter.com/mitDCI https://twitter.com/RhysLindmark
Peggy Smedley talks about the American AI Initiative and what the U.S. is doing to preserve its role in innovation. She explains that it is a multi-pronged approach to maintaining and accelerating America's leadership in AI and it makes a point of saying it intends to prepare the U.S. workforce to adapt and thrive in this new age of AI. Further, she compares President Trump's American AI Initiative to former President Obama's big data initiatives. Calling for action, she says we must come together on important issues to continue to keep innovation moving forward.
Peggy Smedley talks about the American AI Initiative and what the U.S. is doing to preserve its role in innovation. She explains that it is a multi-pronged approach to maintaining and accelerating America's leadership in AI and it makes a point of saying it intends to prepare the U.S. workforce to adapt and thrive in this new age of AI. Further, she compares President Trump's American AI Initiative to former President Obama's big data initiatives. Calling for action, she says we must come together on important issues to continue to keep innovation moving forward.
In this episode of the ARCHITECHT Show -- recorded live at the Capital One campus in Richmond, Va. -- Tim Hwang, director of the Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, discusses a broad range of topics related to building ethical artificial intelligence systems. Issues range from avoiding algorithmic bias and doing smart data collection to specific concerns for areas such as banking, criminal law and consumer applications. Hwang's project is a collaboration between Harvard's Berkman-Klein Center and the MIT Media Lab, and Hwang himself previously led public policy for AI and machine learning at Google. This episode of the ARCHITECHT Show is brought to you by Capital One.
Identify Your Differentiator and Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace: In a special edition of Entrepreneur Weekly, we broadcast from Oracle NetSuite’s popular trade event, SuiteWorld 2018. Kicking off the show in style, we sit down with Evan Goldberg, Founder and EVP of Development for NetSuite. When Evan launched NetSuite nearly 20 years ago, ‘the cloud’ was still a pie in the sky notion. Evan understood that the next generation of enterprise resource planning and accounting software would need to be online in order to grow with businesses and offer secure data storage. Recently acquired by Oracle for $9.3-billion, NetSuite now provides more than 40,000 organizations with a unified business management software suite. Evan shares what it was like to pioneer the cloud-based SaaS movement. Then, we catch up Rachel Zoe, designer, author, CEO of Rachel Zoe, Inc., and Founder of The Zoe Report. Rachel dishes on how she successfully built her personal brand by following her instincts, identifying her differentiator, leading with positivity, and making savvy collaborations. Learn how you can ‘own your message’ and stand out in a sea of wantrepreneurs. [00:00:00] Pioneering Cloud-Based Business Software [00:05:42] Scaling Challenges & Going Public [00:11:30] NetSuite Commits to AI Initiative in SaaS [00:18:21] Trusting Your Instincts, Finding Golden Eggs [00:26:28] When Doubt Knocks, Character Answers [00:33:22] Rachel Zoe on Marriage, Kids & Standing Out
Miles Brundage is an AI Policy Research Fellow with the Strategic AI Research Center at the Future of Humanity Institute. He is also a PhD candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University.Miles recently co-authored The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation.Tim Hwang is the Director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative. He is also a Visiting Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow at the Knight-Stanford Project on Democracy and the Internet. This is Tim's second time on the podcast; he was also on episode 11.The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
When we think about AI, many of us have in mind HAL 9000 from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. But AI is here and it is not quite like the movies. So what does AI look like today? How it reshaping contemporary society and government? Whose interests does it serve and, for those pessimistic about its influence, is there anything that can be done to ameliorate its negative effects? Tim Hwang, the Director of the Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative at Harvard and MIT works through the possibilities.