AI at Scale
The Schneider Electric AI at Scale podcast invites all AI practitioners and AI experts to share their experiences, challenges, and AI success stories. Conversations maintained during the show provide answers to questions such as: How do I implement AI successfully and sustainably? How do I make a real impact with AI? The AI at Scale podcast features real AI solutions and innovations – all of them ready for businesses to harness and offers a sneak peek into the future.
Episodes
“Every minute we could save for our employees through automation matters.” says Anna Gawlicka, AI and Adoption Lead for HR Digital Services at Schneider Electric. With that mindset, her team joined forces with Schneider's AI and IT experts to create Jo-Virtual Assistant - a GenAI-powered chatbot supporting Schneider employees in their daily HR and IT questions. It’s a story of continuous improvement, collaboration, and responsible ...
What if AI could do more than just make decisions? What if it could make the right ones? In this episode, Hamilton Mann, Group Vice President, Global Digital and AI Transformation for Strategy, Marketing and Sales, Thales, and author of Artificial Integrity book, invites us to rethink the very foundation of artificial intelligence. Instead of chasing ever-greater computational power, he proposes a paradigm shift: designing AI syste...
How can businesses prepare their engineering teams for the AI-powered future of software development? In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Chitra Sukumar, SVP, Digital Engineering and Tech Depth at Schneider Electric, explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way software and firmware are developed across industries.
“Edge AI is the ultimate and probably only scalable way to do AI in the real world—collecting, analyzing, and acting on data where it lives” says Evgeni Gousev, Chair of the Edge AI Foundation and Senior Director at Qualcomm. In this episode he talks about the transformative power of edge AI and why it’s becoming a strategic priority for businesses across industries. Furthermore, he shares use cases that are already delivering meas...
How to make the most competitive AI systems? Renée Cummings, a renowned Professor of Practice in Data Science at the University of Virginia and a leading voice in AI ethics, talks about the importance of trust, transparency, and accountability in AI development, making a strong case for why these elements are essential for businesses aiming to leverage AI effectively. Furthermore, Renée shares her expertise on the intersection of A...
Where Does AI Governance Stop? Guess what? It doesn’t. AI governance extends far beyond setting policies and frameworks. In this episode we meet with Ania Kaci, Senior Principal, Responsible AI Leader at Schneider Electric. Ania shares her journey from AI research to leading responsible AI practices, explaining our comprehensive AI governance structure and multidimensional risk assessment framework. Moreover, she talks about the im...
"AI is today where the Internet was about 30 years ago," says Peter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric, in this episode of the "AI at Scale" podcast. Just as the Internet revolutionized every aspect of business and personal life, AI has the potential to do the same, and it has already become a catalyst for transformation and innovation for many companies.
Peter shares his views on building AI competitiveness th...
The most value for businesses will come from domain-specific models, pre-trained on proprietary data, says Taimur Rashid, Managing Director of GenAI Innovation and Delivery at AWS.
In this episode, you can learn how Taimur advices cutomers on identifying successful GenAI use cases, what's key in the design phase, and how his teams are monitoring the models in the production, maintaining their accuracy over time.
Taimur also share...
How is AI enhancing customer experiences and what’s next in this field? In this episode of the AI at Scale Podcast, Audrey Hazak, the SVP of Digital Customer Relationship at Schneider Electric, unveils how her teams are applying AI to drive digital transformation and what she thinks is the next frontier of digital customer experience.
"The combination of human expertise and the right technology has always been the key to success in manufacturing," says Dominik Wee, Corporate Vice President of Industry Solutions Engineering at Microsoft who is today's guest of AI at Scale podcast hosted by Gosia Gorska.
Dominik discusses transforming organizations with hardware and software integration, highlighting AI's impact on industries and technology democratization. Furthe...
How to properly use AI in data systems? In this episode, host Gosia Gorska talks to Jeff Willert, the Director of Data Science at Schneider Electric, about the effective application of AI in data systems. He shares insights about the groundbreaking Resource Advisor solution and its newly integrated Copilot feature, designed to assist users in understanding and managing their energy consumption as well as carbon footprint.
How to identify risks in AI models? Red teaming is one of the options, says the guest of AI at Scale podcast - Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Humane Intelligence, US Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence.
Rumman guides us through her approach to detecting risks, ensuring transparency and accountability in AI systems.
She emphasizes the importance of responsible AI practices and shares her perspective on the role of regulation in...
How exactly do we innovate with AI? In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Gosia Gorska is joined by an expert from the Schneider Electric AI Strategy and Innovation team – Julia Peyre. Julia unveils the strategic decision-making process between developing AI solutions in-house versus finding ready-to-use, suitable AI products. What's more, we examine the key criteria to consider when evaluating new AI solutions and the method...
What's happening underground in New York City? Gosia Gorska meets Alexander Chia, Engineer from Con Edison, to explore the challenge of detecting faults in underground power system across the area of 700 km². What’s at stake? The risk of not finding the fault and not repairing it on time, can put the low voltage grid in a very stressed state, and it can sustain damage that takes weeks or months to repair. Can AI help to find faults...
What does it take to create a well-operating AI model? In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Gosia Gorska welcomes Manu Sharma, the Founder and CEO of Labelbox, the leading data factory for building next-generation AI. Manu starts with explaining what data labeling is. He highlights the critical role of data labeling in AI development, the evolution of data annotation techniques, and the future of AI technologies. He shares h...
In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Natalya Philogene, Head of Internal Control at Schneider Electric, describes the Finance Assistant Chatbot, winner of the 2024 Digital Finance Awards by Future of Finance in the Innovation category.
Natalya explains how using a finance chatbot transformed the work of her team, and inspired them to drive more innovation. Next, she shares insights about the development of this solution, fir...
The mission of a non-profit organization AI4All, headed by our guest Emily Reid, is to create the next generation of change makers. In this conversation we tackle the topic of bias – what it is, how it may influence our life when baked into AI applications, and how to mitigate it.
In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Michael Lotfy Gierges, EVP Home and Distribution at Schneider Electric, describes the AI-powered future of homes. He introduces Wiser Home, a home energy management solution that employs predictive algorithms to learn from user habits, real-time weather forecasts, tariff data, and solar production capability.
The fact that AI can be applied in multiple disciplines makes it a powerful technology. Our guest, Sreedhar Sistu, VP Customer Offers at Schneider Electric explains that while AI can create damage when used with wrong intentions, it can also solve critical problems. One of them is growing energy demand - finding solutions to decrease energy consumed in buildings and industry is high on Sreedhar's agenda.
What does it mean for AI to be ethical? In the AI world, it can be associated with different aspects such as trustworthiness, responsibility, cybersecurity, algorithmic justice, etc. In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast we welcome Mia Shah-Dand, founder of Women in AI Ethics, and CEO of Lighthouse3 to define key aspects of AI ethics and find practical approaches to achieve it.
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