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AI is inescapable, but many uses are too big, too often, and too much.

This episode of Utilizing AI considers just how much AI we should be using and features Alan Shimel, Guy Currier, and Stephen Foskett from Futurum Media. Although most attention is focused on the biggest, most-capable frontier models, we are seeing a real stratification and differentiation between them.

We are also seeing sp...

Society is pouring over $1.5 trillion into artificial intelligence, but are we taking a massive leap of faith on a promise that may never deliver?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, Stephen Foskett, Olivier Blanchard, and Guy Currier of The Futurum Group to pull back the curtain on the true cost of the AI boom. Moving beyond financial ROI metrics and tech hype, the panel dives into how massive investments in hardware and data centers...

We are surrounded by new AI-powered devices, many of which seem to have been designed without much thought given to their impact on society.

This episode of Utilizing AI features host Stephen Foskett, Olivier Blanchard, and Guy Currier of The Futurum Group discussing the way companies are bringing AI to market.

Product design seems to have gone off course, with new features being designed to take advantage of technical capabilities...

Standard AI benchmarks measure speed and raw token throughput, but how do you measure whether artificial intelligence is actually completing enterprise work correctly?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, co-hosts Stephen Foskett and Brad Shimmin welcome Ryan Shrout, President and GM of Signal 65, to introduce "Pinnacle"—a new benchmark designed to evaluate real-world, agentic workflows.

Ryan breaks down why traditional hardware ...

When cutting-edge AI capabilities shift overnight from exclusive enterprise clouds to permissive open-weights models accessible to anyone, IT leaders are left navigating a chaotic landscape of unprecedented power and heightened security risks.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, hosts Stephen Foskett, Brad Shimmin, and Olivier Blanchard unpack the realities of today’s expanding AI toolset—from high-performing open-source m...

Enterprise IT is currently facing a dizzying explosion of new AI models, frameworks, and platforms—making integration, rather than security or governance, the primary roadblock to actual business success.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Futurum Group analysts Brad Shimmin and Guy Currier to explore how organizations can effectively navigate this overwhelming "embarrassment of riches."

The pa...

What if the key to stripping away apocalyptic hyperbole and demystifying artificial intelligence lies in putting open-weights models directly into the hands of everyday creators worldwide?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett and guest Guy Currier explore how the shift toward open-weights models and lower hardware requirements is breaking down the geographical and economic barriers of AI development.

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Although we are bombarded by headlines suggesting that AI will decimate the global workforce, the likely scenario is far more nuanced.

This episode of Utilizing AI brings Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead, and Olivier Blanchard, Devices Research Director, of the Futurum Group to discuss the latest data on the impact of AI on the job market.

When we look at the history of industrialization and technology, we see the value of...

Not every task demands a multi-trillion parameter model with massive a context window, and we are seeing increasing success with small models designed with efficiency in mind.

This episode of Utilizing AI features Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin of The Futurum Group discussing the push and pull between frontier models and small domain-specific models.

Quantization, novel open weights models, and even local models give us all soverei...

Autonomous AI agents are officially entering the workforce, but can your business actually trust them to make critical decisions?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, hosts Stephen Foskett and Nick Patience sit down with Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product at Snowflake, to discuss the high-stakes world of agentic AI and enterprise trust.

They unpack how AI tools are moving from simply answering questions to taking real-world actions, ...

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So-called frontier models have gotten better and better, but users are increasingly focused on AI-powered applications rather than treating the chatbot as the application.

This episode of Utilizing AI features Stephen Foskett, Brad Shimmin, and Guy Currier of The Futurum Group discussing the impact of Tokenomics on the development of AI models.

Until recently, AI models were offerd a loss-...

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Scaling enterprise AI beyond the demo stage requires bridging the gap between raw information and contextual trust.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, presented by OpenText, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at The Futurum Group, and Waqas Ahmed, VP of AI Development & Enablement at OpenText, to examine what it truly takes to build trusted, s...

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Are software-defined vehicles turning our cars into glorified smartphones on wheels, or are we witnessing the absolute death of traditional car ownership?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Futurum Group analysts Olivier Blanchard and Brad Shimmin to unpack the radical, AI-driven transformation of modern transp...

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The impact of AI is coming home, impacting businesses, manufacturers, and consumers in the form of higher prices for everything.

This episode of Utilizing AI focuses on the impact of the hardware build-out, featuring Frederic Van Haren of HighFens, Jon Swartz of Techstrong, and Stephen Foskett. The SpaceX IPO was huge international news, but the incredible valuation is based on AI services...

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Your new AI smart glasses might look like a sci-fi dream, but they are rapidly turning into a corporate panopticon designed to mine your daily life.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Futurum Group analysts Olivier Blanchard and Brad Shimmin to dissect the sudden explosion of consumer AI devices—from Meta’s latest smart glasses to Apple Intelli...

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Ever wonder what happens when the AI model your favorite app relies on suddenly vanishes or goes offline?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with tech experts Jay Cuthrell and Dave Graham to discuss the rising importance of AI model routers. Building artificial intelligence applications is tough because new models are released constantly, and older ones can dis...

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A consensus emerged over the last few years that AI compute would be centralized in massive datacenters, but this is being challenged as the industry evolves in 2026.

This episode of Utilizing AI focuses on the transition from training to inferencing and datacenters to the edge, featuring Futurum Research Directors Olivier Blanchard and Guy Currier and host Stephen Foskett. Now that the ce...

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Is AI truly transforming our workflows, or are we just drowning in a sea of automated noise?

In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Tech Field Day delegates Jim Jones (Product Architect at 1111 Systems) and Jeff Ello (AI Lead at Purdue University) to explore how industry experts use artificial intelligence in production.

Moving past the corporate marketing hyp...

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Pope Leo XIV released the first encyclical of his papacy, Magnifica Humanitas, focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity.

In this episode of Utilizing AI, Tech Field Day delegates Gina Rosenthal, Frederic Van Haren, and Steve Puluka discuss the meaning and relevancy of this document. The pope wisely steers clear of specifics, though he appears to have an excellent overal...