Eye On A.I.

Eye On A.I.

Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.

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August 17, 2025 45 mins

This episode is brought to you by Extreme Networks, the company radically improving customer experiences with AI-powered automation for networking.Extreme is driving the convergence of AI, networking, and security to transform the way businesses connect and protect their networks, delivering faster performance, stronger security, and a seamless user experience.

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How does a 150,000-employee global leader make AI work at scale?

In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Julia Peyre, Head of AI Strategy & Innovation at Schneider Electric, to explore how the company is pioneering enterprise AI adoption through its AI Hub, hybrid AI systems, and rea...

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In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Alex Salazar, co-founder and CEO of Arcade.dev, to explore what it really takes to build secure, scalable AI agents that can take real-world actions.

While everyone’s talking about the future of autonomous agents, most never make it past the demo stage. Why? Because agents today lack secure infrastructure to connect with real tools like Gmail, Slack, Notion, GitHub—and ...

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What happens when AI meets the chaos of real-world customer support?

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What if the biggest challenge in AI isn't how fast chips can compute, but how quickly data can move?

In this episode of Eye on AI, Nandan Nayampally, Chief Commercial Officer at Baya Systems, shares how the next era of computing is being shaped by smarter architecture, not just raw processing power. With experience leading teams at ARM, Amazon Alexa, and BrainChip, Nandan brings a rare perspective on how modern chip design is evol...

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Grammarly is no longer just a writing assistant. It's building an AI productivity platform that could rival Microsoft Copilot. In this episode, Luke Behnke, VP of Enterprise Product at Grammarly, shares how the company is moving beyond grammar correction into intelligent agents, enterprise wo...

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This episode is brought to you by Extreme Networks, the company radically improving customer experiences with AI-powered automation for networking.Extreme is driving the convergence of AI, networking, and security to transform the way businesses connect and protect their networks, delivering faster performance, stronger security, and a seamless user experience.

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What if the most important AI conference in the world wasn’t built by academics or hype merchants, but by operators who actually understand what businesses need?

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This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today’s innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved. 

 

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In this episode, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke joins us for a deep dive into the evolution of software development — from decentralized version control to the rise of AI coding agents. With over 150 million developers on GitHub and tools like Copilot rewriting the rules of software eng...

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In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Jason Hardy, Chief Technology Officer for AI at Hitachi Vantara, to explore what it really takes to deploy AI at scale in the enterprise, beyond the hype.

 

Jason shares how Hitachi is building a pragmatic, outcomes-driven AI platform through Hitachi iQ. From wor...

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How AI Is Transforming the Physical World | Samsara’s Vision for the Future of Operations

 

In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Kiren Sekar, Chief Product Officer at Samsara, to explore how AI, edge computing, and IoT are revolutionizing the world of physical operations - from fleets and factorie...

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What does the future of enterprise networking really look like?

 

In this episode, Extreme Networks’ Chief Product & Technology Officer Nabil Bukhari joins Craig to explore how AI, autonomous agents, and platform thinking are transforming the core infrastructure of modern businesses.

 

From managing mission-critical networks to building agentic systems that collaborate, troubleshoot, and scale autonomously - this is a deep dive int...

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What if AI could actually be trusted in healthcare, law, or even car repair?

In this episode, Andy Kurtzig, founder and CEO of Pearl (formerly JustAnswer), reveals how his platform is solving the biggest problems in AI: hallucinations, liability, and monetization.

Pearl blends large language models with real human exper...

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What if you could translate any video into any language—instantly—and make it look like the speaker was really speaking it?

 

In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Jeff Liu, founder and CEO of Akool, to explore how AI avatars and real-time video translation are eliminating global language barriers. With a background at Apple, Google, and Stanford, Jeff is leading Akool to the fronti...

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What’s stopping large language models from being truly enterprise-ready?

 

In this episode, Vectara CEO and co-founder Amr Awadallah breaks down how his team is solving one of AI’s biggest problems: hallucinations.

 

From his early work at Yahoo and Cloudera to building Vectara, Amr shares his mission to make AI accu...

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What if language was no longer a barrier to global business?

 

In this episode, DeepL CEO Jarek Kutylowski joins Craig Smith to unpack how AI-powered translation is reshaping the way companies communicate across borders.

 

From real-time speech tools to enterprise-grade language workflows, Jarek shares DeepL’s journey, the tech behind their LLMs, and why accuracy, nuance, and localization matter more than ever. If you're building f...

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Can AI expand human consciousness? Or is it just a simulation of wisdom?

In this mind-bending episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with world-renowned spiritual teacher and author Deepak Chopra to explore the future of Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, health, an...

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