AI Explained

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by Stacey Johnston, MD, Chief Information and Digital Execution Officer at Beacon Health System.

Dr. Johnston brings a rare dual perspective to healthcare AI. She trained as a physician and hospitalist before moving into health informatics, giving her firsthand insight into where technology helps clinicians and where it gets in the way. She discusses how Beacon built its AI governance ...

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by Jeff Dalton, Head of AI and Chief Scientist at Valence.

Jeff has spent two decades at the intersection of research and industry, from building early conversational search benchmarks at Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft to leading the AI behind Nadia, Valence's purpose-built enterprise coaching assistant. He discusses the fundamentals of agentic system design that still hold from classic...

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by David Kenny, Executive Chairman of the Board of Nielsen and veteran AI leader. 

He discusses how to prevent AI agents from going rogue, sharing insights from Nielsen's "Ask Nielsen" platform and emphasizing the importance of compound AI systems, real-time control planes, "generally accepted trust principles" (GATP) for AI, fit-for-purpose models, production cost management, and chan...

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by Karthik Bharathy, General Manager, AI Ops & Governance for Amazon SageMaker AI at AWS. 

He discusses the critical aspects of AI security and observability for agentic workflows. He covers the evolution of AI Ops, end-to-end observability, human oversight, the current state of AI in enterprises, and the ways agentic AI systems are transforming business operations. He also dives i...

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by Navrina Singh, Founder and CEO at Credo AI.

We will discuss the comprehensive need for AI governance beyond regulated industries, the core principles of responsible AI, and the importance of AI governance in accelerating business innovation. The conversation also covers the challenges companies face when implementing responsible AI practices and dives into the latest regulations lik...

In this episode of AI Explained, we are joined by Jonathan Cohen, VP of Applied Research at NVIDIA. 

We will explore the intricacies of NVIDIA's NeMo platform and its components like NeMo Guardrails and NIMS. Jonathan explains how these tools help in deploying and managing AI models with a focus on observability, security, and efficiency. They also explore topics such as the evolving role of AI agents, the importance of guardrails ...

On this episode, we’re joined by Kevin Schawinski, CEO and Co-Founder at Modulos AG

The EU AI Act was passed to redefine the landscape for AI development and deployment in Europe. But what does it really mean for enterprises, AI innovators, and industry leaders? 

Schawinski will share actionable insights to help organizations stay ahead of the EU AI Act, and discuss risk implications to meeting transparency requirements, while adva...

In this episode, we’re joined by Robert Nishihara, Co-founder and CEO at Anyscale.

Enterprises are harnessing the full potential of GenAI across various facets of their operations for enhancing productivity, driving innovation, and gaining a competitive edge. However, scaling production GenAI deployments can be challenging due to the need for evolving AI infrastructure, approaches, and processes that can support advanced GenAI use ...

In this episode, we’re joined by Pradeep Javangula, Chief AI Officer at RagaAI

Deploying LLM applications for real-world use cases requires a comprehensive workflow to ensure LLM applications generate high-quality and accurate content. Testing, fixing issues, and measuring impact are critical steps of the workflow to help LLM applications deliver value. 

Pradeep Javangula, Chief AI Officer at RagaAI will discuss strategies and prac...

In this episode, we’re joined by Amal Iyer, Sr. Staff AI Scientist at Fiddler AI. 

Large-scale AI models trained on internet-scale datasets have ushered in a new era of technological capabilities, some of which now match or even exceed human ability. However, this progress emphasizes the importance of aligning AI with human values to ensure its safe and beneficial societal integration. In this talk, we will provide an overview of t...

On this episode, we’re joined by Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Responsible AI & Tech at Salesforce.

Generative AI has become widely popular with organizations finding ways to drive innovation and business growth. The adoption of generative AI, however, remains low due to ethical implications and unintended consequences that negatively impact the organization and its consumers. 

Baxter will discuss ethical AI practices or...

On this episode, we’re joined by Chaoyu Yang, Founder and CEO at BentoML.

AI-forward enterprises across industries are building generative AI applications to transform their businesses. While AI teams need to consider several factors ranging from ethical and social considerations to overall AI strategy, technical challenges remain to deploy these applications into production.

Yang, will explore key aspects of generative AI applicat...

On this episode, we’re joined by Jure Leskovec, Stanford professor and co-founder at Kumo.ai.

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are gaining popularity in the AI community, helping ML teams build advanced AI applications that provide deep insights to tackle real-world problems. Stanford professor and co-founder at Kumo.AI, Jure Leskovec, whose work is at the intersection of graph neural networks, knowledge graphs, and generative AI, will...