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Eye On A.I.

Craig S. Smithwww.eye-on.ai
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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Episodes

#253 Ivan Shkvarun: Inside the Fight Against AI-Driven Cybercrime

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. Visit https://www.extremenetworks.com/ to learn more. In this episode of Eye on AI, we sit down with Ivan Shkvarun, CEO of Social Links ...

May 11, 202547 min

#252 Jeffrey Hammond: How to Build Scalable GenAI Products (AWS Strategy)

This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more.NetSuite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Head to https://netsuite.com/EYEONAI to know more. AWS partnered with Forrester Research to understand how software providers (ISVs), in particular, plan to drive profitable growth with generative AI, how they are uniquely approaching generative AI development, and the key ch...

May 09, 202554 min

#251 Sid Sheth: How d-Matrix is Disrupting AI Inference in 2025

This episode is sponsored by the DFINITY Foundation. DFINITY Foundation's mission is to develop and contribute technology that enables the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain and its ecosystem, aiming to shift cloud computing into a fully decentralized state. Find out more at https://internetcomputer.org/ In this episode of Eye on AI, we sit down with Sid Sheth, CEO and Co-Founder of d-Matrix, to explore how his company is revolutionizing AI inference hardware and taking on industry giants like N...

Apr 30, 202555 min

#250 Pedro Domingos on the Real Path to AGI

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai Can AI Ever Reach AGI? Pedro Domingos Explains the Missing Link In this episode of Eye on AI, renowned computer scientist and author of The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos, breaks down what's still missing in our race toward Artificial Ge...

Apr 24, 20251 hr 8 min

#249 Brice Challamel: How Moderna is Using AI to Disrupt Modern Healthcare

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. Offer only for new US customers with a minimum financial commitment. See if you qualify for half off at ...

Apr 20, 202550 min

#248 Pedro Domingos: How Connectionism Is Reshaping the Future of Machine Learning

This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Stop struggling to get your job post seen on other job sites. Indeed's Sponsored Jobs help you stand out and hire fast. With Sponsored Jobs your post jumps to the top of the page for your relevant candidates, so you can reach the people you want faster. Get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to boost your job's visibility! Claim your offer now: https://www.indeed.com/EYEONAI In this episode, renowned AI researcher Pedro Domingos, author of The Master Algorithm, takes...

Apr 17, 20251 hr

#247 Barr Moses: Why Reliable Data is Key to Building Good AI Systems

This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. NetSuite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Head to https://netsuite.com/EYEONAI to know more. In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Barr Moses, Co-Founder & CEO of Monte Carlo, the pioneer of data and AI observability. Together, they explore the hidden force behind every great AI system: reliab...

Apr 13, 202556 min

#246 Will Granis: How Google Cloud is Powering the Future of Agentic AI

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai What happens when AI agents start negotiating, automating workflows, and rewriting how the enterprise world operates? In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Will Grannis, CTO of Google Cloud, reveals how Google is leading the charge int...

Apr 09, 202558 min

#245 Rajat Taneja: Visa's President of Technology Reveals Their $3.3 Billion AI Strategy

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai Visa's President of Technology, Rajat Taneja, pulls back the curtain on the $3.3 billion AI transformation powering one of the world's most trusted financial networks. In this episode, Taneja shares how Visa—a company processing over $16 t...

Apr 02, 202525 min

#244 Yoav Shoham on Jamba Models, Maestro and The Future of Enterprise AI

This episode is sponsored by the DFINITY Foundation. DFINITY Foundation's mission is to develop and contribute technology that enables the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain and its ecosystem, aiming to shift cloud computing into a fully decentralized state. Find out more at https://internetcomputer.org/ In this episode of Eye on AI, Yoav Shoham, co-founder of AI21 Labs, shares his insights on the evolution of AI, touching on key advancements such as Jamba and Maestro. From the early days of his...

Mar 27, 202552 min

#243 Greg Osuri: Why the Future of AI Depends on Decentralized Cloud Platforms

This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Stop struggling to get your job post seen on other job sites. Indeed's Sponsored Jobs help you stand out and hire fast. With Sponsored Jobs your post jumps to the top of the page for your relevant candidates, so you can reach the people you want faster. Get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to boost your job's visibility! Claim your offer now: https://www.indeed.com/EYEONAI Greg Osuri's Vision for Decentralized Cloud Computing | The Future of AI & Web3 Infrastru...

Mar 18, 202559 min

#242 Dylan Arena: The AI Education Revolution: How AI is Changing the Way We Learn

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. Visit extremenetworks.com to learn more. ———————————————————————————————————————— The Role of AI in Education | Dylan Arena on Learning...

Mar 12, 202558 min

#241 Patrick M. Pilarski: The Alberta Plan's Roadmap to AI and AGI

This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. NetSuite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Head to https://netsuite.com/EYEONAI to know more. Can AI learn like humans? In this episode, Patrick Pilarski, Canada CIFAR AI Chair and professor at the University of Alberta, breaks down The Alberta Plan—a bold roadmap for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) t...

Mar 07, 20251 hr 2 min

#240 Manos Koukoumidis: Why The Future of AI is Open-Source

This episode is brought to you by Sonar, the creators of SonarQube Server, Cloud, IDE, and the open source Community Build. Sonar unlocks actionable code intelligence, helping to redefine the software development lifecycle by use of AI and AI agentic systems, to continuously improve quality and security while reducing developer toil. By analyzing all code, regardless of who writes it—your internal team or genAI—Sonar enables more secure, reliable, and maintainable software. Join the over 7 milli...

Mar 04, 20251 hr 6 min

#239 Tuhin Srivatsa: How Baseten is Disrupting AI Deployment & Scaling in 2025

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai ————————————————————————————————————————— AI deployment is broken—can it be fixed? In this episode, Tuhin Srivatsa, CEO & Co-Founder of Baseten, reveals how his company is DISRUPTING AI infrastructure, making it easier, faster, and mor...

Feb 26, 202546 min

#238 Dominic Williams Reveals His Vision for the Internet Computer (ICP)

This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Stop struggling to get your job post seen on other job sites. Indeed's Sponsored Jobs help you stand out and hire fast. With Sponsored Jobs your post jumps to the top of the page for your relevant candidates, so you can reach the people you want faster. Get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to boost your job's visibility! Claim your offer now: https://www.indeed.com/EYEONAI Dominic Williams' Bold Vision for The Internet Computer (ICP) | The Future of Decentralized C...

Feb 20, 20251 hr 15 min

#237 Pedro Domingos Breaks Down The Symbolist Approach to AI

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Pedro Domingos—renowned AI researcher and author of The Master Algorithm—joins Craig Smith to break down the Symbolist approach to artificial intelligence, one of the Five Tribes of Machine Learnin...

Feb 17, 202548 min

#236 Pedro Domingo's on Bayesians and Analogical Learning in AI

This episode is sponsored by Thuma. Thuma is a modern design company that specializes in timeless home essentials that are mindfully made with premium materials and intentional details. To get $100 towards your first bed purchase, go to http://thuma.co/eyeonai In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Pedro Domingos, renowned AI researcher and author of The Master Algorithm, joins Craig Smith to explore the evolution of machine learning, the resurgence of Bayesian AI, and the future of artificia...

Feb 09, 202557 min

#235 Vall Herard: The Future of AI-Driven Compliance (Saifr.ai)

This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. NetSuite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Head to https://netsuite.com/EYEONAI to know more. In this episode of Eye on AI, Vall Herard, CEO of Saifr.ai, joins Craig Smith to explore how AI is transforming compliance in financial services. Saifr.ai acts as a "grammar check" for regulatory compliance, ensuring AI-gene...

Feb 03, 202552 min

#234 Tyler Xuan Saltsman: How AI is Shaping the Future of Combat & Warfare

In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Tyler Xuan Saltsman, CEO of Edgerunner, joins Craig Smith to explore how AI is reshaping military strategy, logistics, and defense technology—pushing the boundaries of what's possible in modern warfare. Tyler shares the vision behind Edgerunner, a company at the cutting edge of generative AI for military applications. From logistics and mission planning to autonomous drones and battlefield intelligence, Edgerunner is building domain-specific AI that enha...

Jan 29, 202539 min

#233 Matt Price: How Crescendo is Disrupting Customer Service with Gen AI

In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Matt Price, CEO of Crescendo, joins Craig Smith to discuss how generative AI is reshaping customer service and blending seamlessly with human expertise to create next-level customer experiences. Matt shares the story behind Crescendo, a company at the forefront of revolutionizing customer service by integrating advanced AI technology with human-driven solutions. With a focus on outcome-based service delivery and quality assurance, Crescendo is setting a ...

Jan 26, 202545 min

#232 Sepp Hochreiter: How LSTMs Power Modern AI System's

In this special episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Sepp Hochreiter, the inventor of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, joins Craig Smith to discuss the profound impact of LSTMs on artificial intelligence, from language models to real-time robotics. Sepp reflects on the early days of LSTM development, sharing insights into his collaboration with Jürgen Schmidhuber and the challenges they faced in gaining recognition for their groundbreaking work. He explains how LSTMs became the foundation fo...

Jan 22, 202551 min

#231 Paras Jain: The Future of AI Video Generation with Genmo

In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, Paras Jain, CEO and Co-founder of Genmo, joins Craig Smith to explore the cutting-edge world of AI-driven video generation, the open-source revolution, and the future of creative storytelling. Paras shares the story behind Genmo, a company at the forefront of advancing video generation technologies, and their groundbreaking model, Mochi One. With a focus on motion quality and prompt adherence, Genmo is redefining what's possible in generative AI for vide...

Jan 16, 202548 min

#230 Jamie Lerner: How Quantum Solves AI's Need for Unstructured Data Solutions

This episode is sponsored by Oracle. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI is a blazing fast and secure platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, plus all your AI and machine learning workloads. OCI costs 50% less for compute and 80% less for networking. So you're saving a pile of money. Thousands of businesses have already upgraded to OCI, including MGM Resorts, Specialized Bikes, and Fireworks AI. Cut your current cloud bill in HALF if you move to OCI now: https://orac...

Jan 13, 202553 min

#229 Mitesh Agrawal: Why Lambda Labs' AI Cloud Is a Game-Changer for Developers

This episode is sponsored by Netsuite by Oracle, the number one cloud financial system, streamlining accounting, financial management, inventory, HR, and more. NetSuite is offering a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. Head to https://netsuite.com/EYEONAI to know more. In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, we dive into the transformative world of AI compute infrastructure with Mitesh Agrawal, Head of Cloud/COO at Lambda Mitesh takes us on a journey from Lambda Labs' early days as a sty...

Jan 08, 202556 min

#228 Rodrigo Liang: How SambaNova Systems Is Disrupting AI Inference

This episode is sponsored by RapidSOS. Close the safety gap and transform your emergency response with RapidSOS. Visit https://rapidsos.com/eyeonai/ today to learn how AI-powered safety can protect your people and boost your bottom line. In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, we explore the world of AI inference technology with Rodrigo Liang, co-founder and CEO of SambaNova Systems. Rodrigo shares his journey from high-performance chip design to building SambaNova, a company revolutionizing h...

Jan 01, 202524 min

#227 Sedarius Tekara Perrotta: The Importance of Data Quality in AI Systems

In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, we dive into the critical issue of data quality for AI systems with Sedarius Perrotta, co-founder of Shelf. Sedarius takes us on a journey through his experience in knowledge management and how Shelf was built to solve one of AI's most pressing challenges—unstructured data chaos. He shares how Shelf's innovative solutions enhance retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and ensure tools like Microsoft Copilot can perform at their best by tackling inaccuracie...

Dec 29, 202445 min

#226 Nathan Michael: The Future of AI-Powered Drones and Autonomous Warfare (with Shield AI)

Launch, run, and protect your business to make it official TODAY at https://www.legalzoom.com/ and use promo code EYEONAI to get 10% off any LegalZoom business formation product excluding subscriptions and renewals. In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, we explore the cutting-edge world of AI-powered autonomy with Nathan Michael, CTO of Shield AI. Nathan shares his journey from academia to leading one of the most innovative companies in defense technology, revealing how Shield AI is transfor...

Dec 23, 202458 min

#225 Christian Marek: How AI is Shaping the Future of Product Management

This episode is sponsored by RapidSOS. Close the safety gap and transform your emergency response with RapidSOS. Visit https://rapidsos.com/eyeonai/ today to learn how AI-powered safety can protect your people and boost your bottom line. In this episode of the Eye on AI podcast, we delve into the role of AI in product management with Christian Marek, VP of Product at Productboard. Christian shares his journey in shaping the future of product management, exploring how AI is changing the way we id...

Dec 18, 202450 min

#224 Tariq Shaukat: How Safe Is AI-Assisted Coding?

This episode is sponsored by Oracle. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI is a blazing fast and secure platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, plus all your AI and machine learning workloads. OCI costs 50% less for compute and 80% less for networking. So you're saving a pile of money. Thousands of businesses have already upgraded to OCI, including MGM Resorts, Specialized Bikes, and Fireworks AI. Cut your current cloud bill in HALF if you move to OCI now: https://orac...

Dec 11, 202453 min
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