The podcast of the Ask AI nonprofit features interviews with the movers, shakers, and algorithm-makers who are shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Tune is as we unpack this exciting and sometimes concerning technology for everyday citizens, workers, and students. Visit askai.org to learn more about programs, volunteering, and free research at the Ask AI nonprofit. Series Sponsor: cinchy.com Producer: Chris McLellan
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AI may be the most important technology of any lifetime. But business leaders have more questions than answers about AI's potential and how to use it safely. Join CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih as she sits down with industry experts and thought leaders to explore the exciting ways AI is reshaping business. We’re covering everything from ethical and theoretical issues to technical and practical uses. Whether you're a seasoned business leader or just starting your journey with AI, this podcas ...
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Using AI to Power the Physical World feat. Barbara Humpton, CEO of Siemens USA | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara and Barbara Humpton, CEO of Siemens USA, as they discuss how AI is transforming physical infrastructure and manufacturing, from predictive maintenance to remote factory management. Humpton shares insights on building trusted industrial AI systems, bringing manufacturing jobs back to America through "glocalization," and why she believes c…
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Join Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI, to explore Agentforce, a groundbreaking AI platform that combines roles, data, actions, channels, and Trust to create autonomous enterprise agents. Highlights from the 2024 Dreamforce Keynote, where CEO Marc Benioff, EVP Patrick Stokes, and Clara show how AI agents can transform customer service, sales, market…
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Reinventing Cloud Compute for GPUs feat. Vipul Ved Prakash (Together AI) | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih and Vipul Ved Prakash, founder of Together AI, to discuss how his startup is challenging major cloud providers with GPU-specific offerings optimized for AI workloads. He shares insights on the future of AI infrastructure, the importance of open source models, and how companies can leverage AI as a strategic asset while considering e…
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How Racecar Drivers Embrace AI + Data to Win the World's Most Competitive Races feat. McLaren Racing | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih and Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing and former racing driver, as they discuss the cutting-edge role of AI and data in motorsports. Hear how McLaren leverages AI to optimize vehicle performance, improve race strategy, and enhance the fan experience across Formula 1, INDYCAR, Formula E, Extreme E and esports racing events. Brown shar…
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Agentforce Episode: How Data Enables Trusted AI Agents for the Enterprise | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih and President of Salesforce Engineering, Murali Krishnaprasad as they discuss the evolution of Data Cloud, its integration with AI technologies, and how it enables Agent Force to provide seamless customer experiences across marketing, sales, and service using both structured and unstructured data.…
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How AMD Brings Its Winning CPU Playbook to Lead in the AI GPU Market feat. AMD CEO Lisa Su| Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih for her conversation with AMD CEO, President and Chair Lisa Su to discuss the future of AI computing from the chip all the way up the hardware and software stack. From innovative chip designs to system-level optimizations, Su shares AMD's strategy for capturing compute workloads from AI PCs to AI embedded in industrial machinery to …
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HR is the New R&D: How Organizations Can Adapt in the Age of AI | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih as she explores the challenges, opportunities, and paths forward for organizations to embrace AI with Ethan Mollick, Wharton professor and author of the New York Times-bestselling book Co-intelligence. They discuss recasting traditional corporate human resources departments as the new R&D, why AI risks shouldn't be an excuse for ina…
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From 'Minority Report' to Consumer Agents: feat. Futurist Peter Schwartz | Ask More of AI with Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih for her conversation with renowned futurist and Salesforce Chief Futures Officer Peter Schwartz, known for his prescient work on films like 'Minority Report' and 'War Games'. Peter shares where he gets his inspiration, his deep optimism for the future, and why leaders should be designing friction into experiences.…
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Clara sits down with Kathy Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Together, they discuss the transformative role of AI in intellectual property and its potential to democratize innovation.由Clara Shih
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The Ask AI podcast caught up with Charles C. Onu, the CEO and Co-Founder of Ubenwa Health, the Montreal startup whose Nanni mobile application enables professionals and parents to "shazam" baby cries in order to get actionable healthcare insights in hospital delivery rooms, nurseries, and homes. Stay one step ahead of AI opportunities and disruptio…
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Ask AI caught up with Jared Lindzon, leading journalist (BBC, Toronto Star, Rolling Stone, New York Times, TIME) and top observer of the trends and forces that are shaping job skills, careers, the very nature of modern work itself. Get all the links and more from the episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e54-how-is-artificial-intelligence-going-…
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Clara sits down with the founder/CEOs of three of the hottest AI companies-- Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity AI), Jerry Liu (LlamaIndex), and Harrison Chase (LangChain) to discuss the tooling, data prep, and agility needed to operate and add customer value in the rapidly evolving LLM space.由Clara Shih
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Jared Kaplan, Co-founder & Chief Science Officer of Anthropic, joins Clara to discuss Claude 3, how LLMs work, and why trusted AI is so important.由Clara Shih
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In Episode 53 of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa meets with David Scharbach, a proud father, community builder, and founder of multiple major AI events, including the Toronto Machine Learning Series, MLOps World, Generative AI Summit, and Impulse AI Latam which has involved planning and coordinating over 100 individual events featuring more than 7…
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In this episode of the Ask AI podcast, host Melissa Kargiannakis explores the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence, law, and technology with Dr. Maura Grossman, a lawyer, researcher, and a faculty member at the University of Waterloo and Osgoode Hall Law School.Their conversation delves into the nuances of AI in legal practices, e…
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At first glance, the use of AI tools and the goal of delivering increasingly person-focused healthcare might seem at odds, and that might be true except for the fact that treating patients has become incredibly complicated. Combine that with a global shortage of healthcare professionals and suddendly a clearer role for artificial intelligence begin…
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If an AI model at a university performs an analysis of a large dataset and detects a new pattern, or generates a fresh insight, who should get the credit? The algorithm? The academic? Both? Academic integrity is just one of the many ways in which artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the lives of instructors and researchers at our top univer…
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Clara sits down with John Somorjai, Chief Corporate Development and Investments Officer at Salesforce Ventures, as he shares why his team invested in Runway, a startup that created a multimodal system able to generate novel videos with text, images or video clips as inputs. Then, Runway's Co-founder and CEO Cristobal Valenzuela joins Clara as they …
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Joelle Pineau, Vice President of AI Research at Meta, to learn about her AI journey, her work leading Meta’s FAIR teams from Montréal, and the importance of repeatability, openness, and diversity in AI research. Special thanks to our series sponsor Cinchy, the enterprise Data Collaboration Platform that enables peopl…
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Join Clara for her conversation with Brad Lightcap, COO of OpenAI, as they discuss the organization's transition from nonprofit research group building video game agents to one of the most important tech companies of our time. Their conversation delves into ChatGPT becoming an overnight sensation, OpenAI's partnership with Salesforce as a model pro…
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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian joins Clara to discuss the realities of deploying AI, organizating data, and Google's innovative LoRA method由Clara Shih
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In 2009, inspired by observing how humans learn, Dr. Li and her lab at Stanford released ImageNet, a large Internet-scale data set containing 12 million images. Many AI researchers at the time dismissed it as being too large and complex, but the AlexNet model in 2012 created from ImageNet proved them wrong. Today, large models have given way to Cha…
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Clara sits down with artist and AI researcher Dr. Joy Buolamwini to discuss ways to address bias in AI, particularly with facial recognition. Dr. Joy founded the Algorithmic Justice League and talks about its goal of ensuring diverse representation in data.由Clara Shih
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Unified data powers trusted AI. See how your teams can deliver AI-native customer experiences grounded in your CRM data and safeguarded with enterprise-leading trust controls, a Dreamforce Keynote presented by Clara Shih.由Clara Shih
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Listen in as Clara sits down with world-renowned AI researcher Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning.ai, Coursera, and Google Brain, as they discuss the next frontiers of AI research, the way kids engage in unsupervised learning, and how his lifelong interest in AI started with flying helicopters.由Clara Shih
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Clara sits down with Jerry Chen, a partner at venture capital firm Greylock, to talk about how AI changes traditional technology moats and the importance of trust in the business of AI由Clara Shih
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Join Clara Shih as she sits down with will.i.am, Founder & CEO of FYI.AI. They discuss the AI-driven renaissance in songs and art, will.i.am's approach to major tech disruptions, and how AI will revolutionize education.由Clara Shih
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Clara sits down with James Manyika, Google’s SVP of Research, Technology & Society, to talk about AI's evolution, explore current challenges, and unravel what must be done collectively to ensure AI benefits all.由Clara Shih
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Straight from Dreamforce, the world’s largest AI & CRM conference, Clara brings us a conversation between two of the biggest names in tech: Marc Benioff and Sam Altman. AI’s potential to impact humanity is limitless, and it's essential to navigate the risks with care. Hear from Marc and Sam about how the future of AI hinges on trust.…
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Are you a flag planter or road builder? Find out as Clara sits down with Abhay Parasnis, founder & CEO of Typeface, the $1B startup using large language models to generate creative assets for brands. They discuss why this is enterprise AI’s moment to go beyond text, Abhay’s belief that AI won't replace human creativity, and how companies should add…
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In this episode of Ask More of AI, Clara Shih sits down with CEO and Founder of You.com Richard Socher. They talk about how companies can decide whether or not they should develop and train their own large language model (LLM), working with graphics processing units (GPUs), and the one thing all high schoolers need to learn.…
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Tune in to this Ask AI check-in as host Carolyne Pelletier meets David MacLaren, CEO and Founder of MediaValet to ask the question: How is AI being used to extend the impact of Dr. Jane Goodall's research? Watch the video and get all the links from the episode post.
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO and founder of Tealbook, the supplier data foundation that uses AI and ML to enable supply-side innovation and power e-procurement tech stacks. Get all the links from our episode post
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Amit Deshwar, VP and Head of Predictive Systems at Deep Genomics, the AI Workbench used to prioritize transformational RNA therapeutics for genetic diseases. Get all the links from our episode post
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Catch the Ask AI interview with Liran Belenzon, co-founder & CEO of BenchSci, the AI-assisted application accelerating science at 16 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,500 research centers worldwide. Visit our episode post to get all the links.
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Tune in to this Ask AI interview as our host Melissa Kargianakkis meets Monish Gandhi, Founder & CEO of Gradient Ascent AI, to ask the question: Why are all businesses destined to become AI businesses? Visit our episode post to get all the links
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Catch this Ask AI interview with Arooj Ahmed Qureshi, Data Scientist at EnPowered, the Waterloo-based energy payment platform that predicts spikes in electricity prices, allowing customers to shift usage to save on average 48% on electricity costs while also reducing emissions. Click here to get all the links and stream the video from our episode p…
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Catch this Ask AI team check-in with Yves Daoust, Founder and CTO at Winter Farm who were awarded $2.9M to use AI/ML to optimize greenhouse-based food production. Click here to get all the links and stream the video from our episode post.
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Catch this Team Check-in with Greg Johnston, President of Carl Data Solutions, the Vancouver-based predictive analytics startup that recently signed an environmental monitoring deal with Los Angeles Sanitation Districts, a utility that serves over 5.6 million people. Get all the links and steam the video version from our episode post: https://www.a…
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Dr. Alona Fyshe, Assistant Professor at University of Alberta to ask the question: How can brain activity improve how we teach computers to talk? Click here to get all the links from our episode post.
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Catch this Team Check-in with Ivan Zhang, co-founder at Cohere, the Toronto NLP startup that recently raised $125M in its Series B round and hired an AI leader from Apple to head up its new office in Palo Alto. Get all the links and download as a podcast from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e39-how-is-cohere-building-a-global-nlp-power…
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The first stethoscope was invented in 1819 by the French physician R.T.H. Laënnec who in described the use of a "perforated wooden cylinder" to transmit sounds from the patient’s chest to the physician’s ear. Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Melissa Kargianakkis sits down with Dr. Jacob Jaremko, University of Alberta professor,…
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Dr. Samuel Aparicio, the Chair in Breast Cancer Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Head of the BC Cancer Research Institute Department of Breast and Molecular Oncology to ask the question: How can AI be used to help predict breast cancer? Get all …
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Medical device manufacturers are now using AI to innovate their products to better assist healthcare providers and improve patient care. But clearly there are risks to be overcome. Tune in to this episode as our Team Check-In host Carolyne Pelletier sits dow with David Boudreau, Director General of Medical Devices at Health Canada to ask the questi…
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as our host Melissa Kargiannakis sits down with Cory Janssen, Co-CEO and Co-founder at AltaML to ask the question: How is applied (and responsible) AI impacting enterprise competitiveness? Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org/post/e35-how-is-applied-and-responsible-ai-impacting…
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While many healthcare organizations have adopted virtual care to reach patients during COVID-19, these solutions lack the high resolution, scientifically calibrated images, sub-millimeter accuracy, and proper lighting that are critical to remotely assessing and treating wounds. Tune in to this Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with…
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The Ask AI interview with Roxana Sultan, Vice President of Health at Toronto's World-renowned Vector Institute. Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.askai.org//post/e33-is-ai-poised-to-make-major-breakthroughs-in-healthcare
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Any oil spill is disastrous — ecologically, economically, and socially. Transport Canada estimates that there are approximately 20,000 oil tanker movements off the coasts of Canada each year, mostly on the Atlantic coast. Tune in to this Ask AI Team Check-In as host Carolyne Pelletier checks in with Saeed Mohammadiun and Guanji Hu of the UBC Life C…
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Tune in to this episode of the Ask AI podcast as host Jaxson Khan sits down with Mark Speaker, an industry leader with over 20 years of experience in guiding digital transformation and technology innovation to ask the question: How can AI make a positive impact in carbon-intensive industries? Get all the links from our episode post: https://www.ask…
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NEW FORMAT! Check out the first episode in our new "Team Check-Ins" where host Carolyne Pelletier drops in on some of the most advanced teams working in #ArtificiaIntelligence today. In this first show, she speaks with Bruce Duong, P.Eng. from the DICE team at Alberta Innovates to ask: How will the DICE program help Canada’s energy industry? Visit …
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