Today we’re joined by Madhur Behl, an Assistant Professor in the department of computer science at the University of Virginia.
In our conversation with Madhur, we explore the super interesting work he’s doing at the intersection of autonomous driving, ML/AI, and Motorsports, where he’s teaching self-driving cars how to drive in an agile manner. We talk thro ... Show More
Dec 17
Rethinking Pre-Training for Agentic AI with Aakanksha Chowdhery - #759
Today, we're joined by Aakanksha Chowdhery, member of technical staff at Reflection, to explore the fundamental shifts required to build true agentic AI. While the industry has largely focused on post-training techniques to improve reasoning, Aakanksha draws on her experience lea ... Show More
52m 54s
Dec 9
Why Vision Language Models Ignore What They See with Munawar Hayat - #758
In this episode, we’re joined by Munawar Hayat, researcher at Qualcomm AI Research, to discuss a series of papers presented at NeurIPS 2025 focusing on multimodal and generative AI. We dive into the persistent challenge of object hallucination in Vision-Language Models (VLMs), wh ... Show More
57m 40s
Feb 2017
Ep. 10: Turning AI Loose on the Track with Roborace
If you want to bring autonomous vehicles to the mainstream, fast, first you’ve got to go fast. We spoke with Jonathan Cooke, chief marketing officer of Roborace, the first ever driverless electric racing championship, who wants to turn autonomous racing into a spectator sport tha ... Show More
16m 9s
Apr 2022
Creating an Autonomous Driving Ecosystem
<p>Self-driving cars are some of the fastest and smartest computers today. They are equipped with advanced cameras, lidar, smart sensors, machine learning, and AI-voice recognition software. However, an autonomous vehicle cannot operate alone. Secure and smart infrastructure is n ... Show More
28m 2s
Apr 2024
Driverless racing - what do we need to know about autonomous vehicles?
<p>The Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is no stranger to motorsport memories. At the heart of those memories are usually big names such as Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel. But now, a new type of race, without humans behind the wheel, is about to take place.</p ... Show More
21m 49s
Jun 2022
Your self-driving robotaxi is almost here | Aicha Evans
<p>We've been hearing about self-driving cars for years, but autonomous vehicle entrepreneur Aicha Evans thinks we need to dream more daringly. In this exciting talk, she introduces us to robotaxis: fully autonomous, eco-friendly shuttles that would take you from place to place a ... Show More
10m 34s