You might have seen Land O’Lakes’ dairy products on store shelves without giving much thought to how they got there, but that’s something CTO Teddy Bekele thinks about every day. While the farmers and agricultural retailers of Land O’Lakes work to produce the cooperative’s products, starting from the seeds used to grow animal feed, Teddy Bekele is focused on ... Show More
Jun 1
AI for Interoperability in Health Care: Philips’s Carla Goulart Peron
On today's episode, Philips’s chief medical officer Carla Goulart Peron shares how artificial intelligence is reshaping health care — not by replacing clinicians but by expanding access, improving diagnostics, and freeing doctors to focus more time on patients. Drawing on her exp ... Show More
33m 55s
May 19
A Need for Nuance: The Economist’s Andrew Palmer
On today’s episode, Andrew Palmer, senior editor at The Economist, describes how organizations can experiment with generative AI while balancing speed, quality, and risk. At his own organization, Andrew and others test AI with human oversight to develop editing and publishing eff ... Show More
40m 40s
May 5
Behind the AI in the Newsroom: The Washington Post’s Vineet Khosla
In this episode, Sam speaks with Vineet Khosla, CTO of The Washington Post, about how AI is reshaping the way news is produced, delivered, and consumed. Vineet argues that journalism itself isn’t broken — but the formats people use to consume news are rapidly evolving, especially ... Show More
38m 56s
Mar 2024
S10E127 Rick Vanzura / Freight Farms - Buliding a Resilient Food Future & Collaborative Partners
In this episode, I speak with Rick Vanzura, CEO of Freight Farms, who takes us on a captivating journey from his days in the retail trenches to becoming a trailblazer in the vertical farming industry. Rick’s transformation from working with household names like Borders Group and ... Show More
50m 53s
May 2024
Teaching AI To Read Our Emotions — With Alan Cowen
Alan Cowen is the CEO and founder Hume AI. Cowen joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how his company is building emotional intelligence into AI systems. In this conversation, we examine why AI needs to learn how to read emotion, not just the literal text, and examine at how H ... Show More
56m 48s
Jan 2023
191 Anand Anandalingam - Ethical Leadership for Tech Entrepreneurs
Artificial Intelligence, synthetic biology, blockchain, social media, and other technologies continue to change the way we live, work, and lead. At the same time, the reach of technology is expanding daily as more people are connected today than ever before. Now decisions, thanks ... Show More
19m 44s
Jul 2021
In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will see you now.
In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or not are made by algorithms. The use of AI-based job interviews has increased since the pandemic. As demand increases, so too do questions about whether these al ... Show More
30m 5s