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
Nov 11
From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta, engineering manager, machine learning at Reddit, joins the podcast to explain how the social media community platform uses artificial intelligence to improve user experience and ad relevance. Much of the advertising work relies on increasingly sophisticated recomme ... Show More
25m 9s
Oct 14
Never Fight a Megatrend: Cisco’s Jeetu Patel
Cisco is well known for its data, networking, security, and collaboration products. On today’s episode, Cisco’s president and chief product officer, Jeetu Patel, joins Sam for a discussion about artificial intelligence, a “megatrend” Jeetu sees as perhaps more significant than th ... Show More
32m 57s
Mar 2024
S10E127 Rick Vanzura / Freight Farms - Buliding a Resilient Food Future & Collaborative Partners
<p>In this episode, I speak with Rick Vanzura, CEO of <a href="https://igrownews.com/agtech-companies/freight-farms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freight Farms</a>, who takes us on a captivating journey from his days in the retail trenches to becoming a trailblazer ... Show More
49m 41s
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