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Apr 2024
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Entire industries are being reshaped around the new capabilities of generative AI. In this special
bonus episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Tim Harford leads a conversation between two leaders
in the field. Srinivasan Venkatarajan is the Director of Global Partner Business at Microsoft,
focusing on Azure Data & AI and Azure OpenAI. And Chris McGuire is the General Manager of
the Global Microsoft Partnership for IBM.


They discuss the efforts by IBM and Microsoft in the generative AI space, how this relationship
has been providing value to clients, and why collaboration is necessary for technological
progress.

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