The Rise of AI Engineers and Democratic Data Skills

2025 promises to be another transformative year for data and AI. From groundbreaking advancements in reasoning models to the rise of new challengers in generative AI, the field shows no signs of slowing down. Last week Jonathan and Martijn scored their 2024 predictions, and scored highly, but what's in store for 2025? 

Building on the insights from their 2024 predictions, we'll assess the future of generative AI, the evolving role of AI in education, the growing importance of synthetic data, and much more.

In the episode, Richie, Jo, and Martijn discuss whether OpenAI and Google will maintain their dominance or face disruption from new players like Meta’s Llama and XAI’s Grok, the implications of recent breakthroughs in AI reasoning, the rise of short-form video generation AI in social media and advertising, the challenges Europe faces in keeping pace with the US and China in AI innovation and much more.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

• Data & AI Trends & Predictions 2025
• Skill Track: AI Business Fundamentals
• Related Episode: Reviewing Our Data Trends & Predictions of 2024 with DataCamp's CEO & COO, Jonathan Cornelissen & Martijn Theuwissen
• Rewatch sessions from RADAR: Forward Edition

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