Volkmar Uhlig

In a riveting discussion, Chris Hay, a Distinguished Engineer and CTO, Volkmar Uhlig, VP of AI Infrastructure, and Phaedra Boinodiris, a Responsible AI Leader, dive into the transformative impact of AI on jobs. They explore the balance between job loss fears and new opportunities. The trio also dissect Scale AI's data security challenges and the controversial rise of chatbots leading users into conspiracies. Lastly, they highlight how AI is reshaping the startup ecosystem, emphasizing the need for human creativity in this evolving landscape.

Blake Johnson, a distinguished engineer and quantum engine lead, shares insights on when quantum computing might make its way into consumer devices. Chris Hay, CTO of Customer Transformation, discusses the Model Context Protocol, which streamlines developer workflows. Volkmar Uhlig, AI infrastructure expert, talks about CoreWeave's shift from crypto to AI cloud services and its competitive edge. They also dive into Sesame AI's innovative voice companion, revealing how these technologies are reshaping user interaction with AI.

In this discussion, Kate Soule, an AI and vision language models expert from Granite, Volkmar Uhlig, who leads AI infrastructure at a major firm, and Shobhit Varshney, a senior consultant on AI in the Americas, dive into the burgeoning world of deep research in AI. They explore exciting innovations from OpenAI and Google, the prospects of an OpenAI inference chip, and the rise of smaller vision-language models. The conversation wraps up with an intriguing look at a startup's quest for AI agents, pondering their role in the job market of the future.