Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

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Oct 7, 2025 • 0sec

DevDay 2025: Apps SDK, Agent Kit, MCP, Codex and why Prompting is More Important than Ever

Sherwin Wu, Head of Engineering at OpenAI, and Christina Huang, a Platform Experience Engineer, dive into the exciting features of AgentKit and the Apps SDK. They reveal how Christina built a customer support agent in under 8 minutes! The duo discusses the innovative shift in embedding apps directly within ChatGPT, the challenges of prompt optimization, and the significance of a visual workflow for complex agent systems. They also emphasize the role of human-in-the-loop approvals and share insights on why mastering prompting is more crucial than ever.
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Oct 2, 2025 • 0sec

Taste is your Moat (Dylan Field of Figma)

Dylan Field, CEO and co-founder of Figma, shares insights on the evolving role of design in the digital age. He discusses Figma Make, a tool aimed at turning ideas into prototypes quickly. Dylan emphasizes the need for natural language interfaces to foster creativity, while also addressing the importance of design quality as code generation advances. Delving into the concept of Figma as an aesthetic context repository, he explores how AI can enhance design representation without replacing designers, ensuring that aesthetics remain varied and innovative.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 0sec

Amp: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Quinn Slack, CEO of Sourcegraph, and Thorsten Ball, the lead engineer behind AMP, dive into the world of coding agents. They reveal their groundbreaking approach of shipping 15 times a day without code reviews. The duo debates the effectiveness of subagents and explores how AMP is reshaping workflows and team structures in software development. They also discuss the evolution of AI tooling, empowering users to craft their own enterprise software, and the critical need for agent-friendly logging practices. A fun and insightful look into the future of coding!
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Sep 11, 2025 • 0sec

Context Engineering for Agents - Lance Martin, LangChain

Lance Martin, a key figure at Langchain specializing in context engineering, dives deep into effective tools for AI agents. He discusses the critical importance of context management during tool interactions and differentiates it from traditional prompt engineering. The conversation highlights innovative strategies to improve information flow, reduce context loss, and tackle challenges like context poisoning. Lance also sheds light on the evolution of context engineering, exploring how new buzzwords and practices shape the future of AI technology.
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Sep 5, 2025 • 0sec

A Technical History of Generative Media

Dive into the groundbreaking world of generative media with insights from Fal.ai's founders. Discover their impressive pivot to diffusion models and the models that reshaped image generation. Explore the challenges and triumphs of scaling serverless GPU technologies. Learn about the rise of generative video in advertising and its cost advantages over traditional methods. The conversation also touches on content moderation, open-source innovations, and strategic revenue generation in this rapidly evolving landscape.
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Aug 29, 2025 • 0sec

Better Data is All You Need — Ari Morcos, Datology

Ari Morcos, CEO of Datology and former research scientist at Google and Meta, discusses the vital but overlooked area of data curation in AI. He emphasizes that high-quality data is essential for developing efficient models, arguing that the focus should shift from scaling models to improving data quality. Morcos recounts his journey from neuroscience to understanding that as data scales, the importance of model architecture diminishes. He advocates for automating data curation to enable organizations to harness the full potential of AI effectively.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 0sec

Long Live Context Engineering - with Jeff Huber of Chroma

Jeff Huber, Founder and CEO of Chroma, shares insights on the future of vector databases and the unique aspects of modern AI search. He discusses the challenges of context rot and the importance of context quality in AI applications. The conversation dives into retrieval strategies, memory management, and the evolution of transformer architecture. Huber also reflects on his previous startup experiences and the intersection of personal values with company culture, emphasizing the need for a cohesive brand identity in tech.
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Aug 15, 2025 • 0sec

Greg Brockman on OpenAI's Road to AGI

Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, shares insights on GPT-5's capabilities and the open-source initiative GPT-OSS. He discusses the evolution of machine learning from offline to dynamic online systems and explores how reinforcement learning influences AI refinement. The conversation dives into AI's role in coding enhancement, addressing the rise of self-improving coding agents. Brockman also touches on the aggressive pricing of GPT-5 and its implications for accessibility, framing a future where AI continues to learn and innovate.
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Jul 31, 2025 • 0sec

The RLVR Revolution — with Nathan Lambert (AI2, Interconnects.ai)

Nathan Lambert, an AI researcher from AI2 and Interconnects.ai, returns to explore the evolution of Reinforcement Learning with Verified Rewards (RLVR). He discusses how RLVR shifts from subjective feedback to verifiable reward signals, enhancing scalability and reliability. Lambert highlights the challenges of tool use in RL frameworks and showcases the Tulu model series aimed at democratizing AI development. The conversation dives into the balance of fine-tuning, user data significance, and the implications for future AI performance and design.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 0sec

AI is Eating Search

Robert McCloy, co-founder of Scrunch AI and former CTO of Hearsay, discusses the dramatic shift in search dynamics driven by AI technologies like ChatGPT. He reveals that AI is set to rival traditional search engines by 2026, prompting businesses to rethink SEO strategies. Conversion rates from AI-driven traffic are outperforming conventional methods. McCloy emphasizes the importance of user intent and structured content while navigating this new landscape, exploring how AI tools are reshaping consumer interactions and optimizing content on-the-fly.

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