

The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
Ben Lorica
A series of informal conversations with thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and writers on a wide range of topics in technology, science, and of course big data, data science, artificial intelligence, and related applications. Anchored by Ben Lorica (@BigData), the Data Exchange also features a roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of data, machine learning and AI. Detailed show notes for each episode can be found on https://thedataexchange.media/ The Data Exchange podcast is a production of Gradient Flow [https://gradientflow.com/].
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Sep 21, 2023 • 37min
AI and the Future of Speech Technologies
Yishay Carmiel is the CEO of Meaning, a startup at the forefront of building real-time speech applications for enterprises. We discuss the state of AI for speech and audio, including trends in Generative AI, automatic speech recognition, diarization, restoration, voice cloning, speech synthesis and more.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Sep 14, 2023 • 49min
The Future of Cybersecurity: Generative AI and its Implications
Casey Ellis is Founder/Chair/CTO of Bugcrowd, a Crowdsourced Cybersecurity Platform. Bugcrowd recently released “Inside the Mind of a Hacker 2023”, an interesting report that provides insights into the motivations, challenges, and specializations of hackers, as well as security implications of AI.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Sep 7, 2023 • 39min
Ivy: The One-Stop Interface for AI Model Deployment and Development
Daniel Lenton is the CEO of Ivy, a suite of tools designed to accelerate AI Model Development and Model Deployment. Ivy serves as a glue that connects various frameworks and compiler infrastructures, making them compatible. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Aug 31, 2023 • 42min
Navigating the Risk Landscape: A Deep Dive into Generative AI
Andrew Burt, Managing Partner at Luminos.Law, discusses the challenges and risks of generative AI, including the importance of accurate footnotes and risk management. They explore the FTC probe into OpenAI and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. They highlight the need for planning, documentation, and attention to detail in managing AI systems.

Aug 24, 2023 • 49min
Software Development with AI and LLMs
Michele Catasta is VP of AI at Replit, an AI-powered software development platform that allows teams to build and deploy applications on any device, without any setup required.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Aug 17, 2023 • 46min
A Lightweight SDK for Integrating AI Models and Plugins
Alex Chao is a Product Manager at Microsoft focused on Semantic Kernel, an open-source AI and LLM orchestrator. Semantic Kernel (SK) is a lightweight SDK that makes it easy to integrate AI models and plugins into applications. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

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Aug 10, 2023 • 48min
Using LLMs to Build AI Co-pilots for Knowledge Workers
Steve Hsu wears many hats, but most recently he is co-founder of SuperFocus, a startup building LLM-backed knowledge co-pilots for enterprises.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Aug 3, 2023 • 36min
ETL for LLMs
Founder of Unstructured, Brian Raymond, discusses challenges in data preprocessing for NLP solutions, efficient file processing architecture for data extraction, innovative data engineering solutions, comparison of connector capabilities in AirBite and 5trend, and evolution of ETL pipelines for Large Language Models.

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Jul 27, 2023 • 1h 1min
The Future of Graph Databases
Emil Eifrem is co-founder and CEO of Neo4j, the leading graph database and graph data science software provider. We discussed a range of topics including: the current state of graph databases, graph data science and graph neural networks, vector databases, the interplay between LLMs, knowledge graphs, and graph databases.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

Jul 20, 2023 • 38min
Delivering Safe and Effective LLM and NLP Applications
David Talby is the CTO and Founder of John Snow Labs, the company behind two popular open source projects: Spark NLP and LangTest. In this episode we focus on LangTest, an open-source Python library designed to help developers deliver safe and effective Natural Language Processing (NLP) models. [Note: After we recorded this episode, NLTest was renamed to LangTest.]Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.