
Industrial AI Podcast
The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and machine learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation industries. The podcast features industrial users, scientists, vendors and startups in the field of Industrial AI and machine learning. The podcast is hosted by Peter Seeberg, Industrial AI consultant and Robert Weber, tech journalist.Their mission: Demystify Industrial AI and machine learning, inspire industrial users.
The hosts:
Peter Seeberg is an Industrial AI and machine learning expert for the manufacturing industry. He worked over 25 years in IT (Intel) and 10 years in Automation. He co-initiated the Industrial Data Intelligence Startup (Softing) where he was responsible for managing machine learning projects in industrial environments. Today he advises companies when it comes to Industrial AI and machine learning. Together with Robert Weber, journalist for industrial topics, he discusses AI and ML applications, standards, and education topics, make or buy decisions as well as regulation for AI in manufacturing.
Latest episodes

Mar 20, 2024 • 41min
Schaeffler and Siemens: How to train the Industrial Copilot?
Siemens and Schaeffler collaborate on industrial co-pilot training, AI integration, and factory automation. Topics include enhancing prompts for efficiency, data hierarchy in industrial applications, and problem-solving with shop floor copilot. Learn about their innovative approach to engineering processes and workforce communication.

Mar 13, 2024 • 55min
RAG in an industrial setting
The podcast discusses RAG in industrial AI, prioritizing data quality over specific AI models. It explores the benefits of RAC technology, industrial foundation models, evolution of RAC tooling, building Rackbase assistance, Sora and AI in engineering, and transformers in high-frequency time series data in industrial contexts.

Mar 6, 2024 • 53min
Mann+Hummel: Rules for the AI copilot
A CISO from Mann+Hummel discusses their rules for GenAI and LLMs. They talk about Landing AI as a new partner and ponder if models are a commodity. In other chapters, they explore industrial AI in Europe, code translation, Microsoft and Mistral cooperation, and setting guidelines for AI usage in organizations.

Feb 28, 2024 • 19min
Brandstetter: A foundation model for simulation
Exploring AI-driven advancements in simulation for industry, predicting the future adoption of AI-based tools. Discussing challenges in scaling simulation models and integrating Larian and Lagrangian data. Guest speaker, Johannes Brandstetter, shares insights on building a foundation model for industry simulations.

Feb 21, 2024 • 40min
Siemens Energy: How to decrease simulations computing days down to minutes.
Siemens Energy AI expert discusses reducing simulation computing time with machine learning. Topics include turbine optimization, evolution of turbines in energy generation, speeding up engineering simulations, evolution of machine learning models, simulating material deformation, and efficiency with NVIDIA A100 GPUs.

Feb 14, 2024 • 26min
Automotive: Battery Testing with AI
Richard Ahlfeld, CEO of Monolith AI, discusses the rising importance of battery testing for automotive applications and the application of AI and machine learning in this field. He shares insights on optimizing test plans, the technical aspects of battery testing with AI, and the challenges of deploying a cloud-based toolbox for battery testing.

Feb 5, 2024 • 32min
Newsflash: Pierer invests Millions in Hochreiter‘s XLSTM
Sepp Hochreiter, a researcher in LLM alternative architecture, discusses the advancement of XLSTM, the significance of context length in language models, the exploration of XLSTM potential and IP rights in Europe, and the evaluation of methods and abstract reasoning. The potential applications of large language models for companies are also explored.

Jan 31, 2024 • 55min
Xiaopeng Li 李小鹏: Europes opportunity on GenAI is apply AI
Xiaopeng Li, a Microsoft AI expert, discusses the adoption of generative AI, the importance of an ecosystem in its success, and using foundation models with company data. They explore use cases of large language models in machine learning and techniques for mitigating hallucinations. They also explore the history of AI and the current status of AI development, highlighting the role of European organizations in industry-specific AI solutions.

Jan 24, 2024 • 47min
Automation and AI: Why do you always build grey boxes?
Automation companies are still investing a lot of money in hardware when it comes to AI. Why is that?
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We thank our partner HANNOVER MESSE
https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/
Stefan Fischereder (LinkedIn)

Jan 17, 2024 • 45min
Beckhoff: Building a HMI with a LLM
Our guests: Dr. Fabian Bause and Jannis Doppmeier. Both work for Beckhoff and are responsible for the TwinCAT Chat - a LLM based approach for the engineering.
Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co.
We thank our partner HANNOVER MESSE
**OUR EVENT IN JANUARY ** https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/
Contact to Dr. Fabian Bause here
Contact to Jannis Doppmeier here