Mixture of Experts

What’s the mystery behind the name ChatGPT refuses to discuss? In Episode 32 of Mixture of Experts host Tim Hwang dives into the hottest topics shaping the AI landscape with an all-star panel: Aaron Baughman, Vagner Figueredo de Santana, and Shobhit Varshney. First, they disect the biggest announcements and takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024, Amazon’s premier AI event. Next, they talk about overcoming architectural vulnerabilities in AI systems, and finally, they uncover the curious case of a name ChatGPT won’t discuss—and the questions this raises about privacy and transparency in AI. Get ready for an episode packed with insights, debates, and forward-thinking perspectives!The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

How much future learning will be done with an AI assistant? In Episode 31 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Phaedra Boinodiris, Marina Danilevsky and Skyler Speakman for the AI in education special episode. First, the experts give an update on the state of AI within education. Next, we cover concerns around AI safety and literacy, what do students and teachers need to be aware of? Finally, the panel gives their predictions on what the future of education holds as it relates to AI. Tune-in to this special episode for an in-depth analysis!The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Should your AI assistant remember everything about you? In Episode 30 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Vagner Santana, Vyoma Gajjar and Shobhit Varshney. First, the experts breakdown claims of “near-infinite memory” within AI models. Next, Shobhit is fresh off the plane from Microsoft Ignite, he shares some of the exciting new announcements following the event. Then, a new benchmark has entered the chat, what do we know about FrontierMath? Finally, AlphaFold3 is now more open, why does this matter? Find out more on today’s episode!The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Is 2024 the year scaling AI officially breaks? In Episode 29 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Anthony Annunziata, Kate Soule and Naveen Rao. First, the experts discuss whether we are living in a post scale world. Next, we can’t have an episode without chatting AI agents, but what does the future hold for this technology? Finally, is AGI here to stay? Tune-in to this week’s Mixture of Experts to find out.The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Could AI wipe out software engineers? In Episode 28 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Kaoutar El Maghraoui, and Shobhit Varshney. First, the experts discuss GitHub reporting a rise of developers driven by AI code assistant tools. Next, Big Sleep finds a vulnerability in SQLite, what is the future for these kinds of AI agents? Finally, OpenAI released SearchGPT, what is the future of AI search? Tune-in today to find out! The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Agents, agents, and more agents! In Episode 27 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Volkmar Uhlig and Vyoma Gajjar. First, the experts chat about Mark Benioff’s spicy tweet, and what this means for the future of AI agents. Next, how much energy is needed to power AI models, and should we be concerned? Then, the experts debrief Anthropic’s release of computer use. Finally, Google is integrating SynthID-Text into Gemini to help watermark AI-generated text, do we need this feature? Learn more on today’s Mixture of Experts.The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Can chat replace search? In Episode 26 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kate Soule, Kush Varshney and Petros Zerfos for IBM TechXchange week! First, the experts describe how the team created the Granite 3.0 models. Next, NVIDIA enters the open source model game, what does this mean for the competition? Finally, Perplexity AI is seeking over double their valuation in new funding rounds, what does this mean for start-ups? All that and more on today’s episode.The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Can AI solve infectious disease? In Episode 25 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Maya Murad, and Ruben Boonen. Today we analyze some papers. First, the experts dissect Machines of Loving Grace, a 15,000 word essay written by Anthropic’s CEO making some major AI predictions. Then, Apple generated a new benchmark based of GSM8K in a recent paper, the findings were intriguing. Next, we talk Entropix, a sampler intending to replicate chain of thought features. Finally, OpenAI disclosed they are seeing an increase in AI models faking articles, what can we do to fix this? All this and more, on today’s Mixture of Experts.The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Could AI win a Nobel Prize in the future? In Episode 24 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay and Edward Calvesbert. First, the experts debrief the ‘Godfather of AI’ sharing a Nobel Prize. Next, we talk AI platforms and the hype around DGX B200. Finally, unstructured data is becoming usable for LLMs, why are companies like NVIDIA so interested in this data? Tune-in today to find out!The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.

Will DeepDive replace the Mixture of Experts podcast? In Episode 23, host Tim Hwang is joined by IBM Researchers Marina Danilevsky, Nathalie Baracaldo and Vagner Santana to dissect this week’s AI news. First, the experts talk about the hype around Google’s NotebookLM, specifically regarding the DeepDive podcast feature. Next, OpenAI DevDay sparks some interesting conversation around vision fine-tuning and multimodality. Finally, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month and IBM X-Force released the Cloud Threat Landscape Report. Will AI prevent phishing attacks? Tune-in to this week’s episode to learn more!The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.