Mixture of Experts

Kate Soule, Director of Technical Product Management for Granite and author of 'AI Value Creators', teams up with Kaoutar El Maghraoui, a Principal Research Scientist specializing in AI agents, to discuss the challenges of AI hallucinations. They unpack insights from IBM's Think 2025, highlighting the launch of over 150 prebuilt AI agents and the playful branding with Ferrari. The conversation also dives into OpenAI's Windsurf acquisition and its potential to enhance integrated AI solutions, all while addressing the need for reliability in critical applications.

Shobhit Varshney, Head of Data and AI for the Americas, Chris Hay, CTO of Customer Transformation, and Kush Varshney, an IBM fellow on AI governance, come together for a thrilling discussion. They dive into the buzz from LlamaCon and the implications of new AI models like Qwen3 and the rumored DeepSeek-R2. The trio also examines J.P. Morgan's urgent open letter on AI security, raising concerns about the balance between innovation and safety. Join them as they reflect on the past year’s AI journey and key moments from their debut conversation!

Join Gabe Goodhart, Chief Architect at AI Open Innovation, Kate Soule, Director at Granite, and Marina Danilevsky, Senior Research Scientist, as they dive into the fascinating intersection of AI and social media. They discuss the rumors of OpenAI's potential social network and ponder its implications. The guests also explore Anthropic's study on AI reasoning, highlighting its complexities. Finally, they share insights on a humanoid robot half-marathon, questioning whether robots might be the next race contenders in our future.

OpenAI just dropped o3 and o4-mini! In episode 51 of Mixture of Experts host, Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Vyoma Gajjar and special guest John Willis, Owner of Botchagalupe Technologies. Today, we analyze Sam Altman’s new AI models, o3 and o4-mini. Next, Google announced that by Q3 you can run Gemini on-prem; what does this mean for enterprise AI adoption? Then, John is on the show today to take us through AI evaluation tools and why we need them. Finally, NVIDIA is planning to move AI chip manufacturing to the U.S. Can they pull this off? All that and more on today’s Mixture of Experts. 00:01 – Intro 00:56 – OpenAI o3 and o4 mini 14:57 – Google Gemini on-prem 23:43 – AI evaluation tools 34:59 – NVIDIA's U.S. chip manufacturing   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. 

Join IBM trailblazers Hillery Hunter, an IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM Infrastructure, Shobhit Varshney, Head of Data and AI for the Americas, and Kate Soule, Director of Technical Product Management at Granite, as they dive into the launch of IBM z17 with its cutting-edge AI capabilities. Explore the unveiling of Meta's Llama 4, the innovations at Google Cloud Next, and the evolving perceptions of AI from the Pew Research Center. They tackle everything from zero downtime in financial transactions to AI's role in entertainment and industry dynamics.

This discussion features Aaron Baughman, an esteemed IBM Fellow known for his innovative work in AI, Ash Minhas, a Lead AI advocate focusing on model interpretability, and Chris Hay, the CTO of Customer Transformation with insights into open-source AI. They delve into whether OpenAI will fully transition to open source by 2027. The conversation also highlights Anthropic's advancements in AI interpretability while critiquing Apple's AI development and exploring Amazon's emerging AI strategies. A compelling mix of insights awaits!

In this discussion, Kate Soule, Director at Granite, and Kush Varshney, IBM Fellow in AI Governance, dive into the future of open-source AI models. They talk about the latest DeepSeek-V3-0324 release and its implications for model evaluation beyond traditional benchmarks. The conversation shifts to Google's innovative Gemini Canvas and 2.5 feature, enhancing real-time coding experiences. They also explore the rising trends in AI image generation with OpenAI's GPT-4o, analyzing its cultural impact and ethical considerations.

In this discussion, AI technical solutions architect Vyoma Gajjar sheds light on the latest advancements from NVIDIA GTC, particularly the groundbreaking Groot N1 humanoid robotics model. Principal research scientist Kaoutar El Maghraoui explores Baidu's new AI reasoning models and their controversial closed-source nature. AI researcher Nathalie Baracaldo addresses the reliability of Chain-of-Thought reasoning in AI, highlighting potential biases. The conversation also touches on Google’s Gemini innovations in AI image generation, exploring competition in the evolving tech landscape.

Join Chris Hay, a distinguished engineer and CTO of Customer Transformation; Kaoutar El Maghraoui, principal research scientist at the AI Hardware Center; and Vyoma Gajjar, AI technical solutions architect, as they delve into the exciting world of AI. They discuss Manus AI's potential to disrupt the tech landscape and the peculiar rise of vibe coding. Also on the agenda are new insights into scaling laws that challenge traditional views and the innovative collaboration behind the upcoming AI phone from Perplexity and Deutsche Telekom.

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.