The AI in Business Podcast

In this episode, we're focusing on compliance considerations in the insurance world. Our guest this week is Pardeep Bassi. He is currently Global Proposition Leader of Data Science for WTW, or Willis Towers Watson, a publicly traded financial services firm based in the United Kingdom. This week Pardeep covers two different topics with us. First, he discusses some areas where regulation intersects with AI applications in insurance and what the potential data risks for elements such as transparency, personal data use, etc., are. Secondly, Pardeep dives into how leaders might consider these regulatory rules in their adoption strategy. Not only to meet regulatory compliance rules but also to potentially use AI to address them. This episode is brought to you by Smarsh and is part of a broader series on AI applications for compliance and communications intelligence. To learn more about how to reach Emerj's global executive audience with Emerj Media, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today's guest is Marshall Choy, Senior Vice President of Product at SambaNova Systems. This episode is part of our AI is Here series, where we've talked about the current impact of AI across industries with practitioners and leaders across the United States and Europe. In this episode, we're focusing on AI adoption trends and what successful AI adopters are doing that others aren't. Marshall discusses the trends he's noticed in enterprises adopting AI well from a team perspective, a technology perspective, and a decision-making perspective. He also speaks about some of the differences between the American and European AI ecosystems and what European business leaders may potentially want to consider. This episode is brought to you by SambaNova Systems. To learn more about the AI is Here initiative and to learn more about how you might reach Emerj's global audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today's guest is Aakash Indurkhya, Co-Head of AI at Virtualitics. Virtualitics is a venture-backed firm based in Pasadena, California. In this episode, we discuss what it means to explore our data and identify where the gaps in our data quality or potentially the gaps in essential data fields are. Aakash speaks to us this week about not only what exploration, that is to say, why it's valuable conceptually – when dealing with tremendous volumes of data, what does exploration accomplish, and where specifically, better exploration can lead to better results? He dives into two specific use-cases, one in drug development and one in retail. While these are vastly different worlds, these use-cases focus on exploring data well to train an AI model and deliver the desired results in the enterprise. Aakash provides an excellent conceptual overview from a C-suite vantage point of the role. Virtualitics sponsor this episode. To learn more about reaching Emerj's global executive audience and sponsored opportunities, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today's guest is Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure. In this episode, we focus on large language models, and Mark speaks with us about two distinct topics. First, he discusses actual, in-the-field applications of large language models today. Mark goes over several of them, but one use-case with Carmax is particularly useful for natural language generation in an enterprise use-case. Secondly, Mark talks about what he would recommend for enterprise leaders who would like to look at their own business and identify where they can apply the value of large language models within their enterprise and the particular workflows that might be optimal for LLMs. This episode is sponsored by Kisaco Research. This year, the Kisaco Research AI Hardware Summit takes place from September 13th through September 15th at the Santa Clara Marriott in California. Mark is among many distinguished speakers, including infrastructure and AI leaders at Meta, Wells Fargo, Salesforce, and more.

Today's guest is Brandon Carl, EVP of Product Strategy at Smarsh. Smarsh is a substantial player in the compliance domain in financial services, and in this episode, we're focusing on AI applications in compliance for the industry. Brandon discusses three critical points in this interview. First, he discusses what kind of communications data may serve as financial crime signals or, in other words, what varieties of communications data we should pay attention to. The second point Brandon focuses on is how we can use that data to unlock value and detect financial crime with AI. Lastly, he speaks about how leaders can find the low-hanging fruit in their own communications data. This episode is the first of a sponsored series here on The AI in Business Podcast by Smarsh. Be sure to tune in on Thursdays to gain more insights about compliance and communications intelligence with new episodes of this series.

Our guest today is Richard Schak, Senior Technical Account Manager, and Fraud Product Strategy Consultant at Datavisor. In this week's episode, Richard discusses two key topics: how payment processing fraud is detected with AI and what these workflows look like before and after AI is applied. Richard also shares a specific perspective about where data and algorithms fit into the mix and emphasizes the importance of "lighthouse projects," or the early projects that can be used to prove potential ROI to get leadership to approve larger projects and enable enterprises to level up fraud detection as a capability. This episode is brought to you by Datavisor. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.

Today we are focusing on the domain of data collection and quality. Our guest is Christian Rozsenich, Managing Director of Clickworker. In this episode, we talk about a few topics broadly applicable to any industry. The first is the general challenges and importance of data quality and data harmony for AI projects. Christian details the kinds of issues enterprises are running up against and how they can diagnose their own data needs. The next topic we highlight is real-world use-cases of computer vision and computer voice. Christian explains how data is collected and processed for crowdsourcing applications and more. This episode is sponsored by Clickworker. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach our global executive audience, be sure to visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today's guest is Caroline Gorski, Chief Executive Officer for R2 Factory at Rolls-Royce. As the world's second-largest aircraft engine maker, Rolls-Royce makes all kinds of large and heavy machinery that require numerous parts. In today's episode, we explore the questions of how to source those necessary parts and leverage AI to achieve greater transparency in our supply chain. Caroline discusses where AI is making a dent in the industry today. She also provides a glimpse into the future with her perspectives on how companies will deal with supplies and how outside data sources might affect the supply chain and, consequently, estimated arrival dates for various parts from vendors around the world. This episode is part of our AI is Here series sponsored by SambaNova Systems. Find out more about sponsored content and how to engage with the Emerj audience at emerj.com/ad1.

Today, we're diving into AI and its applications in the energy sector. Our guest is Andrey Konchenko, Senior Product Manager at DroneDeploy. Andrey previously spent fifteen years at Schlumberger, a gigantic firm with 100k+ employees in the energy sector, and he now works on drones, robotics, and computer vision at DroneDeploy. We discuss three main topics in today's episode. First, what has made artificial intelligence relevant for business leaders in the energy sector now? Second, we explore individual use-cases for ground robotics, flying robotics, and some novel computer vision applications. Lastly, Andrey provides adoption advice for leaders who are considering this technology in the energy space. This episode is brought to you by DroneDeploy. To learn more about reaching Emerj's global audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

In this week's episode, we're discussing a topic that applies across industries for AI projects: where is the data coming from? Our guest is Dora Boussias, Senior Director for Data Strategy and Architecture at Stryker. Stryker is a $17B per year company in the medical device space. She discusses the process of building out a data strategy with a key emphasis on the right questions to ask, such as: how can we organize and focus our vision and efforts to be able to unlock the data that's likely to be the most valuable for today's projects and for the future of AI projects as well? The opinions in this episode are the guest's personal opinions and do not represent Stryker's opinions in any way. If you're interested in accessing Emerj's best practices and frameworks for AI ROI, AI strategy for building AI roadmaps, and our full library of AI use-cases, you can learn more at emerj.com/p1.