AI Today Podcast

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the pharmaceutical and health care industries. No doubt with the recent global pandemic AI and machine learning is being put to use in the fight against the pandemic. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Subroto Mukherjee, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas at GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in Pharma, Interview with Subroto Mukherjee, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas at GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare at Cognilytica.

The energy sector has long used data methods and various technologies to make processes more efficient. However, in heavily regulated industries such as the energy industry there can be some unique challenges to technology adoption. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch interivew Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, who is Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Energy Sector Adoption of AI, Interview with Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Technology Fellow and the Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton at Cognilytica.

The pace of worldwide AI adoption continues to accelerate. AI is transforming just about every single industry and transforming the way humans work, live, and interact with each other. It’s no surprise then that countries see this technology as so important they are creating their own country level AI strategies. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Gergely Szertics who is leading the transformative programs in the AI strategy for Hungary.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI in Hungary, Interview with Gergely Szertics at Cognilytica.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) takes the topics of topics of Ethics, transparency, and Ethics Policy very seriously. A few years ago the DoD stood up the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, also referred to as the JAIC, to help figure out how to best move forward with this transformative technology. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Alka Patel, who is Head of AI Ethics Policy at Department of Defense, Joint AI Center.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: Ethics, Transparency, and AI Policy at the Department of Defense (DoD) – Interview with Alka Patel, Head of AI Ethics Policy at the Joint AI Center (JAIC) at Cognilytica.

You may have seen headlines in the news about GPT-3. But, what exactly is it, and, why is it important? In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss what GPT-3 is, how it came about, what we can do with it, and the future of GPT-3.Show Notes:GPT-3 Creative FictionGPT-3 ExamplesList of free sites/programs that are powered by GPT-3 and can be used now without a waiting listContinue reading AI Today Podcast: What is GPT-3 and why is it important? at Cognilytica.

The General Services Administration (GSA) has been a very forward thinking agency in the US Federal Government. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). She shares with us how is AI helping with GSA’s mission, what role the Center of Excellence is playing at the GSA, and some of the unique opportunities the public sector has around AI.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: AI at the GSA, interview with Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) at Cognilytica.

Gil Alterovitz, Director of AI at the Department of Veterans Affairs, leads groundbreaking initiatives to enhance healthcare for veterans. He discusses the creation of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute and its role in integrating medical and genomic data for better health outcomes. The conversation touches on innovative AI strategies to engage veterans, including a nonprofit matching them with clinical trials. Alterovitz also addresses the ethical implications of AI in healthcare and the need for user-friendly, explainable applications.

Over the last decade, data and analytics has grown to be more than just a quantitative support function. In this episode of the AI Today we interview Shiv Misra who is the Head of Medicare Retention Analytics at CVS Health. He has a very diverse background working at multiple large organizations. He shares with us how these various companies have approached data, some of the insights and challenges for dealing with data and AI from a healthcare and insurance perspectives, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: The Importance of Data Harmonization, Interview with Shiv Misra at CVS Health at Cognilytica.

Data is increasingly playing an important role at organizations, and especially financial institutions. Data privacy is increasingly becoming an important topic and something that should be considered through all stages of the data lifecycle and ML model lifecycle. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Rajeev Sambyal who is Director, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at BNY Mellon.Continue reading AI Today Podcast: How Data Privacy is Impacting AI – Interview with Rajeev Sambyal, BNY Mellon at Cognilytica.

Khalifeh Al Jadda, Director of Core Data Science at The Home Depot, discusses how AI is transforming e-commerce by enhancing product recommendations, addressing challenges in data science adoption in retail, utilizing sentiment analysis, and exploring the future impact of AI on efficiency, safety, and health.