The AI in Business Podcast

Leo Barella, Senior VP and CTO at Takeda, discusses challenges in healthcare, AI in drug targeting development, and emerging healthcare microservices. He emphasizes data quality, lifelong analysis, and medical imaging for personalized therapies. The challenges of rare diseases, personalization in patient experiences, and ethical AI use are also explored.

Zohar Bronfman, CEO and Co-founder of Pecan, discusses winning executive buy-in for AI projects by delivering fast results, building internal trust, and starting with simple AI use cases. He emphasizes the challenges of relying on external vendors and the need for a strong in-house core engine. Transparency, credibility, and managing ethical considerations are also discussed.

Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7, discusses challenges in integrating bespoke genAI models in enterprises. Topics include identifying suitable problems, AI capabilities in software and hardware, language models in copilots and data analysis, and the role of automation and human involvement in AI processing.

Anna Gressel, Counsel at Paul, Weiss, discusses legal exposure and risks in AI legislation. They explore changing regulations, EU's leadership, and risks of generative AI. Strategies to mitigate risks, impact on legal profession, and challenges of large language models.

Dr. Robin Hanson, Economics professor at George Mason University and prominent contributor to discussions on the implications of AI applications on realpolitik, discusses the impact of AGI on the international order, misconceptions about AGI power and controllability, the trajectory of AI governance, preventing catastrophic scenarios, and the risks and challenges of a world with multiple super intelligences.

Today's guest is Alignment Health Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Dr. Arta Bakshandeh, D.O., M.A. Alignment Health is a tech-enabled Medicare Advantage healthcare firm that celebrated its first year as a public company in March. He joins us on the program to talk about the latest AI developments in the healthcare space, particularly regarding the limitations of machine learning and the seemingly endless potential for large language models. If you're interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and specific resources for AI consultants, visit emerj.com/p1.

Today's guest is Carlos Quezada, Vice President of Customer Experience Strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprises. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on the program to talk about building customer journeys simultaneously from the B2B and infrastructure perspectives. Later, they talk about how friction in customer journeys predicates a balance between automation and humans in the loop of critical workflows. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today's guest is Edosa Odaro, Chief of Data Analytics and Privacy Officer at Tawuniya, former Chief Data Officer at AIG, and author of two books on overcoming data challenges. For the first of a two-episode appearance on the podcast, Edosa joins us to talk about data challenges in the insurance spaces on both sides of the table. Together with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Edosa offers advice ranging from how leaders can close the service gaps between insurance and the rest of financial services to the considerations business leaders need to keep in mind when pursuing insurance for business solutions utilizing AI.

Today's guest is Dorothy Li, Chief Technology Officer of Convoy, a logistics and software company based in Seattle that has raised nearly a billion dollars in funding. Dorothy spent over a decade at Amazon, where she served as vice president of user experience, then of BI and analytic services at AWS. In conversation with Emerj Head of Research Daniel Faggella, she explains the best strategies for communicating the benefits of AI projects to non-technical leadership. Later, they discuss how Google, AWS, and Microsoft are lowering the barriers to entry for SMEs looking to start in AI and democratizing data science roles that were highly specialized just a few years ago. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.

Today's guest is Frantz Saintellemy, President and Chief Operating Officer of LeddarTech. LeddarTech is a global software company headquartered in Québec City, Canada, that develops and provides comprehensive perception software solutions that enable the deployment of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Frantz joins us on the program to talk about the problems facing automotive OEMs and Tier 1-2 suppliers when it comes to safety and how regulations are beginning to catch up to the technology at play in these solutions. This episode is sponsored by LeddarTech. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.