AI Today Podcast

A few years ago the US Air Force created AFWERX to find new efficiencies in policy and processes and improve Air Force culture. To date there have been some interesting outcomes and technologies that have come through the AFWERX program. In this podcast we interview Mark Roland, Innovation Actualizer at AFWERX Vegas to share his insights on this program, how it’s helping the Air Force, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #139: AI & Entrepreneurship in the US Air Force: Interview with Mark Rowland, AFWERX at Cognilytica.

The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has been very forward thinking in their adoption of transformative technologies including AI and block chain. In this podcast we interview Oki Mek, Senior Advisor to HHS CIO at HHS. He shares with us various ways HHS is adopting and implementing AI, how adoption of new technologies in the public sectors differs from the private sector, and explains the HHS Reimagine project.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #138: Interview with Oki Mek, Special Advisor, HHS at Cognilytica.

While much of the attention up until now has been focused on the development of machine learning models, as the industry moves from innovators and early adopters to the early majority, new customers will be more concerned about consuming third party models and building on top of existing best practices rather than building their own from scratch.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #137: ML Ops in Practice: Interview with Seth Clark, Modzy at Cognilytica.

Machine Learning Model Operationalization Management, referred to as “MLOps”, is focused on the lifecycle of model development and usage, machine learning model operationalization, and deployment. Cognilytica recently published a report on this topic that examines the ML Operationalization Management market, provides visibility into emerging best practices in the MLOps space, identifies open source and commercial vendor solutions, and provides a forecast for the growth of the overall market for solutions and products focused in this space.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #136: ML Model Management and Operations (“ML Ops”) at Cognilytica.

COVID-19 is quickly changing the way people work, live, and interact with others. Social distancing is now becoming the norm and many workers who once went into an office are now working remotely.  How can AI help us in a time of global crisis? In the special episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer spend time discussing how AI can help detect COVID-19, fight COVID-19, help remote workers, and help predict the global economic impact this virus is having.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #135: Special Episode on How AI is Helping to Fight the Global Pandemic at Cognilytica.

A little over a year ago the OECD released their AI principles and most recently, in February 2020 the OECD launched the AI Policy Observatory. In the podcast we interview Karine Perset from OECD. She shares why creating international principles around AI is important, why the OECD launched the ONE AI Network of Experts, and where she sees the future of AI headed.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #134: International Efforts around Use of AI – Interview with Karine Perset, OECD at Cognilytica.

As companies move from building models to buying models the focus shifts from tooling and platforms focused solely on model development to tools and platforms focused on the overall usage, consumption, and management of models. Machine Learning Model Operationalization Management, referred to as “MLOps”, is focused on the lifecycle of model development and usage, machine learning model operationalization, and deployment.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #133: Challenges of Managing ML Models: Interview with Luke Marsden, Dotscience at Cognilytica.

AI is impacting just about every industry and no one has seen that more than publications who cover AI. Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Nick Thompson, Editor in Chief at Wired. He discusses how the Wired audience has evolved over the past few years with regards to their understanding of AI,  where he sees the industry right now with regards to ethical AI, how worldwide adoption of AI can vary across regions and countries especially with regards to China and the US, and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #132: Where is AI Heading? Interview with Nick Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired at Cognilytica.

The pace of worldwide adoption continues to accelerate. Not only are companies and researchers competing with each other for advantage in the world of artificial intelligence and machine learning, so too are entire countries. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer go over research on how different countries are approaching AI and their different legal and regulatory postures.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #131: AI Around the World: Strategies, Laws, and Regulations (2020) at Cognilytica.

While the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market is heating up, there are many that say that RPA is not AI per se, but rather a gateway on the path to cognitive automation. Automation Anywhere certainly agrees with this perspective, and in this interview, Manish Rai, VP of Product Marketing at Automation Anywhere shares insights into the RPA industry, the overlap with AI efforts, the new release around autonomous process discovery bots, and the future of cognitive automation.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #130: Future of Cognitive Automation: Interview with Manish Rai, VP, Automation Anywhere at Cognilytica.