AI Today Podcast

Cognilytica analyst Kathleen Walch recently moderated a panel in November 2018 on “Driving Digital Transformation through AI and Deep Learning”. The following recording is the live panel discussion. We discuss fundamental buildings blocks needed for building a digital organization, process changes brought about from AI technologies that companies of all sizes are adopting, examples of digital transformation projects that depend upon AI to succeed, and more!Continue reading AI Today #69: Driving Digital Transformation through AI and Deep Learning at Cognilytica.

AI and machine learning are being used in almost every industry, and the oil and gas industry is no exception. Want to know the various ways in which the oil and gas industry is adopting AI? Listen to this podcast as Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Catalina Herrera, Director of Education and Enablement at ThoughtTrace, a company applying AI to processing documents many decades old.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #68: Interview with Catalina Herrera, Director of Education and Enablement, Thought Trace at Cognilytica.

Robots are gaining adoption across a wide range of industries. Recently, the Smithsonian Institution has started to use Softbank Robotics’ Pepper robot to add value to the the visitor museum experience. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Ronald Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch interview Kristi Delich, Deputy Director, Office of Visitor Services, Smithsonian Institution on how Pepper is being used at the museum, potential future uses, and observations from how the general public interacts with a robot in a museum environment.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #67: AI in the museum: Interview with Kristi Delich, Deputy Director, Office of Visitor Services, Smithsonian Institution at Cognilytica.

Curious how industrial technology companies are adopting Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and cognitive technology into their product lines and how these technologies help with innovation processes? In this podcast Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Frank DeSantis, VP of Breakthrough Innovation at Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc., and dig deeper into how AI and cognitive tech is changing the landscape for industrial goods and how these emerging technologies will change the way that consumers and business interact with physical devices and tools in the real world.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #66: AI & Robotics at Stanley black and Decker – Interview with Frank DeSantis, VP Breakthrough Innovation at Cognilytica.

Interested in knowing how AI and machine learning can process documents over a century old and still gain understanding from the text? Want to know how the oil and gas industry is adopting AI? Listen to this podcast as Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Nick Vandivere, CEO of ThoughtTrace, a company applying AI to processing documents many decades old.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #65: Interview with Nick Vandivere, CEO, ThoughtTrace at Cognilytica.

Machines are able learn how to process images and text and extract intelligence from those images and text. But they still don’t understand the images of know the meanings of words. We’re still at the early days of AI with respect to common sense and real natural language understanding. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interviewCatherine Havasi, Chief Strategy Officer of Luminoso on the current state of the art with Natural Language and what Luminoso is doing to move the industry forward.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #64: Common Sense and Natural Language Understanding – Interview with Catherine Havasi, Luminoso at Cognilytica.

Interested in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR)? Curious how AI is being used in the entertainment, gaming, and media industries to enhance the overall experience? Listen to this podcast where Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Mariana Acuña Costa, Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Opaque Studios as she shares insights into the use of AI in these various industries, how AI can help with content creation, how these industries with continue to adapt and more.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #63: AI, AR, and VR: Interview with Mariana Acuna, Opaque Studios at Cognilytica.

Film, media, and entertainment industries are using AI and machine learning technologies to enhance and change the way that entertainment is produced, developed, and delivered. In this Cognilytica AI Today podcast, hear from Hanno Basse, Chief Technology Officer of 20th Century Fox Film Corp about how AI, machine learning, and cognitive technologies are forever changing the way that entertainment is being brought to the masses.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #62: AI in the Entertainment Industry – Interview with Hanno Basse, CTO, 20th Century Fox at Cognilytica.

Did you know that many of the articles and news reports you are reading are generated by AI systems? Using natural language generation (NLG) and other techniques these AI systems are not only creating content, but they are helping to manage the editorial process, moderate comments, help with research, and support the entire journalistic process.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #61: AI in News & Journalism — Use Case Series at Cognilytica.

Social media is filled with lots and lots of content and most of it is unstructured data, meaning that it doesn’t fit into databases or rows and columns on a spreadsheet. In particular, lots of text, images, video and audio content is posted daily. In this podcast, Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer interview Nav Kesher, Head of Data Sciences, Facebook Marketplace Experience on his insights and experience on AI and its various applications in different industries.Continue reading AI Today Podcast #60: Interview with Nav Kesher, Head of Data Sciences, Facebook Marketplace Experience at Cognilytica.