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Eye On A.I.

Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.

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58:40

#306 Jeffrey Ladish: What Shutdown-Avoiding AI Agents...

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2025/12/07

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Why do some AI agents attempt to bypass shutdown, and what does this behavior reveal about the future of AI safety? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith speaks with Jeffrey Ladish of Palisade Research to examine what recent shutdown experiments with agentic LLMs tell us about control, alignment, and the real world limits of current guardrails. We

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#305 Rakshit Ghura: How Lenovo Is Turning AI Agents...

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2025/12/03

Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today's innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved. Why are enterprises struggling to turn AI hype into real

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55:04

#304 Matt Zeiler: Why Government And Enterprises...

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2025/11/28

Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today's innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved. Why is AI inference becoming the new battleground for

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01:00:59

#303 Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence, World Models &...

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2025/11/23

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How will AI evolve once it can understand and reason about the 3D world, not just text on a screen? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith speaks with Fei Fei Li about the rise of spatial intelligence and the world models that could transform how machines perceive, imagine, and interact with reality. We explore how spatial intelligence goes beyond

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01:03:14

#302 Karl Friston: How the Free Energy Principle...

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2025/11/19

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How could Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle become a blueprint for the future of AI? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Karl Friston, the neuroscientist behind the Free Energy Principle and advisor to Verses AI, to explore how active inference and brain inspired generative models might move us beyond transformer based systems

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48:45

#301 Hemant Banavar & Ryan Paulson: The AI Safety...

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2025/11/16

How are AI and telematics changing safety for fleets in the real world, and what does it take to get from basic recordings to true accident prevention? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith speaks with Hemant, Chief Product Officer at Motive, and Ryan, CIO at Fusion Site Services, to explore how AI powered cameras and telematics are transforming safety, productivity, and profitability across the physical economy, from trucking and construction to field services. We look at what makes

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57:10

#300 Fred Laluyaux: How Decision Intelligence & AI...

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2025/11/13

How are Decision Intelligence and AI agents reshaping enterprise operations today? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Fred Laluyaux, CEO of Aera Technology, to unpack how organizations move from dashboards and ad hoc workflows to a system that senses, decides, and acts. AI is not just about chatbots. At the heart of this transformation is decision intelligence: connecting data, analytics, AI, and automation to optimize decisions across the enterprise. Fred explains why

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57:01

#299 Jacob Buckman: Why the Future of AI Won't Be...

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2025/11/09

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Why do today's LLMs forget key details over long context, and what would it take to give them real memory that scales? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith explores Manifest AI's Power Retention architecture and how it rethinks memory, context, and learning for modern models. We look at why transformers struggle with long inputs, how state

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51:01

#298 Ryan Kolln: How Appen Trains the World's Most...

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2025/11/06

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How do the world's most powerful AI models get trained and trusted at scale, and what does that really take from data to deployment? In this episode, Appen CEO Ryan Kolln joins Eye on AI to unpack how rigorous human evaluation, culturally aware data, and model-based judges come together to raise real-world performance. In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig

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24:16

#298 Sunita Sarawagi: How AI Can Learn the World and...

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2025/11/02

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Why should AI that learns from the messy real world still obey strict logic, and what does it take to make that reliability hold up in production? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Sunita Sarawagi to unpack how large scale learning can be combined with explicit rules and constraints so models stay trustworthy. We cover when world

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47:55

#297 Jeff Lunsford: How Agentic AI Will Redefine...

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2025/10/30

Why will agentic AI redefine every digital interaction, and what foundation do enterprises need to make it safe, trusted, and real time? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Jeff Lunsford to unpack how a neutral customer data platform like Tealium becomes the control plane for agentic systems. We cover how to collect and unify first party data responsibly, enforce consent and identity across channels, and feed the right context to models so agents can act with confidence in

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43:04

#296 Yeop Lee: How Coxwave is Redefining AI Evaluation

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2025/10/26

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How is Coxwave Redefining AI Evaluation? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith is joined by Yeop Lee, Head of Product at Coxwave. Together they explore how teams move beyond accuracy-only metrics to outcome focused evaluation with Coxwave's Align. We look at how Align measures satisfaction, trust, and task completion across chat, email, and voice,

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43:49

#295 Fergal Reid: Why Your Bots Fail and How Agents...

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2025/10/19

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Why do so many chatbots fail in the real world, and how can AI agents actually fix customer support? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith explores how teams move beyond scripted bots to production-grade AI agents that resolve real issues across chat, email, and voice. We look at what makes agents reliable at scale, how to configure them safely, and

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57:04

#294 Bhaskar Roy: How Workato Is Building the Rise of...

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2025/10/16

Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today’s innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved. How are enterprises moving from AI experiments to a true

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43:19

#293 Greg Shewmaker: How Enterprises Can Implement...

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2025/10/13

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How can enterprises truly scale with agentic AI? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith speaks with Greg Shewmaker, CEO of r.Potential, about how organizations can successfully implement agentic AI systems that enhance human performance instead of replacing it. Greg explains why the future of work depends on a new partnership between people and

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45:06

#292 Peeyush Ranjan: How Nurix Is Redefining Voice AI...

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2025/10/09

Discover how Neurix is building the next generation of voice AI that sounds and reacts like a human in this conversation with Peeyush, former Google technologist and co-founder of Miracle Labs. Peeyush shares how Neurix is solving the toughest challenges in conversational AI — from eliminating latency to creating natural, real-time dialogue that mirrors human interaction. He explains why voice is the hardest frontier in AI, how Neurix’s proprietary models manage conversation flow, and what it takes

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52:50

#291 Naveen Jain: How AI Predicts Cancer, Diabetes &...

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2025/10/06

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Can AI and RNA testing make illness optional? In this episode, Eye on AI host Craig S. Smith sits down with Naveen Jain, founder and CEO of Viome, to explore how RNA sequencing and artificial intelligence are transforming our understanding of chronic disease. Jain shares how a personal tragedy led him to launch Viome, a company on a mission to digitize the

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59:41

#290 Joel Hron: How Thomson Reuters is Approaching...

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2025/09/29

This episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. Joel Hron, Chief Technology Officer at Thomson Reuters, joins Eye on AI to unpack the future of agentic systems and what it takes to build them responsibly at enterprise scale. We dive into the shift from prompt-based AI to true agentic workflows capable of planning, reasoning, and executing complex tasks. Joel breaks down how Thomson Reuters is deploying

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54:06

#289 Eiso Kant: How Reinforcement Learning and Coding...

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2025/09/24

How do we get from today’s AI copilots to true human-level intelligence? In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Eiso Kant, Co-Founder of Poolside, to explore why reinforcement learning + software development might be the fastest path to human-level AI. Eiso shares Poolside’s mission to build AI that doesn’t just autocomplete code — but learns like a real developer. You’ll hear how Poolside uses reinforcement learning from code execution (RLCF), why software development is the

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55:05

#288 Florian Douetteau: How Enterprises Can Scale and...

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2025/09/21

Discover how enterprises can successfully adopt and scale agentic AI to create real business impact in this conversation with Florian Douetteau, CEO and co-founder of Dataiku. Florian shares why democratizing AI across the enterprise is essential, how to prevent agent sprawl, and what it takes to build a governance framework that keeps your data secure while enabling innovation. Learn about Dataiku’s enterprise AI blueprint, its partnership with NVIDIA, and how global companies are using agentic

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