This week we welcome back; Reggie Townsend, Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS Institute and member of President Biden's National AI Advisory Council. We discussed AI development and regulation in the US. He stressed balancing innovation incentives with government restraint and cited the CHIPS Act as key for AI infrastructure, though most investments are private. He highlighted that AI trustworthiness varies, suggesting risk-based assessments. Townsend underscored the importance of AI education and common standards. On regulation, he noted a risk-focused, citizen-protective approach with inevitable dissent. Lastly, he urged AI to remain a bipartisan issue, avoiding politicization similar to electricity, with current bipartisan support.
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AI-Podden Live - Special Guest, Ingrid af Sandeberg
This episode, recorded live, at the third installment of AI-Podden live at Epicenter, features Ingrid af Sandeberg, Strategic Advisor at Epicenter and Chairman of the board at Stockholm AI. She joins Ather & Mimi on the stage to discuss AI trends and tools, including Notebook LM, highlighting the shift toward smaller, specialized models like those on Hugging Face. She emphasizes the challenges of regulating AI in rapidly evolving fields and advocates for outcome-based regulations. Despite Sweden's strong AI expertise, she notes a slow adoption rate and calls for better collaboration between AI experts, domain professionals, and regulators.
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AI-Podden News - September & October
This episode, recorded live, is the third installment of Ather and Mimi's special news updates at Epicenter Stockholm. They discuss Elon Musk's We, Robot controversy, OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding round, and AI limitations like pattern matching. They also highlighted neurosymbolic AI’s potential, Nobel winners in machine learning, and the rapid adoption of generative AI tools, and noted the unreliability of current AI agents and the promise of Google’s Notebook LM.
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AI First: How is Google Shaping the Future of Intelligence
Ted Schönbeck, Nordic CTO, Google Cloud discusses the current and future landscape of AI, emphasizing its ability to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, with machine learning allowing systems to learn independently. Google, an "AI-first" company since 2016, has integrated AI into products like Maps and Search. Schönbeck highlights recent advancements in large language models and generative AI, particularly the use of large token windows for analyzing extensive datasets and the rise of multimodal AI, which processes diverse data types like text, images, and audio. He also addresses the challenges businesses face in scaling AI, recommending fine-tuned, specialized models over generalized large ones.
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Transforming Banking with AI
This week, Anna Baecklund, Head of Data and Analytics at Handelsbanken, discusses AI's role in banking. She highlighted its potential to improve customer experience, compliance, risk management, and financial literacy. Though AI mimics human behavior, it lacks true human intelligence. Anna sees AI driving personalized banking and efficient systems while urging banks to adapt to new technologies and regulations. She recommended "Papers with Code" for learning more about AI.
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