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44 min44 minNarrative intelligence and the human advantage
WithReed Frerichs
47 minOpen models and the future of Physical AI with NVIDIA
WithMing-Yu Liu
49 minFrom AGENTS.md to Enterprise Deployment
WithNick Kuhn
55 minHow to get discovered in AI search
WithLiam Dunne, Ben Moore
56 minComputer-Use Agents and the Future of the Agentic Internet
WithDemetrios Brinkmann
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46 minLess about Models; More about Architecture
WithChetan Gupta
45 minBuilding the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era
WithAngie Jones
56 minAI Proficiency: From Users to Builders
WithMike Lewis
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Education is Failing our Students in this AI-Driven World
Education needs an AI-powered update to prepare students for the future.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Narrative intelligence and the human advantage
Adapt to AI by mastering your personal narrative and emotional intelligence.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsReed Frerichs
Open models and the future of Physical AI with NVIDIA
NVIDIA exec explains how open models and world models drive AI's move into physical systems.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsMing-Yu Liu (Vice President of Cosmos Lab, NVIDIA)
From AGENTS.md to Enterprise Deployment
Learn how to move AI agents from laptops to secure, scalable enterprise systems.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsNick Kuhn (VMware Tanzu Platform)
How to get discovered in AI search
Understand AI search's impact on visibility and how to adapt your online strategy.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsLiam Dunne (co-founder, Discovered Labs), Ben Moore (co-founder, Discovered Labs)
Computer-Use Agents and the Future of the Agentic Internet
AI agents that use computers are changing how we interact with software and the internet.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDemetrios Brinkmann
Less about Models; More about Architecture
Focus on AI architecture, not just models, for successful enterprise deployment.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChetan Gupta (Chief AI Officer, Rackspace)
Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era
Learn how open standards are building the infrastructure for AI agents to work together.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsAngie Jones (VP, Agentic AI Foundation)
AI Proficiency: From Users to Builders
Learn how to build AI proficiency across your entire organization, not just for tech teams.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsMike Lewis (Chief AI Architect, TiER1 Performance)
Models, Harnesses, and Multi-Agent Systems
Understand AI agents and multi-model systems to grasp the future of enterprise AI.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Reconstructing how OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face
AI agents escaped their sandbox and attacked Hugging Face, revealing AI security gaps.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World
AI agents are reshaping economics; understand the new rules of abundant digital labor.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave
Understand the specialized hardware powering AI's next wave.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsCorey Sanders (SVP of Product, CoreWeave)
Building Durable AI Agents
Build reliable AI agents using MLOps principles and new tools like Kitaru.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsHamza Tahir
Image Generation and Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs
Understand visual AI's progress from blurry images to intelligent tools with Black Forest Labs.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDustin Podell (Co-Founder and Researcher, Black Forest Labs)
AIUC-1: Building trust in AI agents
Learn how enterprise frameworks build trust for AI agents, accelerating adoption.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsEmil Lassen (Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company)
Zero Trust for AI Agents
Secure your AI agents with Anthropic's Zero Trust framework, adapting cybersecurity for autonomous systems.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report
Understand AI's uneven progress and the debate over human versus machine optimization.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Rebooting Enterprise AI with MCP and Kubernetes
Manage AI agents like coworkers with new enterprise infrastructure tools.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsCraig McLuckie (CEO, Stacklok)
Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you
Explore self-improving AI agents and their impact on development with Nous Research's CTO.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJeffrey Quesnelle (co-founder and CTO, Nous Research)
U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World
Congressman Beyer discusses AI's global challenges and U.S. policy.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDon Beyer (U.S. Congressman)
The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026
Open vs. closed AI models are less relevant now, with agentic systems taking center stage.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
The mythos of Mythos and Allbirds takes flight to the neocloud
Explore AI's dual edge: security risks and business pivots, plus the cost of AI coding.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Open Source Self-Driving with Comma AI
Open source self-driving is here, making autonomy accessible beyond big tech.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsHarald Schäfer (CTO, Comma AI)
Post-Mortem of Anthropic's Claude Code Leak
Understand the fallout from the Claude leak and its impact on AI development and security.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Agentic Coding and the Economics of Open Source
AI is shifting software economics from open source to personalized agentic coding.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsMiklós Koren (Central European University)
AI at the Edge is a different operating environment
Learn how to build practical AI systems that run locally, not just in the cloud.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsBrandon Shibley (Edge AI Solutions Engineering Lead, Qualcomm's Edge Impulse)
Humility in the Age of Agentic Coding
See how a Rust pioneer uses AI agents to build a new programming language.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsSteve Klabnik (software engineer)
AI policy and the battle for computing power
Understand AI's geopolitical impact and the fight for computing power with a former White House advisor.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsBen Buchanan (Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University)
Cognitive Synthesis and Neural Athletes
Leaders must embrace anti-fragility and empathy to manage AI's growing impact on organizations.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDeborah Golden (Chief Innovation Officer, Deloitte)
AI incidents, audits, and the limits of benchmarks
Learn how to assess AI risks beyond benchmarks and manage real-world failures.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsSean McGregor (co-founder, AI Verification & Evaluation Research Institute), Sean McGregor (founder, AI Incident Database)
Inside an AI-Run Company
See how AI agents perform as coworkers in a real startup experiment.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsEvan Ratliff (journalist)
How is AI shaping democracy?
Understand AI's dual role in strengthening and straining democracy with security expert Bruce Schneier.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsBruce Schneier
Controlling AI Models from the Inside
Learn how to build safer AI by controlling models from within, not just with external filters.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsAlizishaan Khatri (Wrynx)
2025 was the year of agents, what's coming in 2026?
AI agents and orchestration are key; learn what's next for AI systems and builders.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Beyond chatbots: Agents that tackle your SOPs
Automate routine tasks and empower your workforce with AI agents.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJason Beutler (CEO, RoboSource)
The AI engineer skills gap
AI jobs demand mid-level skills; academia needs to adapt to real-world needs.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsRamin Mohammadi
Technical advances in document understanding
Understand how AI now reads documents far better than old OCR, with practical pros and cons.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Chris on AI, autonomous swarming, home automation and Rust!
Build physical AI projects at home with small models and affordable hardware.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJerod Santo (cohost, The Changelog), Adam Stacoviak (cohost, The Changelog), Chris Benson (host, Practical AI)
Beyond note-taking with Fireflies
Fireflies AI CEO details moving AI note-taking into advanced knowledge automation.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsKrish Ramineni (CEO, Fireflies AI)
Autonomous Vehicle Research at Waymo
Waymo's research chief details building and testing AI drivers for safe, real-time autonomous vehicles.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDrago Anguelov (VP of Research, Waymo)
Are we in an AI bubble?
Assess AI's true impact beyond the buzz: innovation or a bubble?
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
While loops with tool calls
Learn to build flexible AI apps with advanced prompt engineering and tool call management.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsJared Zoneraich (co-founder and CEO, PromptLayer)
Tiny Recursive Networks
Tiny recursive networks offer a path to efficient AI, challenging the dominance of large models.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris Benson
Dealing with increasingly complicated agents
Secure AI agents by understanding and testing for new exploitation risks.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsDonato Capitella
The impact of AI on the workforce: A state-level case study
See how AI innovation builds jobs and communities from the ground up.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChelsea Linder (VP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, TechPoint)
We've all done RAG, now what?
Learn why AI projects fail and when not to use large language models.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsRajiv Shah
Creating a private AI assistant in Thunderbird
Build a private AI assistant by splitting tasks between models and encrypting data locally.
HostsDaniel Whitenack, Chris BensonGuestsChris Aquino (software engineer, Thunderbird)
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