Why did NVIDIA invest USD100bn into OpenAI? In episode 74 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Sandi Besen, Mihai Criveti and Gabe Goodhart to talk about the AI chipmaker’s next big move. Next, we analyze Tongyi DeepResearch and get into a conversation around open source. Then, Google released a new agent protocol, AP2. After that, will AI take over? We debrief a new book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Finally, Apple shared that the new AirPods will have a translation feature powered by AI. Is Apple back in the game? Tune in to Mixture of Experts to find out.&nbsp; 00:00 – Intro&nbsp;01:17 – OpenAI's data centers, Alibaba and NVIDIA partnership, IBM Granite Docling&nbsp;and Meta's dating AI assistant02:23 – Tongyi DeepResearch&nbsp;13:12 – Google's AP2&nbsp;23:31 – "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies"&nbsp;33:50 – AirPods translation feature&nbsp;43:49 – NVIDIA invests USD100bn in OpenAI&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp; Subscribe for AI updates → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;

Gabe Goodhart 

Chief Architect, AI Open Innovation

Sandi Besen

AI Research Engineer 

Mihai Criveti 

Distinguished Engineer, Agentic AI

Discover why NVIDIA is investing USD100bn into OpenAI, explore Tongyi DeepResearch, Google’s new AP2 agent protocol and Apple’s AI-powered AirPods translation feature in this week’s Mixture of Experts.

NVIDIA’s USD 100bn investment and Google's AP2

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What are the most common uses of ChatGPT? In episode 73 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Lauren McHugh, Martin Keen and Aaron Baughman to talk about a new report, How People Use ChatGPT. Next, Anthropic released an updated version of their economic index. Then, another paper, this one coming out of DeepMind on agent economies. How likely is this? Finally, how practical are AI wearables and what does a future with them look like? All that and more on today’s Mixture of Experts.&nbsp; 00:00 – Intro&nbsp;1:10 – News: Alphabet Inc. $3 Trillion Market Cap, AI could boost trade value and the animal internet&nbsp;2:04 – How People Use ChatGPT&nbsp;15:47 – Anthropic Economic Index&nbsp;25:50 – Virtual Agent Economies&nbsp;35:36 – AlterEgo&nbsp; The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp; <ul><li>Subscribe for AI updates → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>

Aaron Baughman 

IBM Fellow, Master Inventor

Martin Keen

Master Inventor

Lauren McHugh Olende

Program Director, AI Open Innovation 

The most common uses of ChatGPT, insights from the Anthropic Economic Index, DeepMind’s research on agent economies and the future of AI wearables in this episode of Mixture of Experts

Anthropic Economic Index, Virtual Agent Economies, AlterEgo and How People Use ChatGPT

Do we need more AI hallucinations? In episode 72 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kate Soule, Chris Hay and Skyler Speakman to talk about OpenAI’s paper, Why language models hallucinate. Next, in March 2025, Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, predicted that AI will be writing 90% of code for software developers. How is that turning out? Then, is AI making the job market hell? Finally, you can now run an LLM on a circuit board the size of a business card. Where does that take us? All that and more on today’s Mixture of Experts.&nbsp; 00:00 – Intro&nbsp;1:18 – Oracle, data center construction, iPhone 17 and tech saint&nbsp;3:03 – Why language models hallucinate&nbsp;15:59 – Dario Amodei’s prediction&nbsp;22:45 – Job market is hell&nbsp;29:57 – LLM on a business card&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp;

Kate Soule

Director of Technical Product Management for Granite

Chris Hay

Distinguished Engineer

Skyler Speakman

Senior Research Scientist

OpenAI’s paper on why language models hallucinate, Dario Amodei’s coding predictions, the impact of AI on jobs and LLMs running on business-card sized hardware. Tune into today’s Mixture of Experts!

Why language models hallucinate, revisiting Amodei’s code prediction and AI in the job market

Are browsers the right entry point for AI tools? In episode 71 of Mixture of Experts, guest host Bryan Casey is joined by Gabe Goodhart, Kaoutar El Maghraoui and Mihai Criveti to talk about the verdict in the Google antitrust case and what it means for agentic AI. Next, as Anthropic raised&nbsp; $13 billion in a recent funding round, bringing its valuation to $183 billion, we discuss investment in AI startups. Finally, the discourse on GPT-5 and AI model innovation created “AI winter.” What does this mean for the future of AI innovation? All that and more on today’s Mixture of Experts.&nbsp; &nbsp;00:00 – Intro&nbsp;1:38 – Safer GPT, IBM and AMD, Amazon Lens Live and AI and Starbucks&nbsp;2:59 – Google antitrust&nbsp;27:08 – Anthropic and AI valuation&nbsp;41:42 – AI winter&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp; <ul><li>Subscribe for AI updates → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>

Mihai Criveti

Distinguished Engineer, Agentic AI 

Kaoutar El Maghraoui 

Principal Research Scientist and Manager, Hybrid Cloud Platform

Bryan Casey

Host 

Google’s antitrust verdict, Anthropic’s $183B leap, and GPT-5’s role in AI winters—what does it all mean for the future of AI? Listen to today’s Mixture of Experts to find out.

Google Antitrust, Anthropic's $183B leap and are we in the AI winter?

Would you trust a 100-page prompt to do your taxes? In episode 70 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Aaron Baughman, Chris Hay and Lauren McHugh to talk about KPMG’s 100-page prompt they used to build their agentic TaxBot. Next, we debrief on OpenAI’s teasing of selling infrastructure in the future. The image model generation goes bananas, with the latest AI Image Model from Gemini: nano-banana. Finally, Aaron Baughman demonstrated three new features for the US Open website, powered by IBM watsonx-built generative AI models: Match Chat, Key Points, and Live Likelihood to Win. All that and more on today’s 70th episode of Mixture of Experts. 00:00 – Intro&nbsp;3:05 –&nbsp;KPMG’s monster prompt&nbsp;&nbsp;16:37 – OpenAI’s infra for sale?&nbsp;25:10 – Gemini's nano-banana&nbsp;35:11 – US Open experimentations &nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp; <ul><li>Subscribe for AI updates → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</li><li>US Open powered by IBM Watsonx&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ibm.com/sports/usopen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/sports/usopen</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>

Lauren McHugh

Aaron Baughman

IBM Fellow and Master Inventor

Distinguished Engineer, CTO of Customer Transformation

Would you trust a 100-page prompt to do your taxes? Mixture of Experts #70 covers KPMG's 100-page agentic TaxBot prompt, OpenAI's infrastructure hints, and nano-banana AI image model. Plus, an overview of IBM watsonx-powered US Open features: Match Chat, Key Points, &amp;Live Likelihood to Win

Monster prompt, OpenAI’s business play, nano-banana and US Open experimentations

Is enterprise AI in danger? In episode 69 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Marina Danilevsky, Nathalie Baracaldo and Sandi Besen to debrief MIT’s report on gen AI pilots. Next, GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt? Then, we revisit the conversation about chain of thought (CoT) reasoning with our researchers. Are large reasoning models not thinking straight? Finally, Anthropic announced Claude will close down "distressing” conversations and we debate AI welfare. All that and more on today’s episode of Mixture of Experts.&nbsp; 00:00 – Intro&nbsp;1:13 – US Open, Meta restructuring Superintelligence lab and Robot Olympics&nbsp;3:11 – Gen AI pilots fail&nbsp;11:09 – GPT-5's hidden prompt revealed&nbsp;22:47 – Reasoning model flaws&nbsp;33:55 – Claude closing chats&nbsp;&nbsp;The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.&nbsp; <ul><li>Subscribe to the Think newsletter → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>

Nathalie Baracaldo

Senior Research Scientist and Master Inventor

AI Research Engineer

Marina Danilevsky

Is enterprise AI in danger? This episode covers MIT’s report showing most generative AI pilots are failing, GPT-5’s hidden system prompt, new concerns over  chain of thought reasoning, and Anthropic’s move to let Claude shut down “distressing” conversations.

Gen AI pilots fail, GPT-5's hidden prompt revealed, reasoning model flaws and Claude closing chats

Would you sell Chrome for USD 34.5 billion dollars? In episode 68 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Abraham Daniels, Sophie Kuijt and Shobhit Varshney for another packed week in AI. First, AI startup Perplexity puts out a bid for Google Chrome at over double their valuation. Why? Next, xAI released Grok Imagine and claims it will be the next Vine. Our experts analyze the future of AI video generation. Finally, one week after the GPT-5 release and skeptics are saying it did not live up to the hype. Is AI development plateauing? All that and more on Mixture of Experts! 00:00 – Intro 01:17 – MoE News: NVIDIA H20s, Apple AI devices, AI people pleasers and Google DeepMind’s bioacoustics model 02:40 – Perplexity’s USD 34.5B bid 12:10 – Grok Imagine 24:23 – GPT-5 check-in The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity. <ul><li>Subscribe to the Think Newsletter&nbsp;→ <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Learn more about artificial intelligence → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>

Shobhit Varshney

VP & Sr. Partner, Americas Head of Data & AI 

Sophie Kuijt

Distinguished Engineer, CTO for IBM NCEE Region 

Abraham Daniels

Senior Technical Product Manager, Granite 

Would you sell Chrome for USD 34.5B? This week on Mixture of Experts, we unpack Perplexity’s shocking bid for Google Chrome, xAI’s Grok Imagine and its claim to be the next Vine and whether AI progress is plateauing after GPT-5’s debut. 

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