In the inaugural episode of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kush Varshney, Shobhit Varshney, and Chris Hay. The three AI experts debate the pros and cons of Rabbit’s R1 device. They also unpack GPT-2’s potential evolution and OpenAI’s licensing deal with the Financial Times. Finally, what do Sam Altman and Taylor Swift have in common? Join us to find out! 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.

Christopher Hay

Distinguished Engineer at IBM

Kush Varshney

IBM Fellow

Shobhit Varshney

VP & Senior Partner at IBM

In the inaugural episode of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kush Varshney, Shobhit Varshney, and Chris Hay. The three AI experts debate the pros and cons of Rabbit’s R1 device. They also unpack GPT-2’s potential evolution and OpenAI’s licensing deal with the Financial Times. Finally, what do Sam Altman and Taylor Swift have in common? Join us to find out!

Episode 1: Rabbit AI hiccups, GPT-2 chatbot, and OpenAI's licensing deal with the Financial Times

Episode 1: Rabbit AI hiccups, GPT2 chatbot, and OpenAI's licensing deal with the Financial Times | Mixture of Experts 

Will prompt engineering ever die? In Episode 19 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Kate Soule and Shobhit Varshney. Today, the experts chat the future of prompt engineering, a new paper released about The AI Scientist, NEO 1X’s humanoid robot, and OpenAI’s in-house AI chips. Will AI takeover scientific discovery? Will everyone have at home AI assistants? Why is OpenAI investing in chip production? Tune-in for our expert’s takes. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJenVM7KnQ&amp;t=0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">0:00</a> - Intro<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJenVM7KnQ&amp;t=77s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1:17</a> - Future of Prompt Engineering<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJenVM7KnQ&amp;t=678s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">11:18</a> - NEO 1X Robot<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJenVM7KnQ&amp;t=1316s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">21:56</a> - AI for Scientific Discovery<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSJenVM7KnQ&amp;t=1908s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">31:48</a> - OpenAI's in-house Chips 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.

Kaoutar El Maghraoui

Principal Research Scientist, AI Engineering, AI Hardware Center

Senior Partner Consulting on AI for US/Canada/LatAm

Kate Soule

Program Director, Generative AI Research

Will prompt engineering ever die? Today, the experts chat the future of prompt engineering, a new paper released about The AI Scientist, NEO 1X’s humanoid robot, and OpenAI’s in-house AI chips. 

Episode 19: NEO 1X robot, OpenAI chips, The AI Scientist, and the future of prompt engineering

Is search less trustworthy? In Episode 18 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by the IBM Fellows—Aaron Baughman, Kush Varshney, and Trent Gray-Donald. Today, the experts chat how AI is being integrated at the US Open. Next, the Perplexity is introducing ads in Q4, what is the affect on search? Finally, what's all the hype with Cursor? Tune-in to today’s episode for all this and more. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaj8gATzoY&amp;list=PLOspHqNVtKADvnJYHm3HButDlWykOTzlP&amp;index=1&amp;t=1s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">0:01</a> - Intro<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaj8gATzoY&amp;list=PLOspHqNVtKADvnJYHm3HButDlWykOTzlP&amp;index=1&amp;t=59s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">00:59</a> - AI at the US Open<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaj8gATzoY&amp;list=PLOspHqNVtKADvnJYHm3HButDlWykOTzlP&amp;index=1&amp;t=815s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">13:35</a> - Paid search in Perplexity<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaj8gATzoY&amp;list=PLOspHqNVtKADvnJYHm3HButDlWykOTzlP&amp;index=1&amp;t=1452s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">24:12</a> - Cursor hype!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaj8gATzoY&amp;list=PLOspHqNVtKADvnJYHm3HButDlWykOTzlP&amp;index=1&amp;t=2153s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">35:53</a> - IBM Fellows 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. ﻿

Trent Gray-Donald

IBM Fellow, Data & AI

IBM Fellow, AI Governance

Aaron Baughman

IBM Fellow, Master Inventor 

Today we have the IBM Fellows special! In Episode 18 of Mixture of Experts, the Fellows chat the Cursor hype, Perplexity introducing ads, and AI at the US Open. Tune-in for more!

Episode 18: Cursor hype, Perplexity introduces ads, and AI at the US Open

What’s new with AI agents? In Episode 17 of Mixture of Experts, guest host Bryan Casey is joined by Chris Hay, Skyler Speakman, and Volkmar Uhlig. Today, the experts chat Agent Q and the improvements in reasoning and planning. Next, the CEO of Procreate came out with a statement that there will be no gen AI integrated into their products—can art avoid the AI wave? Finally, AMD acquired ZT Systems, can they now compete with NVIDIA? All this and more on today’s episode. 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. Segments:0:01 — Intro00:51 — Agent Q14:21 — No AI in Art29:12 — AMD Acquires ZT Systems

Chris Hay

Distinguished Engineer, CTO Customer Transformation

Bryan Casey

Guest Host & Digital Marketing Director

Volkmar Uhlig

VP, AI Infrastructure Portfolio Lead

Skyler Speakman

Senior Research Scientist

What’s new with AI agents? In Episode 17 of Mixture of Experts chat Agent Q, the AMD acquisition of ZT Systems, and whether AI should be used in art. Listen to learn more!

Episode 17: Agent Q, no AI in art, and AMD acquires ZT Systems

Is OpenAI about to release their biggest AI project? In Episode 16 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Nathalie Baracaldo, Kate Soule, and Shobhit Varshney. Today, the experts chat IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report and analyze how gen AI could reduce the cost of cyber threats. Next, rumors are circulating the internet about OpenAI dropping “Project Strawberry,” what they internally reference as a “level 2” model. Are the rumors true? Tune-in for more. 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. ﻿Segments:0:01 — Intro00:52 — Cost of a Data Breach 202412:33— Project Strawberry

Nathalie Baracaldo

Senior Research Scientist, Master Inventor

Is OpenAI about to release their biggest AI project? In Episode 16 of Mixture of Experts, we chat OpenAI's rumored "Project Strawberry" and IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report. 

Episode 16: Cost of a Data Breach 2024 and OpenAI's Project Strawberry

Is it an AI bubble? In Episode 15 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by our veteran panel: Marina Danilevsky, Kush Varshney, and Shobhit Varshney. Today, the experts chat the stock market crash and the involvement of AI companies. Then, OpenAI released Structured Outputs, and analyze how this can support enterprise implementation of AI. Finally, Google "acquires" character.ai, does this make any sense? Tune-in for the breakdown. 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. 0:01 — Intro1:07 — AI Bubble?11:49 — Structured Outputs22:41 — character.ai "Acquisition"

Marina Danilevsky

VP & Sr. Partner, Americas AI GenAI Leader, IBM Consulting

Is it an AI bubble? Today, the experts chat the stock market crash, OpenAI's Structured Outputs release, and Google's character.ai "acquisition." Tune-in for the break down of what's happening in AI news.

Episode 15: OpenAI Structured Outputs, character.ai “acquisition,” and is it an AI bubble?

OpenAI Structured Outputs, character.ai “acquisition” and is it an AI bubble?

Meta releases SAM 2! In Episode 14 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Ambhi Ganesan, Kate Soule and Vagner Santana. Today, the experts chat the next generation of Meta’s Segment Anything Model (SAM). Then, another AI companion attempt via friend.com, we analyze if startups effectively compete in the AI hardware space. Finally, we get expert opinions on various topics: Will gen AI projects be abandoned? Which is bigger—9.11 or 9.9? Tune-in today to find out. 0:01 — Intro1:00 — SAM 210:49 — Friend.com20:53 — Abandoned gen AI projects25:38 — Which is bigger—9.11 or 9.9? 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.

Ambhi Ganesan

Associate Partner - AI & Analytics, DTT

Vagner Figueredo de Santana

Staff Research Scientist - Master Inventor, Responsible Tech Team

Meta releases SAM 2!  In Episode 14 of Mixture of Experts, we chat SAM 2, friend.com, gen AI project abandonment, and more. Tune-in for the latest in AI.

Episode 14: SAM 2, friend.com and will gen AI projects be abandoned?

SAM 2, friend.com and will gen AI projects be abandoned?

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Episode 1: Rabbit AI hiccups, GPT-2 chatbot, and OpenAI's licensing deal with the Financial Times

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Today's Host

Tim Hwang

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Kush Varshney

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Recent Episodes

Episode 19: NEO 1X robot, OpenAI chips, The AI Scientist, and the future of prompt engineering

Episode 18: Cursor hype, Perplexity introduces ads, and AI at the US Open

Episode 17: Agent Q, no AI in art, and AMD acquires ZT Systems

Episode 16: Cost of a Data Breach 2024 and OpenAI's Project Strawberry

Episode 15: OpenAI Structured Outputs, character.ai “acquisition,” and is it an AI bubble?

Episode 14: SAM 2, friend.com and will gen AI projects be abandoned?