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March 9
#325 Phelim Brady: Why AI's Future Depends on Human Judgement
AI often looks fully automated. But behind the scenes, a huge amount of human judgment is shaping how these systems actually work. In this episode, Craig Smith…
Operationalizing Customer Service at Scale with Outcome-Driven Agentic AI - with Craig Walker of Dialpad
Customer service leaders face rising pressure to resolve more interactions faster, while maintaining high-quality experiences — and many legacy systems and proc…
March 8
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GPT 5.4 First Test Results
GPT 5.4 just dropped and the early consensus is clear — this is the most substantial OpenAI release in recent memory, with massive jumps in computer use, profes…
Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer
Renaissance history is so much wilder and weirder than you would have expected. Very fun chatting with Ada Palmer (historian, novelist, and composer based at th…
Pricing Changes in Small Commercial Without Governance Debt - with Barbara Stacer of Utica National Insurance Group
The critical bottleneck in small commercial pricing is no longer the actuarial model itself, but the operational friction and administrative stagnation that occ…
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King.
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 is the newest state-of-the-art AI model. But for how long? Sam Altman and team have to fend off Dario Amodei's Anthropic in more ways than one…
Inside the Iran War and the Pentagon's Feud with Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
(0:00) The Besties welcome Under Secretary of War Emil Michael (2:30) US war with Iran: Bigger picture and why now? (13:16) Trump's new approach to warfare, AI…
Funding Agentic AI in HR Without Losing Control - with Carey Smith of Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Today's guest is Carey Smith, Former President and CIO of XcelerateHealth and Chief Technology Innovation Officer (CTIO) of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnes…
Cursor's Third Era: Cloud Agents
All speakers are announced at AIE EU, schedule coming soon. Join us there or in Miami with the renowned organizers of React Miami! Singapore CFP also open!We’ve…
AI Is Officially Political
AI has crossed the line from tech story to political battleground as the Anthropic–Pentagon dispute, Dario Amodei’s leaked memo attacking OpenAI and the Trump a…
March 5
March 4
The Big Questions That Will Decide the Consumer AI War
Anthropic’s surge and OpenAI’s latest updates highlight how the consumer AI race is becoming about far more than model benchmarks. This episode explores the que…
Powering the AI Inference Wave with EPRI's Ben Sooter - Ep. 292
AI is reshaping electricity demand. What does increased demand, and the shape of that demand, mean for the electric grid? Ben Sooter, Director of R&D at EPR…
Rethinking Pharma Commercial Targeting with AI - with Philip Poulidis of ODAIA
Commercial life‑sciences teams are facing a widening gap between strong brand strategy and fragmented real‑world execution, driven by misaligned workflows, stat…
The Rise of the Zero Human Company
A new wave of experiments is testing whether AI agents can build and run companies without human employees, with projects like FelixCraft generating revenue and…
March 3
"Vibe Coding is a Slot Machine" - Jeremy Howard
Dive into the realities of AI-assisted coding, the origins of modern fine-tuning, and the cognitive science behind machine learning with fast.ai founder Jeremy…
Jack Altman & Martin Casado on the Future of VC
Jack Altman sits down with Martin Casado, General Partner at a16z, to unpack the shifting dynamics of venture capital and why media matters more than ever. They…
Ray Dalio: Our System Is in Jeopardy - Debt, AI & the Cycle That Destroyed Rome
(0:00) Friedberg Introduces Ray Dalio (1:29) 5 Forces That Will Decide America's Future (7:26) Why Government Reform Is Nearly Impossible (11:19) Gold vs. Bitco…
#235 - Sonnet 4.6, Deep-thinking tokens, Anthropic vs Pentagon
Our 235th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 02/27/2026Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email…
How AI Is Reshaping Shutdown and Turnaround Operations - with Raghu Ahobilam of NOV
Today's guest is Raghu Ahobilam, Global Director of Inventory and Assets at NOV. Raghu brings global leadership experience across inventory management, asset st…
March 2
The Month AI Woke Up
February 2026 was the month that AI's transformation stopped being an insider story and cascaded across groups — from developers embracing a new era of auto…
Trusted AI Architectures for Risk and Compliance Leaders - with Dean Alms & Eric Hensley of Aravo
Enterprise risk leaders are currently struggling to move beyond static, episodic checklists while managing the data "fire hose" generated by continuous monitori…
March 1
Schrödinger’s Apocalypse
This week, the global AI conversation hit a new level. From investor memos to viral economic doomsday scenarios, the debate is shifting from “Is AI real?” to “W…
#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music
Rick Beato is a music educator, interviewer, producer, songwriter, and a true multi-instrument musician, playing guitar, bass, cello & piano. His incredible…
February 28
Who Controls AI?
The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon exploded this week when President Trump directed every federal agency to cease using Anthropic's technology…
Are 40% Staff Cuts the New AI Normal?
Block just cut 40% of its workforce in one move, with Jack Dorsey arguing that new intelligence tools and smaller, flatter teams fundamentally change how compan…
Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot
(0:00) Bestie intros (1:22) Claude's hit list, SaaS crash, and Citrini's AI letter (30:39) Why Doomer narratives are more popular, valuable new AI jobs (40:19)…