Best Victor Hong Podcasts (2025)

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#244 - Sasha Bhasin 35:57

8d ago35:57

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Sasha Bhasin is an Indian-American actress and singer-songwriter. She stars in the television series “XO, Kitty” which is now available on Netflix. Bhasin also released her debut single called “The Famous Cannibal”.

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Google I/O 2025 Special Edition - #733 26:21

3d ago26:21

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Today, I’m excited to share a special crossover edition of the podcast recorded live from Google I/O 2025! In this episode, I join Shawn Wang aka Swyx from the Latent Space Podcast, to interview Logan Kilpatrick and Shrestha Basu Mallick, PMs at Google DeepMind working on AI Studio and the Gemini API, along with Kwindla Kramer, CEO of Daily and cre…

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Cruisin' Through Time: The Vintage Volkswagen Journey of The Oval Office's Paul Smith Ep15 50:39

6d ago50:39

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Join us as we dive into the extraordinary life of Paul Smith, a revered figure in the Volkswagen community, who has been driving and restoring VWs since 1970. From racing motorcycles to organizing the iconic Texas VW Campouts, Paul lives for the air-cooled culture. Discover his passion for building classic rides, leading charity shows, and running …

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RAG Risks: Why Retrieval-Augmented LLMs are Not Safer with Sebastian Gehrmann - #732 57:09

10d ago57:09

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Today, we're joined by Sebastian Gehrmann, head of responsible AI in the Office of the CTO at Bloomberg, to discuss AI safety in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and generative AI in high-stakes domains like financial services. We explore how RAG, contrary to some expectations, can inadvertently degrade model safety. We cover examples o…

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Revving Up the VW Passion on the Emerald Coast with The Mayor Derek Henry Ep14 46:40

14d ago46:40

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Welcome to Dub Life Diaries, where the VW engines are air-cooled and the stories dive deep. In this episode, host Joe Person chats with Derek Henry, the founder of Pensacola VW Happenings & Bugs On The Bayou and an avid VW enthusiast. Derek shares his journey from Indiana to the Emerald Coast, detailing his love for Volkswagens, from his first sand…

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#243 - Monroe Cline 31:15

15d ago31:15

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Monroe Cline is an American actress and dancer. She stars in the feature film “When It Rains in LA” which is now available on Hoopla and Prime Video.

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From Prompts to Policies: How RL Builds Better AI Agents with Mahesh Sathiamoorthy - #731 1:01:25

18d ago1:01:25

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Today, we're joined by Mahesh Sathiamoorthy, co-founder and CEO of Bespoke Labs, to discuss how reinforcement learning (RL) is reshaping the way we build custom agents on top of foundation models. Mahesh highlights the crucial role of data curation, evaluation, and error analysis in model performance, and explains why RL offers a more robust altern…

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Bureaucracies at War, Featuring Tyler Jost 19:59

20d ago19:59

19:59

Center Executive Director Lei Guang recently sat down with Tyler Jost to discuss his new book, Bureaucracies at War. This podcast features highlights from their conversation, focusing on how Jost’s analysis sheds light on the dynamics of today’s U.S.-China tensions.By UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy (GPS)

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#242 - Joelle Farrow 27:36

22d ago27:36

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Joelle Farrow is a Canadian actress. She stars in the television series “Skymed” which is now available on Paramount+. Farrow also plays in the upcoming feature film “This is Not a Test”.

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How OpenAI Builds AI Agents That Think and Act with Josh Tobin - #730 1:07:27

25d ago1:07:27

1:07:27

Today, we're joined by Josh Tobin, member of technical staff at OpenAI, to discuss the company’s approach to building AI agents. We cover OpenAI's three agentic offerings—Deep Research for comprehensive web research, Operator for website navigation, and Codex CLI for local code execution. We explore OpenAI’s shift from simple LLM workflows to reaso…

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#241 - Emily Swallow 38:58

1M ago38:58

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Emily Swallow is an American actress. She stars in the television series “Secret Level” which is now available on Prime Video. Swallow will also perform in the Off-Broadway production “The Imaginary Invalid” from May 21 to June 29, 2025, at the New World Stages theater in New York City.

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CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi - #729 56:18

1M ago56:18

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Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by p…

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Exploring Victor Ma's Legendary Classic 4x4 VW Collection in Hong Kong Ep13 43:01

1M ago43:01

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In this exciting episode of DubLife Diaries, join us as we venture into the captivating world of off-road Volkswagens with the legendary Victor Ma, Author of the 4x4 Bible in Hong Kong. Known for his expertise and impressive 30 plus car collection, Victor shares fascinating insights into the history and technology of these iconic vehicles, includin…

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#240 - Karina Manashil 35:48

1M ago35:48

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Karina Manashil is an American Emmy-nominated producer. She founded the production company Kaijo and co-founded Mad Solar which is currently developing the feature film “Slime”. Manashil is also the executive producer of the trilogy “X”, “Pearl” and “MaXXXine”.

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Generative Benchmarking with Kelly Hong - #728 54:17

1M ago54:17

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In this episode, Kelly Hong, a researcher at Chroma, joins us to discuss "Generative Benchmarking," a novel approach to evaluating retrieval systems, like RAG applications, using synthetic data. Kelly explains how traditional benchmarks like MTEB fail to represent real-world query patterns and how embedding models that perform well on public benchm…

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Driving Down Memory Lane: VW Tales with Mr. Mahalo Ep12 1:19:14

1M ago1:19:14

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In this episode, we welcome a true Volkswagen legend, Mark "Mr. Mahalo" Tinaz. As a retired Navy veteran with 33 years of service, Mark shares his captivating journey from the Navy to becoming a dedicated VW enthusiast. Tune in to hear about his incredible stories, including how he once fixed a broken belt with a bra strap on the highway. Join us a…

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Exploring the Biology of LLMs with Circuit Tracing with Emmanuel Ameisen - #727 1:34:06

2M ago1:34:06

1:34:06

In this episode, Emmanuel Ameisen, a research engineer at Anthropic, returns to discuss two recent papers: "Circuit Tracing: Revealing Language Model Computational Graphs" and "On the Biology of a Large Language Model." Emmanuel explains how his team developed mechanistic interpretability methods to understand the internal workings of Claude by rep…

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From Love Bug to Locomotive: Australia's Matt Gardner's VW Odyssey Ep 11 1:05:36

2M ago1:05:36

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We venture to the Outback for today's show. Join us in this episode of DubLife Diaries as we welcome Matt Gardner, a lifelong Volkswagen enthusiast whose passion for VWs began before he could even speak. From air-cooled Beetles to becoming a VW mechanic, and now a train driver, Matt's automotive journey is truly unique. Discover how his love for Vo…

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Teaching LLMs to Self-Reflect with Reinforcement Learning with Maohao Shen - #726 51:45

2M ago51:45

51:45

Today, we're joined by Maohao Shen, PhD student at MIT to discuss his paper, “Satori: Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Action-Thought Enhances LLM Reasoning via Autoregressive Search.” We dig into how Satori leverages reinforcement learning to improve language model reasoning—enabling model self-reflection, self-correction, and exploration of a…

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Wrenching Through Time: Dennis Deno-Stiles' VW Journey Ep10 46:51

2M ago46:51

46:51

Welcome to another episode of DubLife Diaries, the ultimate podcast for VW enthusiasts. In this installment, we chat with the legendary Dennis Deno-Stiles, a pivotal figure in the Volkswagen community. Deno shares his incredible journey from tinkering in his home garage to becoming an industry icon known for his passion and expertise in classic air…

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Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov - #725 1:09:07

2M ago1:09:07

1:09:07

Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicl…

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Exploring South Africa and the Legendary VW Journey of "Oom" Chris Coetzee Ep9 31:44

2M ago31:44

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Join host Joe Person on DubLife Diaries as he takes you on an exhilarating journey with VW legend Oom Chris Coetzee from South Africa. Discover how Chris started his love affair with VW Beetles using lawn mower earnings at the age of 13, and how he built Afribeetle, a renowned VW restoration hub. Uncover tales of epic road trips across Africa, uniq…

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Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models with Julie Kallini - #724 50:32

2M ago50:32

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Today, we're joined by Julie Kallini, PhD student at Stanford University to discuss her recent papers, “MrT5: Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models” and “Mission: Impossible Language Models.” For the MrT5 paper, we explore the importance and failings of tokenization in large language models—including inefficient compression…

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Behind the Barn Finds: Randy Carlson’s Craziest VW Discoveries Ep8 54:32

2M ago54:32

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Step into the world of Volkswagen enthusiasts with host Joe Person in this engaging episode of DubLife Diaries. Join us as we delve into the stories and passions of the VW community, featuring the legendary Randy Carlson. Known for his work at OldBug.com and his YouTube channel, Carcheology, Randy is celebrated for his knack for uncovering rare and…

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Scaling Up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning with Jonas Geiping - #723 58:38

3M ago58:38

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Today, we're joined by Jonas Geiping, research group leader at Ellis Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems to discuss his recent paper, “Scaling up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning: A Recurrent Depth Approach.” This paper proposes a novel language model architecture which uses recurrent depth to enable “thinking in l…

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#239 - Chris Parnell 33:01

3M ago33:01

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Chris Parnell is an American actor and comedian. He stars in the feature film “Micro Budget” which is currently screening at festivals. Parnell also portrays the character of Jerry Smith in the animated television series “Rick and Morty” which in now available on Adult Swim, Max and Hulu.

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Groovy Days with the Davenports Ep7 1:12:38

3M ago1:12:38

1:12:38

DubLife Diaries takes you on an exhilarating ride into the heart of the Vintage Volkswagen community, hosted by passionate dubber Joe Person. In this episode 7, Joe sits down with the power couple Greg and Andrea Davenport, the dynamic duo behind the unique Groovy Day's VW photo bus. Their journey explores not just a simple VW bus with a camera in …

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Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought with Chengzu Li - #722 42:11

3M ago42:11

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Today, we're joined by Chengzu Li, PhD student at the University of Cambridge to discuss his recent paper, “Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought.” We explore the motivations behind MVoT, its connection to prior work like TopViewRS, and its relation to cognitive science principles such as dual coding theory. We dig i…

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#238 - Aaron Golden 42:12

3M ago42:12

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Aaron Golden is an American sound mixer, writer and producer. He is the sound recordist of the short film “Chasers” that premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Golden is also the founder of the production company London Blue Audio.

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Classic VW Bugs with Chris Vallone - Ep6 52:43

3M ago52:43

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In this episode of DubLife Diaries, host Joe Person takes listeners on a captivating journey into the world of classic VW restoration with special guest Chris Vallone, the mastermind behind Classic VW Bugs. With over 167k YouTube subscribers, and a thriving restoration business. Chris has created a global movement by reviving iconic Beetles and bri…

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Inside s1: An o1-Style Reasoning Model That Cost Under $50 to Train with Niklas Muennighoff - #721 49:29

3M ago49:29

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Today, we're joined by Niklas Muennighoff, a PhD student at Stanford University, to discuss his paper, “S1: Simple Test-Time Scaling.” We explore the motivations behind S1, as well as how it compares to OpenAI's O1 and DeepSeek's R1 models. We dig into the different approaches to test-time scaling, including parallel and sequential scaling, as well…

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Revving Up the VW Passion: Inside Florida Bug Jam - Ep5 53:51

3M ago53:51

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Welcome back to DubLife Diaries, where we embark on an exciting journey through the heart of the Volkswagen community. Join host Joe Person as he sits down with Randy Yoho, the man behind the legendary Florida Bug Jam—an epic weekend event attracting over 12,000 VW enthusiasts and 800 VW cars, buses, etc registered for show. Discover the thrilling …

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#237 - Kyra Leroux 34:31

3M ago34:31

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Kyra Leroux is a Canadian actress. She stars as Demi Boovais in the television movie “Monster High 2” which is now available on Paramount Plus. Leroux also appears in the television series “The Hunting Party”.

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Accelerating AI Training and Inference with AWS Trainium2 with Ron Diamant - #720 1:07:05

3M ago1:07:05

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Today, we're joined by Ron Diamant, chief architect for Trainium at Amazon Web Services, to discuss hardware acceleration for generative AI and the design and role of the recently released Trainium2 chip. We explore the architectural differences between Trainium and GPUs, highlighting its systolic array-based compute design, and how it balances per…

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VW Legend David Evans : 53 Herbie's Journey through Time - Ep4 1:04:35

3M ago1:04:35

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Join host Joe Person as he takes you on a nostalgic ride through the world of Volkswagen (Vdub) enthusiasts. In this episode 4, we explore the extraordinary life and stories of David Evans, a master builder, mechanic and lifelong lover of VW Beetles. From the early days of discovering a busted up '74 Super Beetle to becoming a cultural icon with hi…

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#236 - Gus Birney 37:38

3M ago37:38

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Gus Birney is an American actress. She stars in the television series “Shining Vale” whose Season 2 is now available on Max. Birney also plays in the upcoming series “Black Rabbit” which will be released on Netflix in 2025.

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π0: A Foundation Model for Robotics with Sergey Levine - #719 52:30

3M ago52:30

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Today, we're joined by Sergey Levine, associate professor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Physical Intelligence, to discuss π0 (pi-zero), a general-purpose robotic foundation model. We dig into the model architecture, which pairs a vision language model (VLM) with a diffusion-based action expert, and the model training "recipe," emphasizing the ro…

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Riding the VW Wave: Sven Couture's Inspiring Journey - Ep3 45:10

3M ago45:10

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Welcome to this 3rd episode of DubLife Diaries! In this captivating episode, host Joe Person introduces Sven Couture, a key figure in shaping the Tampa Bay VW scene. Sven's passion for Volkswagens led to 18 years of successful shows and community building. Beyond cars, he's a talented musician, blending his love for creativity with a rich automotiv…

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#235 - Bebe Wood 37:08

4M ago37:08

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Bebe Wood is an American actress, singer-songwriter and producer. She stars as Gretchen Wieners in the feature film “Mean Girls” which is now available on Paramount Plus. Wood is also the founder of the music production company Tree Bridge Entertainment through which she released her sophomore EP called “Live at MFA Boston”.…

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AI Trends 2025: AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems with Victor Dibia - #718 1:44:59

4M ago1:44:59

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Today we’re joined by Victor Dibia, principal research software engineer at Microsoft Research, to explore the key trends and advancements in AI agents and multi-agent systems shaping 2025 and beyond. In this episode, we discuss the unique abilities that set AI agents apart from traditional software systems–reasoning, acting, communicating, and ada…

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#234 - Kelsey Rose Healey 25:57

4M ago25:57

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Kelsey Rose Healey is an American actress. She stars in the television series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” which is now available on Prime Video.

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Rolling Legacy : The Truly Nolen VW Beetle Mouse Car and Family Legacy - Ep2 38:06

4M ago38:06

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Join us in this exciting episode 2 of DubLife Diaries as we sit down with Scarlett Nolen, the president of Truly Nolen of America, and the Daughter of Founder Truly David Nolen. Discover her incredible journey from a psychology graduate to leading a successful pest control company. Learn how her families passion for cars, especially Volkswagen, pla…

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Speculative Decoding and Efficient LLM Inference with Chris Lott - #717 1:16:30

4M ago1:16:30

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Today, we're joined by Chris Lott, senior director of engineering at Qualcomm AI Research to discuss accelerating large language model inference. We explore the challenges presented by the LLM encoding and decoding (aka generation) and how these interact with various hardware constraints such as FLOPS, memory footprint and memory bandwidth to limit…

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#233 - Taylor Blackwell 30:57

4M ago30:57

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Taylor Blackwell is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and visual artist. Her debut album, “In Memory of Haroldine,” is now available. Blackwell also stars in the television series “Your Friends and Neighbors” which will be released on Apple TV+ starting April 11, 2025.

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Ensuring Privacy for Any LLM with Patricia Thaine - #716 51:33

4M ago51:33

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Today, we're joined by Patricia Thaine, co-founder and CEO of Private AI to discuss techniques for ensuring privacy, data minimization, and compliance when using 3rd-party large language models (LLMs) and other AI services. We explore the risks of data leakage from LLMs and embeddings, the complexities of identifying and redacting personal informat…

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Petals and Pistons : The Magic of Posies Volkswagen Journey - Ep1 57:05

4M ago57:05

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Welcome to the first episode of DubLife Diaries, where podcast host Joe Person delves into the captivating journey of Posies Flower Truck, a unique Volkswagen-themed business. In this insightful episode, Joe invites Stephanie Frank and Madison Johnson to share their inspiring mother-daughter journey. Stephanie's passion for technology and Volkswage…

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#232 - Katie Sarife 30:11

4M ago30:11

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Katie Sarife is an American actress. She stars in the feature film “Annabelle Comes Home” which is now available on HBO Max.

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AI Engineering Pitfalls with Chip Huyen - #715 57:37

4M ago57:37

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Today, we're joined by Chip Huyen, independent researcher and writer to discuss her new book, “AI Engineering.” We dig into the definition of AI engineering, its key differences from traditional machine learning engineering, the common pitfalls encountered in engineering AI systems, and strategies to overcome them. We also explore how Chip defines …

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#231 - Avery Pohl 34:17

4M ago34:17

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Avery Pohl is an American actress. She stars in the television series “General Hospital” which is now available on Hulu and ABC. Pohl also played in the Sundance-nominated feature film “Sound of My Voice”.

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Evolving MLOps Platforms for Generative AI and Agents with Abhijit Bose - #714 58:08

5M ago58:08

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Today, we're joined by Abhijit Bose, head of enterprise AI and ML platforms at Capital One to discuss the evolution of the company’s approach and insights on Generative AI and platform best practices. In this episode, we dig into the company’s platform-centric approach to AI, and how they’ve been evolving their existing MLOps and data platforms to …

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