The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
Latest Episodes
Are Emergent Behaviors in LLMs an Illusion? with Sanmi Koyejo - #671
Today were joined by Sanmi Koyejo, assistant professor at Stanford University, to continue our NeurIPS 2024 series. In our conversation, Sanmi discusses his two recent award-winning papers. First, we dive into his paper, Are Emergent Abilities of Large
AI Trends 2024: Reinforcement Learning in the Age of LLMs with Kamyar Azizzadenesheli - #670
Today were joined by Kamyar Azizzadenesheli, a staff researcher at Nvidia, to continue our AI Trends 2024 series. In our conversation, Kamyar updates us on the latest developments in reinforcement learning (RL), and how the RL community is taking advanta
Building and Deploying Real-World RAG Applications with Ram Sriharsha - #669
Today were joined by Ram Sriharsha, VP of engineering at Pinecone. In our conversation, we dive into the topic of vector databases and retrieval augmented generation (RAG). We explore the trade-offs between relying solely on LLMs for retrieval tasks vers
Nightshade: Data Poisoning to Fight Generative AI with Ben Zhao - #668
Today were joined by Ben Zhao, a Neubauer professor of computer science at the University of Chicago. In our conversation, we explore his research at the intersection of security and generative AI. We focus on Bens recent Fawkes, Glaze, and Nightshade p
Learning Transformer Programs with Dan Friedman - #667
Today, we continue our NeurIPS series with Dan Friedman, a PhD student in the Princeton NLP group. In our conversation, we explore his research on mechanistic interpretability for transformer models, specifically his paper, Learning Transformer Programs.
AI Trends 2024: Machine Learning & Deep Learning with Thomas Dietterich - #666
Today we continue our AI Trends 2024 series with a conversation with Thomas Dietterich, distinguished professor emeritus at Oregon State University. As you might expect, Large Language Models figured prominently in our conversation, and we covered a vast
AI Trends 2024: Computer Vision with Naila Murray - #665
Today we kick off our AI Trends 2024 series with a conversation with Naila Murray, director of AI research at Meta. In our conversation with Naila, we dig into the latest trends and developments in the realm of computer vision. We explore advancements in
Are Vector DBs the Future Data Platform for AI? with Ed Anuff - #664
Today were joined by Ed Anuff, chief product officer at DataStax. In our conversation, we discuss Eds insights on RAG, vector databases, embedding models, and more. We dig into the underpinnings of modern vector databases (like HNSW and DiskANN) that al
Quantizing Transformers by Helping Attention Heads Do Nothing with Markus Nagel - #663
Today were joined by Markus Nagel, research scientist at Qualcomm AI Research, who helps us kick off our coverage of NeurIPS 2023. In our conversation with Markus, we cover his accepted papers at the conference, along with other work presented by Qualcom
Responsible AI in the Generative Era with Michael Kearns - #662
Today were joined by Michael Kearns, professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania and an Amazon scholar. In our conversation with Michael, we discuss the new challenges to responsible AI brought about