Welcome to Mixture of Experts, your weekly deep dive into the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence—bringing you insightful discussions on the latest AI trends, innovations, and their impact on business.
From breakthrough research to practical applications, each episode offers a balanced blend of expertise and analysis. Explore how AI is reshaping industries, driving efficiency, and unlocking new opportunities for growth. Whether you’re a seasoned professional seeking to stay ahead of the curve or an enthusiast curious about the future of technology, Mixture of Experts delivers the perfect mix of insights and practical knowledge. Tune in and stay informed as we navigate the dynamic intersection of AI and business.
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Impact of AI on jobs, Scale AI fallout and chatbot conspiracies
Jun 20, 2025
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Could AI take your job? In episode 60 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim
Hwang is joined by Phaedra Boinodiris, Chris Hay and Volkmar Uhlig.
First, the impact of AI on the job market is all the rage online.
Between the Godfather of AI revealing which jobs he feels are safe, and
Jensen Huang responding to Dario Amodei’s thoughts, our experts analyze
the chatter. Next, Scale AI is facing some fallout. What can we learn
about data security? Then, an article from the New York Times details
how chatbots can take users down “conspiratorial rabbit holes,” Who is
benefitting from these conversations? Finally, how is AI affecting the
startup ecosystem?Tune in to Mixture of Experts to find out! 00:00 – Intro 01:17 -- AI and jobs 12:28 -- Scale AI fallout 22:00 -- Chatbot conspiracies 35:20 -- AI startup ecosystem 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.
Apple’s WWDC, Meta & Scale AI, o3-pro and fault-tolerant quantum computing
Jun 13, 2025
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Did Apple’s WWDC 2025 live up to expectations? In episode 59 of Mixture
of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Kaoutar El Magrahoui
and Shobhit Varshney. Today, the experts analyze all things Apple—from
Apple Research’s recent paperThe Illusion of Thinking to Apple
Intelligence. Next, OpenAI released o3-pro: we continue the analysis on
AI reasoning. Then, Meta purchased Scale AI for a whopping $15 billion.
Why? Finally, an exciting new announcement on fault-tolerant quantum
computing: IBM Quantum Starling will arrive by 2029. What does this mean
and why should we care? All that and more on this week’s Mixture of
Experts. 00:01 – Intro 01:58 -- Apple's WWDC 16:47 -- OpenAI o3-pro 30:43 -- Meta & Scale AI's "superintelligence" lab 37:56 -- Fault-tolerant quantum computing 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. Resources: How IBM will build the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/large-scale-ftqc Visit the Mixture of Experts podcast page to learn more: https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts Subscribe for AI updates: https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120 Learn more about artificial intelligence: https://www.ibm.com/think/artificial-intelligence
NY Tech Week, open source AI reports and Claude 4 behaviors
Jun 06, 2025
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Is open source winning the AI race? In episode 58 of Mixture of Experts,
host Tim Hwang is joined by Anthony Annunziata, Ash Minhas and Sarah
Amos live from New York Tech Week. First, we dive into the various
themes coming out of NY Tech Week, specifically practical uses of AI.
Next, we analyze a couple of different reports about the impact of open
source on AI. Finally, Claude 4 has some really weird behaviors. What
does this teach us about AI safety and model development? All that and
more on this week’s Mixture of Experts. 00:01 -- Intro 01:09 -- New York Tech Week 2025 11:36 -- Open source AI reports 31:33 -- Weird behaviors from Claude 4 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.
Claude 4 system prompt, Jony Ive at OpenAI and Microsoft’s “agent factory"
May 30, 2025
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Claude 4’s system prompt leaked? In episode 57 of Mixture of Experts,
host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Kate Soule and Aaron Baughman to
debrief a hectic week in AI. First, Anthropic’s system prompt for
Claude 4 was leaked; what stuck out to our experts? Then, Rick Rubin and
Anthropic are vibe coding? We debrief “The Way of Code.” Next, OpenAI
paid $6.5 billion for Jony Ive’s company, LoveFrom . Finally, Microsoft
theorizes the development of “agent factories”. Is there a “winner takes
all” in the AI agent's space? Tune in to this week’s Mixture of
Experts for more! 00:01 – Intro 00:51 -- Claude 4 system prompt 13:23 -- The Way of Code 23:03 -- Jony Ive and OpenAI 32:30 -- Microsoft’s “agent factory” 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.
BONUS: Claude 4: Everything you need to know
May 23, 2025
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How long until Anthropic drops Claude 5.0? On today’s bonus episode of Mixture of Experts, guest host Bryan Casey is joined by Chris Hay, Marina Danilevsky and Shobhit Varshney to analyze the newly released Claude 4.0 family: Opus 4 and Sonnet 4. What do we know about the model architecture vs. What is speculation? In this special episode we talk Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and the rest of the competition in the AI race! Who will win? Tune-in to this bonus Mixture of Experts for more! 00:01 – Intro 00:32 – Claude 4.0 12:48 – OpenAI and Jony Ives 22:27 – Anthropic full-stack 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.
Google I/O, NLWeb, llm-d and is Stack Overflow dead?
May 23, 2025
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Should you pay for Google’s AI Ultra subscription plan? In episode 56 of
Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Abraham Daniels, Gabe
Goodhart and Marina Danilevsky to debrief the announcements from Google
I/O 2025. Next, RedHat dropped llm-d, a Kubernetes-native distributed
inference serving stack; what is it and why does it matter? Then, we
analyze Microsoft’s NLWeb: is everything becoming conversational?
Finally, Stack Overflow has been on a decline. Is AI to blame? Find out
more on this week’s Mixture of Experts! 00:01 – Intro 00:52 --Google I/O 2025 announcements 11:36 -- Stack Overflow 22:04 -- llm-d 30:08 -- NLWeb 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.
Mistral Medium 3, OpenAI HealthBench and AI chips to Saudi Arabia
May 16, 2025
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Can Mistral make Europe a global AI contender? In episode 55 of Mixture
of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Volkmar Uhlig and
Kaoutar El Maghraoui to discuss the drop of Mistral Medium 3. Next, we
analyze the AI chip sales both NVIDIA and AMD made to Saudi Arabia.
Then, with IBM’s new ITBench and OpenAI’s HealthBench, we dive deeper
into benchmarks for AI evaluation. Tune in to this week’s Mixture of
Experts for more! 00:01 – Intro 00:47 -- Mistral Medium 3 12:26 -- AI chips to Saudi Arabia 21:21 -- AI evaluation benchmarks 31:47 -- Amazon's AI-generated pause ads 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.
IBM Think 2025, OpenAI Windsurf acquisition, reasoning models and hallucinations
May 09, 2025
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Has AI hallucination gotten out of control? In episode 54 of Mixture of
Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kate Soule, Skyler Speakman and
Kaoutar El Maghraoui to analyze reasoning models and rising
hallucinations. Next, as IBM Think 2025 wraps, the experts unpack the
biggest highlights from IBM’s biggest show of the year: new AI agents,
Ferraris and ... penguins? Then, OpenAI is making moves with its
acquisition of Windsurf. What does this mean? Tune in to this week’s
Mixture of Experts for more! 00:01 – Intro 01:12 – IBM Think 2025 09:27 – Reasoning models and hallucinations 19:23 – OpenAI Windsurf acquisition 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.
LlamaCon, Qwen3, DeepSeek-R2 rumors and JP Morgan’s open letter on AI
May 02, 2025
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We are celebrating MoE podcast’s one year anniversary! In episode 53 of
Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by the O.G. panel of
experts from our pilot—Chris Hay, Shobhit Varshney and Kush Varshney.
This week, we cover some exciting announcements at LlamaCon. Then, we
discuss some new Chinese AI models from Qwen3 to the rumored
DeepSeek-R2. Next, J.P. Morgan’s CISO, Patrick Opet, released “An open
letter to our third-party suppliers,” covering the need for AI security.
Are we doomed? Finally, we look back at some of the topics we discussed
in episode 1—the Rabbit AI device, GPT-2 chatbot, Apple
Intelligence—after all that, who was the first person to say “agents” on
the podcast? Tune in to find out, on today’s one-year celebration of
Mixture of Experts. 00:00 -- Intro 00:38 -- LlamaCon 10:34 -- Qwen3 and DeepSeek-R2 23:23 -- J.P. Morgan’s open letter 39:45 -- One year of MoE 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.
OpenAI social network, Anthropic’s reasoning study and humanoid half-marathon
Apr 25, 2025
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Is OpenAI going to enter the social media game? In episode 52 of Mixture
of Experts host, Tim Hwang is joined by Gabe Goodhart, Kate Soule and
Marina Danilevsky. First, Sam Altman is rumored to be testing an
internal prototype social network; why is this a potential next move for
the AI giant? Next, for our paper of the week, we analyze Anthropic’s
study on chain-of-thought reasoning, “Reasoning Models Don’t Always Say
What They Think.” Then, AI scraping puts a strain on Wikimedia; what’s
the impact of this? Finally, China held a humanoid robot half-marathon,
where humans raced alongside robot competitors. Who wins this AI race?
All that and more on today’s Mixture of Experts. 00:41 -- OpenAI social network 10:02 -- Anthropic’s reasoning study 20:56 -- AI bots strain Wikimedia 31:33 -- Humanoid half-marathon 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.
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