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Each week, Emerj research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups – uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption.
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Today's guest is Eigen Technologies CEO Lewis Liu. Eigen is an intelligent document processing platform specializing in helping organizations transform documents into any form of data. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Lewis talks about the challenges of legacy systems in financial services and intelligent document processing as a means of unlocking the information inside. Throughout the conversation, they differentiate the technologies involved from existing hype around LLMs and give a sober analysis of their exact capabilities and incapabilities. This episode is sponsored by Eigen Technologies. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer of FICO. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Scott helps dissect somewhat troublesome findings from FICO's recent survey on responsible AI in financial services. Later, they discuss ways that business leaders can close the gap in AI understanding and education often felt between organizations and their boards. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
Today's guest is Carm Taglienti, Distinguished Engineer and Product Portfolio Director for Insight, a leading IT solutions provider specializing in streamlining enterprise data infrastructure. He joins us on the podcast today to talk about some of the challenges organizations face both in laying the groundwork for AI transformation from scratch and developing existing systems in a way that avoids technical debt. This episode is sponsored by Insight. Learn more about sponsored content and how to engage with the Emerj audience at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Aamar Hussain, Director of Data & AI Customer Solution Architecture for Azure at Microsoft. Aamar also has experience at Google and helping transform businesses through customer experience. He joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello today in fielding questions about what do – particularly financial services organizations – wish they had known at the initial, or "foundational" phase of a customer experience transformation through data. Later, they discuss potential criteria for determining whether an organization should seek a vendor or develop data capabilities in-house. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield. He joins us in the first of two episodes to discuss AI's strides in diagnostics over the years, primarily driven by visual data in radiology and elsewhere. But this is not to discount where we find compelling use cases in text and language data – especially with how the healthcare space has reacted to the emergence of Chat-GPT and large language models. To discover critical AI applications and trends, download our whitepaper "3 Ways to Discover AI Trends" at emerj.com/t3.
Today's guests are WorkFusion VP, Head of AI Paul Tepper, and VP of Product Management Tina Chace. WorkFusion is a software company with over $340 million in funding that blends RPA and AI – a process often called intelligent automation – to help businesses digitize their operations. In conversation with Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello, Paul, and Tina differentiates intelligent automation from RPA and explain why compliance and financial crime are particularly well suited for intelligent automation as a solution. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Senior Vice President, Federal, R+D at Palantir, Shannon Clark. Shannon has spent nearly twenty years immersed in the defense sector, both for private contractors and the federal government. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Shannon explains the core cultural and technical barriers that make AI readiness challenging in defense – and the best places in the Department of Defense to begin preparing legacy defense systems for AI enhancement. Later, they discuss the high demand for engineers in the federal government and offer advice to AI-driven defense startups. To access Emerj's frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
Today's guest is Dr. Lori Cenci, US Head of Unauthorized Trade Surveillance at HSBC. She has over two decades of experience in risk, compliance, conduct, capital markets, quantitative research, product development, client advisory, consulting, writing, and teaching with such austere financial services brands as HSBC. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, they dissect the impact of AI on insider risk detection and compliance in the financial services space and what a day in the life is like for a market abuse investigator. Later, Lori offers strategies for sorting organizational problems and developing the right questions that automatically cultivate the best data to detect insider risk. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest for the final episode in our five-part 'AI Futures' series on the 'AI in Business' podcast is Tom Davenport, an American academic, business leader, and world-renowned voice in matters of artificial intelligence. He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss the forces that are making new developments in generative AI mandatory across the global economy. Later they examine how business leaders can make the most of these technologies without incurring undue legal risk. If you've enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!
Today's guest is Piotr Niedzwiedz, Founder & CEO at neptune.ai. In conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, they discuss how business leaders can best help their organizations navigate the transition from an AI services model to an AI product model. From challenges in venture capital to judging whether or not your AI product can even be a viable service, to begin with, Piotr pulls directly from his experience at neptune.ai and beyond to offer the audience direct insight. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.
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