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Welcome to Robots and Red Tape!Our mission is to explore how AI will transform the world. At Robots and Red Tape, we aim to provide a balanced platform for AI experts to share educated insights.Here, we discuss real-world AI use cases, examine the societal impacts of AI, and…
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Mainframes, Myths & Modernization with Austin Keller (opens the original)
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In this episode of Robots and Red Tape, host Nick Schutt sits down with Austin Keller, Director of Data Science at IntelliDyne, for a grounded conversation on why critical systems still run on DOS, floppies, and “version 15 final redo,” and why most AI projects start in the wrong place. Drawing on manufacturing, Navy, DOJ, and VA work, Austin argues you start with the business problem—not the shiny tool—and that security is step zero. Key topics: Why “if it works, don’t mess with it” leaves agen
Deepfakes, Data & Deception with Monica Landen (opens the original)
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In this episode of Robots and Red Tape, host Nick Schutt sits down with Monica Landen, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer at Diligent (an AI leader in governance, risk, and compliance), for a grounded conversation on data, deception, and the next wave of AI risk. Monica walks through how privacy didn’t disappear in one dramatic moment but through thousands of small, reasonable decisions—location tracking for better navigation, voice assistants for convenience, biometric logins, and autom
Models, Malware & Mayhem with Varun Badwhar (opens the original)
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In this episode of Robots and Red Tape, our host Nick Schutt sits down with Varun Badhwar, Founder & CEO of Endor Labs, to unpack the security implications of the AI coding explosion. Varun shares why this wave feels fundamentally different from the cloud shift he saw with RedLock/Prisma Cloud, how AI agents have turned 20–30 million developers into 200–300 million potential coders, and why we’re now generating 100x–1000x more code—much of it carrying the same insecure patterns the models learne
Built on Borrowed Code: Why AI Runs on Open Source with Abby Kearns (opens the original)
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Join host Nick Schutt and Abby Kearns (CEO of ActiveState, former CTO at Puppet & AI startup, ex-CEO Cloud Foundry Foundation) as they unpack the invisible foundation of today’s AI revolution: open source software. From the explosive acceleration of tech cycles to the hidden dangers of transitive dependencies, this conversation reveals why 98% of software relies on open source—and why most organizations don’t fully understand the security risks in their stack. Abby shares insights on package sup
Platforms, Policies, and Paranoia with Keao Caindec (opens the original)
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Join host Nick Schutt as he sits down with Keao Caindec, CEO and Co-Founder of Clarra, for a grounded conversation on AI platforms, government policy, and the real versus imagined risks of artificial intelligence. Drawing from his background in cloud infrastructure, industrial cybersecurity, and now legal tech case management, Keao shares why most organizations are still not AI-ready and what it actually takes to cut through the red tape. Key topics: -Why AI feels different from previous tech wa
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