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Hey there! I'm Paraskevi (fun fact: my name means "Friday" in Greek), and this is where I share all my thoughts and discoveries about the tech world that fascinates me.
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Episode 60: Who Pays When AI Goes Wrong? With AD McSweaney (opens the original)
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AI governance is not an abstract policy problem. It already shapes the products we use, the infrastructure we fund, the work decisions leaders make, and the relationships people form with AI systems. In this episode of Tech Break by Friday, I speak with AD McSweaney about practical, human-centered AI governance. We discuss how to evaluate AI news, who carries the cost of data-center growth, why AI should not become an excuse for human decisions, what happens when models train on synthetic conten
Thinking Machines' Inkling: Impressive Base Model or Not Ready Yet? (opens the original)
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I tested Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling live across branding, website creation, code reasoning, general knowledge, and an enterprise compliance scenario. Inkling is an open-weights mixture-of-experts model with 975B total parameters and 41B active. But scale is not the real question. The useful question is whether the model can follow instructions, explain its reasoning, produce practical work, and identify risks that matter in real applications. In this episode, you will see: - A general-knowl
Episode 58: AI Still Needs Human Creativity w/ Jennifer Tran (opens the original)
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AI can help us research faster, explain unfamiliar concepts, and move between technical fields more easily than before. But there is a difference between producing an answer and understanding why that answer deserves to be trusted. That difference became the heart of my conversation with Jennifer Tran, a technical writer and emerging-technology creator behind Realmscape. Jennifer has worked across web development, cryptography, and quantum computing. Her writing sits in a valuable place that is
AI That Actually Works: Human Judgment, Skills and Reliable Systems w/ Ian Cook (opens the original)
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Most AI conversations jump straight to AGI. Ian P. Cook prefers a more useful question: how do we make today's AI reliable, measurable and valuable in the real world? Ian is SVP of AI at Qloo, where he leads work around consumer-preference prediction across entertainment, fashion, dining and travel. His career spans startups, machine learning products, healthcare, insurance and government and defense applications. In this episode of Tech Break by Friday, Ian cuts through the hype and explains wh
Episode 56: What you need to build with Fable 5 before July 7 (opens the original)
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Get full access to Tech Break by Friday at kivroglouparaskevi.substack.com/subscribe Today's my birthday, and before we get into the episode, I've got something special for you. To celebrate, I'm giving you a birthday gift: 50% off the paid membership, but only until tomorrow. If you've ever thought about upgrading to the podcast's paid content, this is the moment. Inside, you get a personal Q&A with me, plus the deeper content that AI-first people actually consume.💙 https://kivroglouparaskevi.s
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