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Welcome to Utilizing AI, the podcast about the application of artificial intelligence from The Futurum Group. This podcast features a variety of perspectives to discuss practical applications, use cases, and various sectors of AI.
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The AI Proliferation Dilemma: Open-Weights, Data Sovereignty, and LTS Models | Utilizing AI Episode 43 (opens the original)
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When cutting-edge AI capabilities shift overnight from exclusive enterprise clouds to permissive open-weights models accessible to anyone, IT leaders are left navigating a chaotic landscape of unprecedented power and heightened security risks. In this episode of Utilizing AI, hosts Stephen Foskett, Brad Shimmin, and Olivier Blanchard unpack the realities of today’s expanding AI toolset—from high-performing open-source models coming out of China to Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter. The panel ex
Navigating the Model Deluge: How Enterprise IT Can Overcome AI Choice Fatigue | Utilizing AI Episode 42 (opens the original)
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Enterprise IT is currently facing a dizzying explosion of new AI models, frameworks, and platforms—making integration, rather than security or governance, the primary roadblock to actual business success. In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Futurum Group analysts Brad Shimmin and Guy Currier to explore how organizations can effectively navigate this overwhelming "embarrassment of riches." The panel breaks down the real-world friction of non-deterministic model beha
Demystifying AI: How Open-Weights and Local Hardware Are Democratizing Global Tech | Utilizing AI Episode 41 (opens the original)
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What if the key to stripping away apocalyptic hyperbole and demystifying artificial intelligence lies in putting open-weights models directly into the hands of everyday creators worldwide? In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett and guest Guy Currier explore how the shift toward open-weights models and lower hardware requirements is breaking down the geographical and economic barriers of AI development. Drawing parallels to historic industry shifts, they analyze how moving away fro
Will AI Really Take Your Job? The Hype vs. Economic Reality | Utilizing AI Episode 40 (opens the original)
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Although we are bombarded by headlines suggesting that AI will decimate the global workforce, the likely scenario is far more nuanced. This episode of Utilizing AI brings Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead, and Olivier Blanchard, Devices Research Director, of the Futurum Group to discuss the latest data on the impact of AI on the job market. When we look at the history of industrialization and technology, we see the value of investing in people and improving their skills rather than simpl
Bigger Isn't Always Better: Why Enterprise AI is Turning to Smaller, Sovereign Models | Utilizing AI Episode 39 (opens the original)
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Not every task demands a multi-trillion parameter model with massive a context window, and we are seeing increasing success with small models designed with efficiency in mind. This episode of Utilizing AI features Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin of The Futurum Group discussing the push and pull between frontier models and small domain-specific models. Quantization, novel open weights models, and even local models give us all sovereignty over our data, at least to some extent. They also give us fi
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