AI-podden

AI-Podden News - February

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this February news update, our host Ather Gattami sits with Anders Arpteg, to recap the latest and most significant shifts in AI. On the menu; Open...

AI-Podden News - January

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this months January news update, our hosts; Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, recap the latest and most significant shifts in AI.

Why Data Will Define the AI Winners: Redpine

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Anders Hammerbeck, co-founder of Red Pine AI, discusses how data, not models - will define the winners in the AI era. He explains Red...

A Look Back, a Glance Ahead: AI in 2026

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year listeners! In our first AI-Podden news update of 2026, our hosts Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, reflect on the key highlights of AI i...

AI-Podden News - November

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this months November news update, our hosts; Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, recap November's biggest AI shifts. Google's Gemini 3 Pro taking the ...

AI-Podden News - October

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In October's AI news update, Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg discuss OpenAI's transition to a full for-profit structure, the rollout of in-chat shoppi...

Dreamforce 2025 & The Next Generation of Agentic AI

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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How Kyndryl Powers Global Infrastructure

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, our host Ather Gattami, speaks with Beda Grahn, Managing Director at Kyndryl Nordics & Baltics, about how they use AI to manage and ...

AI-Podden News - September

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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AI Mode: A Google Reveal

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special episode, our host Ather Gattami welcomes Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, to reveal some truly exciting Google news: ...

AI-Podden News - August

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest AI-Podden news episode, our hosts Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, discussed insights from a recent Stockholm AI event with Mistral and ...

AI-Podden News - Summer

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's update, host Ather Gattami is joined by regular guest Anders Arpteg, Head of AI and Data at GlobalConnect, to unpack the summer's bigge...

The Man Behind the Mic.

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special summer episode, we do something a bit different. Our usal host Ather Gattami steps into the guest seat and is interviewed by...

AI-Podden News - June (with Anders Arpteg)

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather Gattami and one of our favourite guests; Anders Arpteg, Head of AI and Data at GlobalConnect, explore Meta's shifting...

How Nordic Companies Are (and Aren't) Using AI

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, special guest; Eva Fors, Managing Director at Google Cloud Nordics returns to the podcast. Eva and our host, Ather Gattami loo...

Driving Intelligence: AI on the Road

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stephen Jenkins, VP of Technology Strategy at Magna Electronics, shares practical insights into how AI is reshaping the auto...

AI-Podden News - May (with Anders Arpteg)

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, we host one of our favourite guests; Anders Arpteg, Head of AI and Data at GlobalConnect, to discuss how AI could enable "sing...

Building AI That Actually Works

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, Ather chats with Magnus Hambleton, investor at byFounders and former data lead at Natural Cycles. Magnus has successfully appl...

Where Science Meets AI

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Salla Franzén, Investment Manager at Navigare Ventures, returns to AI-Podden to explore how AI accelerates discovery in fields like ...

What AI Can't Do (Yet)...

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode we host John Lamb, Solutions Lead AI & Analytics at TietoEvry. John emphasises that while tools like LLMs are useful for automa...

AI, War, and the Human Touch

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we host special guest; Senior Business and Tech Correspondent at SVT and author, Alexander Norén. We discuss how AI is tran...

The AI Revolution: Industry Disruption, Investment Shifts, and Future Challenges

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we speak to Anders Indset, a philosopher, deep tech investor, and best-selling author. We discuss AI's real-world impact, emphasizing ...

Data, Independence and Bias: The EU AI landscape

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we chat to Niklas Silfverström, CEO of Klang.ai, about Europe's need for AI independence. We discuss data privacy risks, the Cloud Ac...

The AI Race: GROK 3, Open-Source Wars, and the Future of AGI

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we host Anders Arpteg to discuss GROK 3's rapid innovation, the competitive AI landscape, and the rise of Chinese models. We expl...

Game on with AI: How King is Levelling Up

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather speaks to Galina Esther Shubina, Senior Director of AI Strategy at King. They discuss how AI improves gameplay and developm...

Driving AI at Volvo

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather speaks to Mehrdad Mamaghani, Volvo Group's Head of Data Science. They discuss AI's role in predictive maintenance, financial fo...

AI-Podden News - December

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Merry Christmas folks! This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss December's AI news updates. Highlights included Uber's entry in...

AI-Podden News - November

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss November's AI news updates. Topics include; OpenAI's Slush presentation, which reveale...

AI's Dual Identity: Philosophy Meets Practicality

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Guttmann, Executive Director of the Nordic AI Institute, discusses AI as both a philosophical aspiration and a practical tool. He highli...

Navigating AI Ethics and Regulation

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we welcome back; Reggie Townsend, Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS Institute and member of President Biden's National AI Advisory Co...

AI-Podden Live - Special Guest, Ingrid af Sandeberg

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, recorded live, at the third installment of AI-Podden live at Epicenter, features Ingrid af Sandeberg, Strategic Advisor at Epicenter...

AI-Podden News - September & October

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, recorded live, is the third installment of Ather and Mimi's special news updates at Epicenter Stockholm. They discuss Elon Musk's We...

AI First: How is Google Shaping the Future of Intelligence

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ted Schönbeck, Nordic CTO, Google Cloud discusses the current and future landscape of AI, emphasizing its ability to perform tasks that typically req...

Navigating the Future of Intelligent Systems

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features special guest, Tom Sodestrom, AWS Enterprise Strategist, speaking on the latest trends in AI and edge computing. Tom shares his ...

AI-Podden News - July & August

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode, recorded live, is the second installment of Ather and Mimi's special news updates at Epicenter Stockholm. They discuss OpenAI an...

AI-Podden News - June

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, guest host (Sifted's) Mimi Billing and Ather discuss June's AI news updates. Topics include Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI over a n...

From NASA to AWS, Sky's the Limit with AI

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather interviews Tom Soderstrom, AWS Enterprise Strategist, on his career and insights into innovation and generative AI. Tom shares ...

Hybrid AI Systems: The Future of Intelligent Reasoning

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather interviews Lele Cau, AI research scientist at MotherBrain, part of EQT Partners. They discuss AI as a system integrating softwa...

Driving Innovation with AI

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather meets Caroline Ohlsson, Data & AI Director at Verdane. Caroline explains Verdane's investment in tech-enabled companies and how...

LIVE at Epicenter: AI-podden News - May

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our first ever live recording at Epicenter Stockholm, Ather and Mimi Billing open with Kai-fu Lee's prediction that AI will take 50% of jobs by 202...

Transforming Finance with AI

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather interviews Anastasia Varava, Research Lead at SEBX, SEB Banken, about AI in banking. Anastasia's work at KTH and SEB Banken...

The Rise of Large Language Models

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode host Ather interviews Mikael Huss, co-founder and Principal Data Scientist at Codon. They discuss the evolution of AI, noting the ...

AI-Podden News - April

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss April's AI developments, including; implications in geopolitics and business, hig...

Redefining Retail with AI

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather hosts guest Alex Baker, global retail strategist, entrepreneur, and Principal at Nordic Retail Hub. They discuss t...

Automating Quality Assurance with AI

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ather interviews Vilhelm von Ehrenheim, co-founder and CAIO of QA Tech, discussing the use of AI in automating quality assurance for web applications....

AI in action: A real-world IT approach

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ather interviews Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, AI director at ManageEngine, who clarifies AI's role as a practical tool for pattern...

AI-podden News - March

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss March's AI developments, including; Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, alleging violation of...

AI-podden News - February

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week our guest host, Sifted's Mimi Billing and Ather discuss February's AI developments, including OpenAI's new video tool, Sora, and its careful...

Democratisation of Generative AI

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Salman Avestimehr, USC professor and FedML co-founder, discusses AI, federated learning, and large language models. This week's topics inc...

Financial trading as a game

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the AI Podcast, host Ather Gattami interviews Michal Sustr, co-founder of EquiLibre, a company that uses game theory and reinforcem...

Generalisation vs Reasoning

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reinforcement learning is a type of machine learning that allows agents to learn by interacting with their environment. DeepMind researcher, David Abe...

AI-podden News - January

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mimi and Ather delve into the impact of AI on elections and political communication as well as deepfakes and cybercrime. They address...

The inventor of LoRA - Edward Hu

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Edward Hu, Researcher at OpenAI, known for his invention of LoRA, a widely used machine learning method to fine-tune Large Language Models (LLMs) whic...

AI-podden News — Dec 23

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mimi Billing, European editor at Shifted and Ather highlight the latest news in AI in December and take a look back at 2023. In this episode, you will...

The Future AI City

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Karvonen, Prof. of Urban Design and Planning at Lund University talks of  the "Urban Brain", where we have some kind of smart city control room ...

Personalized medicine with AI

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mika Gustafsson, Prof., and David Martinez, PhD student, both at Linköping University conduct research in Bioinformatics and precision medicine. They...

AI-podden News — 29 Nov

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's start with the company behind chatGPT, OpenAI. No one has missed the last couple of weeks' happenings at OpenAI, where the CEO and cofounder Sam...

Optimize the food industry with AI

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Agnes Lindell, Head of Data Driven Business at Elvenite shares her experience in building data driven tools in the food industry, all from some of th...

Europe should invest more in AI

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kye Andersson, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Canucci and also author of the recently published Sifted article on the technological, and espe...

AI-podden News - 10 Nov

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of AI-podden, we have the pleasure to introduce Mimi Billing from Sifted who will be co-hosting AI-podden in this special form...

Making impact in Healthcare with AI

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The AI Swede of the year (2023) is Max Gordon, and he is also our (returning) guest in this episode of AI-podden! Max is an orthopedic surgeon and Ass...

AI for Sustainability

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nastaran Baleng-Soultani, co-founder of Space Academy and RadCap Ventures shares with us her thoughts about the "AI hype" and the trends of AI startup...

Do the AI benefits out-weight the risks?

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ather's guest in this episode is Eva Fors, Managing Director of Google Cloud Nordics. Eva and Ather discuss the most recent developments in the AI ser...

AI Fashion is here

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Carl-Axel Wahlström, AI Artist and Creator of the AI fashion magazine Copy hares with us his experience and journey of using AI in his creative wor...

How to do Data Engineering

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lars Albertsson, founder of Scling and one of Scandinavia's most skilled data engineers, with experience from Google and Spotify shares his experience...

Breakthroughs in Efficient Deep Learning

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have great pleasure of hosting Mert Pilanci, Professor at Stanford University. Mert Pilanci shares with us his recent research breakthroughs in mac...

AI in the Security Service

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are excited to host Anders Arpteg this week, Data Science Director of the Swedish Security Service. Anders shares with us the very important role h...

How intelligent should AI really be?

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest in this episode of AI-podden is Milan Kordestani, Entrepreneur, Investor, and Author. Milan, who is a serial entrepreneur, tells us about ho...

The status of AI regulations in the US and elsewhere

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are hosting two great guests, Reggie Townsend, Vice President, Data Ethics Practice. Member of the Biden AI Advisory Committee, an...

Fraud prevention and anti-money laundering with AI

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden with Stephanie Ora and Mark Thundercliffe, SAS Institute. Stephanie and Mark discuss the role of AI, data, and analytics for risk management...

Optimising ads with AI

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, AI-Podden talks with Anders Gustafsson, Chief Strategy Officer, Brightbid. Anders tells us how Brightbid uses AI to help companies be...

Development of AI Driven Products

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden with Dylan Sellberg, Director of Product at Hubspot. Dylan tells us about Hubspot's latest AI developments, especially the new product devel...

Multi-Agent and Energy Efficient AI Models are the next big thing

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Noam Slonim, Distinguished engineer and Initiator and leader of the Debater project, IBM Noam Slonim shares with us his best boughts on the recent dev...

EU needs to invest more in AI

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest in this episode of AI-podden is Jörgen Warborn, who is a member of the European Union Parliament. Jörgen shares what happens behind the cu...

Fast - Track AI Production Is Here

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden med Jim Dowling, Founder and CEO of Hopsworks and Associate Professor in Computer Science at KTH Read more: https://ai-podden.se/en

AI developments from a VC perspective

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of AI-podden, we are hosting Ted Persson, Partner at EQT Ventures who has also a long journey of being an entrepreneur. Ted shares wit...

Enhancing software with AI

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of AI-podden, we are happy to host Daniel Akenine, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Sweden. Daniel tells us about some of the ...

Behavioral Science, augmenting humans with AI, and viral marketing

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden's guest in this episode is Sebastian Krakowski, Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and Digital Affiliate at Stanford University....

Building sustainable solutions with machine learning

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest in this episode of AI-podden is Sid Khullar, Senior Director of Machine Learning R&D at Northvolt. Sid shares with us some of the interestin...

Large language models use cases in healthcare

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest for this episode is Kobra "Farzaneh" Etminani, Associate Professor in Machine Learning at Halmstad University. Farzaneh shares with us her r...

Transforming Healthcare with AI

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden's guest this week is Erik Brandt, Chief Data Scientist at Shaarpec. Erik shares their work in healthcare where they use AI for more efficien...

AI could cure depression

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are hosting Moha Bensofia, CEO of Mendi, a startup that provides cutting edge brain-health technology to help people measure, cont...

Co-creation with AI as a tool

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden's guest in this episode is Rasmus Adler Wahlberg, Co-founder and CEO of Multiply. Rasmus is a serial entrepreneur, who has spent the last co...

Creating Elements of AI

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have the pleasure to host Olof Hoverfält in this episode, who is Strategy & Business Design Principle at Reaktor. Olof talks about how they develo...

Så för man in AI i affärsverksamheten

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fredrik Hofflander, Head of AI på Afry, gästar AI-podden och berättar om hur man ska göra för att få in AI och i ett företag. Fredrik ger råd ...

AI är en affärsmöjlighet

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jan Dernestam, Managing Partner på Mannheimer Swartling I denna live-inspelning gästas AI-podden av Jan Dernestam, Managing Partner på Mannheimer S...

Utmaningen med att driva projekt och organisationer inom AI

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I detta avsnitt gästas AI-podden av Alexander Hübel, partner och Chief Strategy Officer på Turbotic. Alexander berättar om hur Turbotic hjälper f...

Towards Human-Level Intelligence

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Lawrence is the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, Senior AI Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, v...

AI with or without human supervision?

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

AI-podden is happy to host Pelin Ozbozkurt, Data Science Solution Director at Oracle. Pelin shares with us some of the interesting projects they have ...

The IBM Debater

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Noam Slonim, the project leader of the IBM Debater project tells us about their journey to build AI that can perform a debate on a hu...

AI-podden with Professor Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The AI-podcast proudly hosts Professor Stuart Russell, University of California at Berkeley. Professor Russell is one of the pioneers of AI and his ov...

#Vitecherupp med Åsa Zetterberg

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ather Gattami har bjudit in Åsa Zetterberg till ett specialavsnitt av AI-podden med anledning av COVID-19. Åsa Zetterberg är förbundsdirektör på...

Rebooting AI

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of our AI podcast "AI-podden", we talk to Gary Marcus, the author of "Rebooting AI" and Founder of robust.ai. We discuss the state of ...

Robusthet och transparens är nästa steg inom AI

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Veckans AI-podden gäst är Pin-Yu Chen, Chief Scientist på IBM Watson Research. Pin-Yu berättar om hur AI har utvecklats och hur fokus har skiftat ...

Om börsen och AI

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

AI har idag en viktig rådgivande roll inom handel av aktier, inte minst när det kommer till robothandel. Veckans gäst i AI-podden är Mike O'Rourke...

Satsning på AI forskning viktig för Sverige

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Veckans avsnitt av AI-podden gästas av Matilda Ernkrans, minister för högre utbildning och forskning. Ather och Matilda pratar om hur Sveriges rege...

AI och deep learning – nästa militära slagfält?

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I veckans avsnitt av AI-podden pratar Ather Gattami och Anna Ringborg om "Deep learning"-algoritmer som kan vara förvånansvärt enkla att manipulera...

AI-poddens recept för att bli mer AI-driven

07 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ett av de största problemen för att företag ska bli mer AI-drivna är att hitta rätt kompetens. Men det finns fler ingredienser som företag bör ...

Kreativitet och AI med Professor Arthur I. Miller

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Är datorer kreativa på riktigt? Idag kan datorer på ett enkelt sätt omvandla ett fotografi till en målning i stil med stora konstnärer som Picas...

AI hjälper domare betygsätta gymnaster

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gymnaster kan nu bli bedömda av artificiell intelligens – deras rörelser läses av och analyseras som numerisk data och poängsätts därefter. De...