AI is moving beyond the cloud and into robots, vehicles, and other physical systems. Ming-Yu Liu, VP of Cosmos Lab at @NVIDIAAI, joins us to discuss open models, world models, simulation, and what’s next for physical AI. 🎧 Listen/Watch: [link below]

⚙️AI agents are moving into the enterprise. Nick Kuhn from VMware Tanzu Platform joins us to discuss deploying agents alongside traditional applications, and what platform engineering can teach us about security, identity, scalability, and reliability. 🔗Listen/watch here: [link below]

🔎Search is changing. We talk with Liam Dunne and Ben Moore of Discovered Labs about AI search, visibility, query fan-out, Reddit strategy, citations, consensus, and what happens when LLMs generate answers. Plus: when AI agents go from discovery to action. 🔗Listen/watch: [link below]

🤖 What happens when AI agents can use computers, interact with software, and take action for us? Demetrios Brinkmann joins us to dig into computer-use agents, MCP, agent harnesses, agent-to-agent interactions, and the future of agentic commerce. 🎧 Listen/Watch: [link below]

Episode 370: Less about Models; More about Architecture --- In this episode, we talk with Chetan Gupta, Chief AI Officer at Rackspace, about industrial and physical AI, enterprise AI architecture, model deployment, and AI sovereignty. 🔗Watch/Listen: [link below] #AI

🧪August Recap: What does it take to move from experimenting with AI to actually building with it? That was the thread running through our Practical AI episodes in August. Three episodes. Three perspectives. One evolving AI landscape.

Episode 369: Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era --- Angie Jones, VP of the Agentic AI Foundation, joins us to discuss MCP, Goose, open standards, and the evolving role of humans in an #agentic world. ➡️Watch/ Listen: [link below]

We’re excited to sponsor the Midwest AI Summit this October! 🤝 A day of practical conversations on AI, this year centered on “Abundant Intelligence.” 📅 Oct 15 | 📍 Indianapolis 🎟️ Save 20% with code PracticalAI20 Hope to see you there! 👋 #midwestaisummit #podcast #AI

Episode 368: AI Proficiency: From Users to Builders --- 🤔 What does AI proficiency actually look like across an organization? In this episode, Mike Lewis, Chief AI Architect at TiER1 Performance, joins us to explore AI proficiency through the L0–L3 framework. 🔗Watch/Listen: [link below] #AI

Less hype. More conversations about what’s actually being built. That’s what we’re looking forward to the Midwest AI Summit, with an AI Engineering Lounge! 📅 Oct 15 | 📍Indianapolis 🎟️ 20% off with code PracticalAI20 → Tickets: [Link below] #MidwestAISummit #PracticalAI

Practical AI has had an exciting few months. 🎉 New logo. New theme music. And now we're available on YouTube! The look has changed, but our mission hasn't: thoughtful, practical AI conversations. Tune in on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more: practicalai.show

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Episode 367: Models, Harnesses, and Multi-Agent Systems --- Feeling like everyone is talking about AI agents, agent harnesses, MCPs, and multi-agent systems, but you're not sure what they actually mean? This week's episode is the primer you've been waiting for. 🎥/🎧Watch or listen: [Link below] #AI

⚙️July Recap: Here's a quick look at everything we explored in July, from visual intelligence to AI infrastructure, agent economics, and AI security. Catch up for any missed episodes at practicalai.xn--fm!-f113byzn

Episode 366: Reconstructing how OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face --- We unpack the Hugging Face security incident, exploring how autonomous #AIagents exploited vulnerabilities, and why AI may soon be needed to govern other AI. ➡️ Watch or Listen: [Link below] #HuggingFace #securityincident #AI

So… we finally did the thing. 👀 Practical AI is now also available on YouTube. 🎥🎉 Same AI conversations, same random tangents, same "wait… that's actually wild" moments, now with faces and reactions. 👉 www.youtube.com/@practicalai... Thanks, as always, for listening (or now, watching!😉)

Episode 365: Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World --- We explore what happens when: • #AIagents manage other agents • Digital labor becomes abundant • Entire organizations operate at a scale no human workforce could match 🎧 Watch/Listen: [Link below] #AI

🎊Our top episodes of Q2 are in! #351 We discuss how AI is changing the economics of software, open source, and the future of development. 🔗 practicalai.show/351 #352 We explore lessons from Claude Code Leak on AI agents, and security. 🔗 practicalai.show/352

Episode 364: The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave --- Corey Sanders, joins us to discuss AI-native infrastructure, GPUs, training vs. inference, agentic development, and why the future of software will be built around AI-first experiences. Watch/listen here👇 [Link below] #AI

Episode 363: Building Durable AI Agents --- Hamza Tahir from ZenML explains how MLOps principles are shaping genAI, from workflows and agent harnesses to agent fleets. We also discuss open source tools, production challenges ZenML's new project, Kitaru. Watch/listen here👇 [Link below] #AI

June Recap: Three episodes. One recurring theme: building AI we can actually trust. Here's what we explored in June on the podcast. If you missed any of these episodes, now's a great time to catch up. 🧵👇

Episode 362: Image Generation and Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs --- This week, Dustin Podell joins us to discuss: ➡️Diffusion vs. flow matching ➡️How modern image models work ➡️The FLUX family of models Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KODa... Listen: practicalai.show/362 #AI

Throwing it back to last year’s @midwestaisummit! 🧠 Both of our hosts took the stage to talk practical AI, and the energy was unmatched. Missed it last time? Don’t miss this year. 🗓️ Oct. 15, 2026 📍 Indianapolis, IN 🎟️ Tickets: [Link below👇] #MidwestAISummit #PracticalAI #AI

Episode 361: AIUC-1: Building trust in AI agents --- 📋How do we build trust in #AI agents before the AI hailstorm arrives? Emil Lassen from AIUC joins the show to discuss: • AIUC-1 certification • AI standards, audits & insurance • Red teaming AI agents #AI practicalai.show/361

Episode 360: Zero Trust for AI Agents --- 🚨More capable AI agents bring new security challenges. We unpack Anthropic's Zero Trust for AI Agents framework and discuss how organizations can secure agentic systems while adapting traditional cybersecurity principles. #AI practicalai.show/360

Episode 359: Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report --- We break down the Stanford AI Index Report, discussing AI adoption, safety, and the surprising gaps in today's most advanced models. Plus: should AI optimize everything, or are some things better left human? #AI practicalai.show/359

🛠️May Recap: This month on Practical AI: open vs. closed AI, AI governance, self-improving agents, and enterprise AI infrastructure. If you missed an episode, now’s the perfect time to catch up!🧵👇

Episode 358: Rebooting Enterprise AI with MCP and Kubernetes --- In this episode we talk with Craig McLuckie, CEO of Stacklok, to explore MCP, Kubernetes, ToolHive, enterprise AI, and the infrastructure powering AI-native applications. #AI practicalai.show/358

Episode 357: Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you --- ⚙️Open Source AI is entering an era of self-improving Agents. Jeffrey Quesnelle from Nous Research joins us to discuss Hermes Agent, model vs. harness architectures, and what remains uniquely human as AI accelerates. #AI practicalai.show/357

Episode 356: U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World --- Congressman Beyer talks on AI regulation, AI safety, cybersecurity, U.S. vs China competition, job displacement, autonomous weapons, existential risk, and the future of superintelligence. #AI practicalai.show/355

Episode 355: The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026 --- Do open vs. closed models still matter? This week’s episode dives into: • Physical AI & edge devices • Beyond model wars • Rise of agentic systems Featuring thoughts on LLaMA and where AI is heading. #AI practicalai.show/355