AI Expert Insights & Podcasts

Discussions on AI technologies, future of AI, and its impact.

This collection features interviews, panels, and podcasts with researchers and thought leaders, exploring multi-agent systems as the future of intelligent AI, along with discussions on AI in decision-making and its real-world impact across industries.

Expert articles and opinions

ARTICLE, WEF

Agile AI Governance

Amir Banifatemi stresses that AI governance must adapt continuously—through real-time monitoring and agile policy tools—to keep up with innovation and build public trust.

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ARTICLE, WEF

User Experience in the Age of Multi-Agent AI

Users should be able to interact with agentic systems naturally through text, speech, documents or graphical user interface

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ARTICLE, FORBES

Without Responsible AI, Even Powerful AI is Bound to Stall

Enterprises are moving faster than their systems are ready to handle and we need responsible AI.

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ARTICLE, FAST COMPANY

The Essential Role of Humans in Enterprise Agentification

How do we set up and manage a team of intelligent, semi-autonomous artificial agents?

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ARTICLE, FAST COMPANY

DeepSeek is no Sputnik, but it’s an important accelerator for AI

Instead of looking at comparisons to past breakthroughs like Sputnik, we look at what DeepSeek tells us about where AI is going

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ARTICLE, VENTUREBEAT

Getting started with AI agents: Autonomy, safeguards and pitfalls

Babak Hodjat on the elements for building multi-agent systems, like safeguards like human oversight and error checks

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ARTICLE, VENTUREBEAT

Getting started with AI agents: Capturing processes and roles

Babak Hodjat on how we should go about building multi-agent systems for improved productivity, robustness, and resilience

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Podcasts

THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

When AI Agents Make the Call: Governing Autonomy at Scale

Benjamin Larsen discusses how enterprises can define, govern, and safely deploy AI agents.

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Autonomous Decision-making Across Agricultural Operations

Patricio Salvatore La Rosa on agentic AI in a complex, biologically driven production environment.

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Leveraging Agentic AI to Host and Judge the World’s Largest GenAI Hackathon

Arumugam Kamaradassan and Deepak Singh on using agentic AI to judge hackathon.

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AITODAY.IO

Modular AI Boosts Accuracy, Cuts LLM Confusion

Cognizant's Risto Miikkulainen on Why Multi-Agent Models Beat Single LLMs

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Enabling Agentic AI: Why Trust, Ethics, and Partnership Come First

Leo S. Mackay, Jr. on scaling agentic AI at the enterprise level

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Building the Enterprise Playbook for Agentic AI

Kim Krogh Andersen on how enterprises can build the foundational systems.

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Building a Trust Layer with AI Agents

Krishna Gade, Founder and CEO of Fiddler, explores how businesses can build trust in agentic AI.

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Cognizant CEO’s Vision on Building Smarter Enterprises with AI Agents

Ravi Kumar S unpacks how AI agents are changing the enterprise equation.

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

Without Responsible AI, Can Multi-Agent AI Truly Scale?

Lisa Bechtold and Amir Banifatemi share how to scale agentic AI safely

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

The Evolution of AI Agents: The Past & Present (Part 2)

Adam Cheyer and Babak Hodjat break down how businesses can begin their agentic transformation

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THE AGENT EFFECT PODCAST

The Evolution of AI Agents: The Past & Present (Part 1)

Adam Cheyer and Babak Hodjat reflect on the evolution of AI agents since Siri

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THE AI SPACE PODCAST

Winning & Attracting AI Researchers

Babak Hodjat on building tailored agent templates that match each client’s context

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GEN Z DIPLOMAT PODCAST

Evolution Is the Missing Link

Risto Miikkulainen on the role of evolutionary methods in the future of AI

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KUNGFU.AI PODCAST

Evolving Minds: Creativity and the Next AI Wave

Risto Miikkulainen on supervised learning, evolution, and neuroevolution

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RAION PODCAST

Truth, Power, and AI: Who Controls the Future?

Risto Miikkulainen on artificial intelligence, cognition, and the future of belief systems

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TECHSTRONG PODCAST

The Evolution of AI Agents with Babak Hodjat

Babak Hodjat traces the evolution of agents from initial launch of Apple Siri

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THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PODCAST

Babak Hodjat on Cognizant Neuro AI

Babak Hodjat on how Cognizant Neuro AI uses multi-agent systems for smarter decision-making

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ALLDUS AI IN ACTION PODCAST

Risto Miikkulainen, VP of AI Research at Lab

Risto Miikkulainen on AI-driven decision-making, neuroevolution, and Cognizant AI Lab research focus

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EMERJ PODCAST

Combining LLM Agents to Drive ROl in Workflows

Babak Hodjat discusses the challenges and opportunities of deploying agents in workflows

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DROPBOX PODCAST

Babak Hodjat on building smarter, more helpful AI

Babak Hodjat on AI assistants, workplace automation, and making digital agents more intuitive

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HRVOJE KUKINA PODCAST

AI Research & Evolutionary Computation

Risto Miikkulainen on neuroevolution, AI creativity, and the future of intelligent systems

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Conference talks & panels

AI EVERYTHING MEA EGYPT 2026

Reflections from AI Everything MEA Egypt 2026

Key insights from AI Everything MEA on human-centric AI, open ecosystems, and enterprise-scale deployment.

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AI IMPACT SUMMIT INDIA 2026

AI for Inclusive Economic Progress: Reimagining the Public Services Stack

Reflections from India AI Impact Summit 2026's panel, moderated by Chief Responsible AI Officer Amir Banifatemi.

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ICDABI

ICDABI Neuroevolution Keynote

Risto Miikkulainen on neuroevolution at ICDABI

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AAAI 2026

Evolution of Neural Networks

Risto Miikkulainen on the evolution of neural networks and deep dive into Neuroevolution book.

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NEUROEVOLUTION LAUNCH

Neuroevolution (MIT Press) Author Talk: Fireside Chat + Q&A

Panel feature the authors of Neuroevolution (MIT Press) Book: Sebastian Risi, Yujin Tang, David Ha, and Risto Miikkulainen

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HUMIES 2025

Presentation For RHEA (Realizing Human Expertise through AI)

Risto Miikkulainen on RHEA (Realizing Human Expertise through AI) at Humies 2025.

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COGNIZANT DISCOVERY

Redefining Enterprise Intelligence With Multi-Agent Systems

Babak Hodjat on multi-agent AI breaking silos and solving complex challenges

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MICROSOFT IGNITE

Exploring the future of AI with multi-agent systems and LLMs

Babak Hodjat explores AI agents and Neuro AI’s decision augmentation in a live demo

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COO Summit 2024

Acing AI - Real-World Success Stories And Strategies

Babak Hodjat on AI’s strengths, limitations, and the future of multi-agent systems

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AI Expert Insights & Podcasts

Discussions on AI technologies, future of AI, and its impact.

This collection features interviews, panels, and podcasts with researchers and thought leaders, exploring multi-agent systems as the future of intelligent AI, along with discussions on AI in decision-making and its real-world impact across industries.

Expert articles and opinions

Podcasts

Conference talks & panels

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