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Ather Gattami

One of Sweden's most popular technology podcasts that sheds light on current AI developments with guests from all sides of society.

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#179
July 30 · 57 min
AI-Podden News - July
In this July AI news roundup, our host Ather sits with Anders Arpteg to unpack the latest frontier model releases, the rapid rise of open-source competitors, and the growing importance of enterprise agent platforms. The conversation explores how innovation is shifting from raw model performance towards infrastructure, governance, efficiency and latent-space reasoning, while Chinese models, energy constraints and increasingly capable autonomous agents reshape the competitive landscape.
#178
July 3 · 54 min
AI-Podden News - June
In this June news episode, host Ather Gattami sits down with Anders Arpteg to unpack the biggest AI developments from the past month. The discussion looks beyond frontier model hype to the infrastructure, platforms and specialised models that are starting to define real-world adoption. From GPT 5.6, Claude and China's fast-rising open models to custom chips, enterprise agents, geopolitical pressure, continual learning and AI-enabled cyberattacks, the episode explores where advantage in AI is really shifting: from model weights alone to data, orchestration, efficiency and domain expertise.
#177
June 2 · 43 min
AI-Podden News - May
In this May news episode, our host Ather Gattami sits with Anders Arpteg to discuss how the industry accelerating on several fronts at once: coding, agentic workflows, enterprise tooling and research capability. As Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Mistral and others push new models and platforms, the competitive edge is shifting from raw model performance toward speed, integration, transparency and data sovereignty. At the same time, breakthroughs in mathematical proof, AI-assisted research and formal reasoning suggest the technology is beginning to move beyond pattern recognition toward genuinely novel insight and more autonomous problem-solving.
#176
May 26 · 25 min
The Future of Banking Is Invisible
In this special episode of AI-Podden, our host Ather Gattami sits down with Rolf Njor Jensen, VP of Technology at Lunar to explore how AI is reshaping the future of banking. From AI-powered support agents and smarter customer onboarding, to the rise of "invisible banking", we discuss how financial services could move beyond the banking app and become part of everyday digital experiences. We also look at what it takes to use AI responsibly in one of the world's most regulated industries, including data governance, privacy, security, human oversight and the new identity models needed for agentic AI.
#175
May 15 · 47 min
AI-Podden News - April
In this May news episode, our host Ather Gattami sits with Anders Arpteg to discuss how the industry accelerating on several fronts at once: coding, agentic workflows, enterprise tooling and research capability. As Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Mistral and others push new models and platforms, the competitive edge is shifting from raw model performance toward speed, integration, transparency and data sovereignty. At the same time, breakthroughs in mathematical proof, AI-assisted research and formal reasoning suggest the technology is beginning to move beyond pattern recognition toward genuinely novel insight and more autonomous problem-solving.
#174
April 8 · 48 min
AI-Podden News - March
In this March news episode, our host Ather Gattami sits with Anders Arpteg to unpack a fast-moving period in AI, from NVIDIA GTC and the rise of agentic, always-on systems to the growing demand for inference, physical AI and autonomous driving. They argue that while the industry is moving quickly and companies are racing to build more proactive, capable systems, current models are still far weaker at reasoning and action-taking than the hype often suggests, something they link to the poor results on Arc AGI 3. The conversation also touches on shifting power dynamics between companies like Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta, before ending on a more forward-looking note with Semantic Tube Prediction, a research idea that could offer a more efficient path to reasoning in latent space rather than through token-by-token prediction.
#173
March 9 · 40 min
AI-Podden News - February
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; OpenAI's $100 billion funding round, intensifying competition from companies like Anthropic, Google, and xAI, and the growing geopolitical role of AI in defense and national security. They also explore the gap between rapid technological progress and slower real-world adoption, the evolving role of software engineers as AI automates more coding tasks, and Sweden's new AI strategy aimed at becoming a leading AI nation through stronger adoption and practical application of AI.
#172
February 19 · 47 min
AI-Podden News - January
In this months January news update, hosts Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, recap the latest and most significant shifts in AI. They including new model releases, the shift toward autonomous agent systems like OpenClaw, and breakthroughs in reasoning such as Gemini DeepThink's results. They also discuss the growing concentration of AI power among tech giants, the role of open and specialized models, and why rapid adoption will be critical for companies and individuals as AI capabilities accelerate.
#171
February 5 · 31 min
Why Data Will Define the AI Winners: Redpine
In this episode, Anders Hammarbäck, co-founder of Redpine AI, discusses how data, not models - will define the winners in the AI era. He explains RedPine's role as a "knowledge layer" that unlocks proprietary, high-quality data to improve AI accuracy and reduce hallucinations, especially in sectors like healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The conversation also covers the potential value of personal data, the near-term outlook for AI and AGI, Europe's position in the global AI race, and Ander's shift from venture capital to founding a company focused on data as the core competitive advantage in AI.
#170
January 15 · 57 min
A Look Back, a Glance Ahead: AI in 2026
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 in 2025 and what lies ahead. They discuss OpenAI's loss of momentum, Google Gemini's rise, the hype and shortcomings of agentic AI, and the growing gap between rapid technological progress and real-world adoption. The conversation also covers infrastructure and hardware investments, energy efficiency, AI sovereignty, regulation, geopolitics, robotics, and the shift toward smaller, more specialised models, with a clear warning that the AI divide between leaders and laggards is likely to widen further in 2026. It promises to be a year full of twists, turns and surprises in the world of AI.
#169
Dec 3, 2025 · 52 min
AI-Podden News - November
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 lead, OpenAI facing pressure over massive infrastructure bets and AGI expectations, Yann LeCun leaving Meta for new research ventures, the EU softening its regulatory stance, and Grok sparking laughs with overly pro-Elon responses, capturing both rapid progress and rising bubble concerns.
#168
Nov 6, 2025 · 52 min
AI-Podden News - October
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 shopping, and its new browser. They clarify what Google's "Quantum Echoes" actually demonstrates and why practical quantum computing is still distant. The episode also covers recent improvements in AI systems' ability to use computer interfaces and the security implications of autonomous action-taking, new details emerging from the OpenAI leadership conflict, and NVIDIA's compact DGX-Spark supercomputer. Lastly, a quick congratulations to all of this year's AI Swede of the nominees: Hanna Linderstål Anton Osika Fabian Hedin Joel Rangsjö Marcus Wallenberg Leonora Vesterbacka
#167
Oct 28, 2025 · 19 min
Dreamforce 2025 & The Next Generation of Agentic AI
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:695faadf-e8e6-439d-a551-6a261d8a0c51-18" data-testid= "conversation-turn-4" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> In this special episode, our host Ather Gattami interviews Jayesh Govindarajan, EVP at Salesforce AI and AgentForce, live at Dreamforce in San Francisco, where Salesforce unveiled major advances in agentic AI including AgentForce Voice, advanced context engineering, and AFScript. Jayesh explains that successful enterprise AI requires not only powerful models but also well-defined goals, reliable context, actionable capabilities, and robust guardrails that deliver both creativity and precision. He describes Salesforce's full lifecycle for building, testing, and monitoring agents, which enables continual improvement and lays the foundation for future self-learning systems that can safely expand their own capabilities.
#166
Oct 21, 2025 · 18 min
How Kyndryl Powers Global Infrastructure
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 modernize the core infrastructure around the globe. From banking systems to home-care platforms, Beda explains how "Kyndryl Bridge" produces over 12 million AI-driven insights monthly, enabling preventive actions and major efficiency gains, such as cutting KYC workloads by 60 percent. Ather and Beda explore the rise of agentic AI, its challenges in enterprise adoption, and the importance of leadership in driving transformation. Beda stresses that executives must lead by example, foster reverse mentorship with young talent, and embed ethical guardrails to balance innovation with security.
#165
Oct 14, 2025 · 38 min
AI-Podden News - September
*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:aef98bb1-0f42-4c9d-bc2e-a0353b005fb7-3" data-testid= "conversation-turn-8" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> In this month's AI news update episode, our hosts Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg discuss all the latest AI breakthroughs, from OpenAI's Sora 2 and Claude 4.5 to Gemini 2.5 and Grok 4 - and the massive infrastructure race behind them, including the $500 billion Stargate project and Elon Musk's Colossus 2 data center. They explore OpenAI's move toward productisation with its "Instant Checkout" feature, Microsoft's "Vibe Working", and Google's browser-integrated Gemini, before highlighting DeepMind's progress on the Navier–Stokes problem. The episode ends on an optimistic note: AI's power lies in augmenting, not replacing, human capability.
#164
Oct 8, 2025 · 21 min
AI Mode: A Google Reveal
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: the global rollout of AI Mode. This new feature introduces conversational, multimodal search in nearly 50 countries and 36 languages, allowing users to ask complex questions through text, voice, or images - and receive richer, link-backed responses powered by Google's real-time information systems. Robby explains how AI mode builds on tools like Lens and AI Overviews, while carefully balancing innovation with reliability, addressing challenges such as compute costs and hallucinations through Google's long-established quality systems. From planning trips with multiple constraints to troubleshooting appliances with a photo, he describes these breakthrough experiences as "AI magic moments."
#163
Sep 11, 2025 · 46 min
AI-Podden News - August
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 Anthropic, covering debates on open-source vs. open weights, safety-first agent design, and the rise of "context engineering." They reviewed major lawsuits involving Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, highlighted Google's new Nano Banana image generator, and reflected on AGI's limits, arguing that today's AI excels at knowledge management but still lacks true reasoning and autonomy, with future progress hinging on new architectures, massive compute, and energy considerations.
#162
Aug 19, 2025 · 51 min
AI-Podden News - Summer
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 biggest AI developments. They review the release of GPT-5, which introduced cheaper APIs, longer context windows, and fewer hallucinations but ultimately fell short of lofty expectations, particularly when compared with Claude and Gemini. The discussion explores possible reasons, including talent losses, outdated training data, and speculation of withheld advances, while also spotlighting AI's Olympiad successes, DeepMind's pursuit of hard mathematical problems, and video models like Veo 3 that demonstrate an emerging grasp of physical laws. They conclude that although omni-models may appear, specialized systems are more likely to dominate, creating significant opportunities for startups and enterprises despite the concentration of power in a few frontier labs.
#161
Jul 1, 2025 · 53 min
The Man Behind the Mic.
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 close friend; Joseph Michael, Venture Partnerships at Google. Ather shares his journey from PhD researcher to leading Sweden's top AI podcast. He reflects on AI's evolution, the shift from theory to compute-driven progress, and why reasoning and real-world learning are the next big steps. Ather urges everyone to embrace AI tools or risk falling behind and shares his excitement about trends like agentic AI - while reaffirming that his true passion lies in doing AI, not just talking about it. Happy Summer!
#160
Jun 24, 2025 · 53 min
AI-Podden News - June (with Anders Arpteg)
In this episode, Ather Gattami and one of our favourite guests; Anders Arpteg, Head of AI and Data at GlobalConnect, explore Meta's shifting AI strategy, including its investment in Scale AI amid doubts about LeCun's JEPA model and LLaMA 4 performance. They compare Tesla's vision-based Robotaxi rollout to Waymo's sensor-heavy approach, highlighting Tesla's edge in scalability and real-world data. They also dive into Apple's "Illusion of Thinking" paper, questioning whether today's LLMs genuinely reason or simply excel at recall, and discuss the need for memory, planning, and architectural breakthroughs to push AI beyond current limits.

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