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The Data Quality Crisis Killing 85% of AI Projects (And How to Fix It)
85% of AI leaders cite data quality as their biggest challenge, yet most initiatives launch without addressing foundational data problems. Tom Barber reveals the uncom...
Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail: The Hidden Scaling Problem Killing Your ROI
MIT research reveals 95% of AI pilots fail to deliver revenue acceleration. Tom breaks down why this isn't a technology problem but a scaling failure, and provides thr...
Why One AI Model Won't Rule Them All: Choose the Right Tool for Each Job
Not all AI models are created equal. Learn why you need different AI tools for different tasks and how to strategically deploy multiple models in your organization for...
The Hidden Power Cost of AI: Why Data Centers Need 40% Energy Just for Cooling
Exploring the massive energy demands of AI data centers, where cooling systems consume nearly as much power as the compute itself. Discussion covers innovative cooling...
Jeff Bezos Returns: Project Prometheus & the Future of Physical AI
Jeff Bezos is back as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI startup focusing on physical world applications rather than software-only solutions. We explore this $6.2B...
OpenAI's Code Red: Sam Altman's Warning About Google's AI Competition
Tom discusses Sam Altman's internal code red warning to OpenAI staff about Google's competitive threat. Explores the challenges OpenAI faces with profitability and Goo...
Google's SynthID: The AI Watermark Solution to Combat Deepfakes & AI Image Deception
Tom explores Google's SynthID technology that embeds invisible watermarks in AI-generated images to help detect artificial content. A crucial tool for combating AI slo...
AI Slop: Why Generic AI Content is Polluting the Internet
Exploring the rise of 'AI slop' - low-quality AI-generated content flooding social media and the web. Learn how to use AI responsibly while maintaining authenticity an...
React to Shell Bug Meets AI: The New Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
Tom explores how the critical React to Shell vulnerability intersects with AI-powered cyber attacks. Learn why this matters for businesses and how to protect your orga...
Why Your AI Projects Fail: The Critical Role of Data Integrity
AI projects often fail due to poor data quality. Tom Barber explores why data integrity is crucial for AI success and how to avoid costly mistakes that lead to unrelia...
Building on AI: How Much Risk Can You Handle?
In this brief on-the-go episode, Tom discusses the risks of building businesses on centralized AI infrastructure. Sparked by Cloudflare's recent major outage, he explo...
AI-Orchestrated Cyberattacks: What Executives Need to Know
State-sponsored attackers just used AI to orchestrate sophisticated cyberattacks—and it worked. A recent report reveals how threat actors used Claude Code to execute 8...
The Human Side of AI Transformation
The podcast discusses the 10-20-70 rule for AI investment, emphasizing that successful companies allocate 70% of their efforts to people and processes, 20% to data and...
AI Success Stories: What Sets Them Apart
The podcast episode explores the high failure rates of generative AI projects, with MIT reporting a 95% failure rate and Gartner predicting a 30% abandonment rate by 2...
The AI Gold Rush: Who's Striking It Rich?
The podcast discusses the massive influx of funding into AI startups, highlighting the concentration of capital in a few companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. It explor...
Unlocking AI's Potential in the Workplace
The podcast explores the challenges and solutions related to AI adoption in the workplace, focusing on the gap between leadership and frontline employees. It discusses...
AI: Your New Colleague, Not Just Software
In this episode of the AI Briefing, Tom Barber discusses the challenges of integrating AI into organizations, emphasizing the need to treat AI as a colleague rather th...
Why Agentic AI is About to Change Everything
Agentic AI is the next major evolution in artificial intelligence—and it's going to fundamentally change how we work, shop, and interact with technology. Unlike the AI...
OpenAI's $38 Billion Amazon Deal - Breaking Microsoft Exclusivity
In a seismic shift for AI infrastructure, OpenAI has signed a $38 billion, seven-year compute deal with Amazon Web Services—breaking its exclusive partnership with Mic...
2025 is the year of the AI browser wars
The browser wars are back but this time they're because of AI and the compaines who want to know everything about you. How are these browsers going to change the lands...