Learning Probabilistic Models with Daphne Koller

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Ep. 10 - Learning Probabilistic Models with Daphne Koller YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

When Daphne Koller wanted to see her machine learning research make a real-world impact, she left academia to build @insitro.bsky.social.

Her conversation with Tom Mitchell ( @cmu.edu) on probabilistic models, AI in biotech, and more is our latest podcast episode!

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Innovation and misinformation in the AI era | Joseph Stiglitz and Màxim Ventura-Bolet YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Tranformative AI could drive innovation, but it may also amplify mis- and disinformation, and leave corrective efforts underprovided. How do we respond?

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Zoë Hitzig: How People Use ChatGPT YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

For those who missed Zoë Hitzig's visit to our Seminar Series, it's now available on YouTube!

Watch "How People Use ChatGPT," moderated by Director @erikbryn.bsky.social, here: youtu.be/czrKIiuHZ-U

Machine Learning Meets Statistics with Michael I. Jordan

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Ep. 8 - Machine Learning Meets Statistics with Michael I. Jordan YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

New podcast episode for you!

The field of Statistics enters the Machine Learning conversation, as Tom Mitchell (@cmu.edu) talks with Michael I. Jordan of Inria Paris!

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Ep. 6 - Decision Tree Learning with Ross Quinlan YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Tom Mitchell literally wrote the book on machine learning, and his conversations with the field's pioneers give unprecedented access to the people and stories behind it.

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Decision Tree Learning with Ross Quinlan

🎙️New episode of Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here?

Tom talks to Ross Quinlan, the person who introduced the idea of decision tree learning to the ML community.

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The Digitalist Papers looks at AI policy from a number of angles, with fresh takes on topics you've already considered and starting new conversations in areas you haven't.

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The impact of experimentation on AI policymaking | Ajay Agrawal YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

How can experimentation shape AI policymaking for the better?

Ajay Agrawal (@rotmanschool.bsky.social) discusses his essay (co-authored with @joshgans.bsky.social) from The Digitalist Papers here: youtu.be/Zesl51M6WT0?...

Ep. 5 - Reinforcement Learning with Rich Sutton YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

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Reinforcement Learning with Rich Sutton

What is reinforcement learning? What does one of its most common framings miss? And how did one of its most influential researchers get into the field?

2024 Turing Award winner @RichardSSutton joins Tom on today’s Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here?: open.spotify.com/episode/6b7n...

Ep. 3 - A University and Corporate Perspective with Yann LeCun YouTube video by Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Tom's ongoing peek at the personalities and personal stories behind machine learning's history is available wherever you find your podcasts.

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🎙️New episode of "Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here?"

Tom Mitchell (@cmu.edu) and @yann-lecun.bsky.social, Executive Chairman of AMI Labs and Professor at NYU, discuss how technological advances and commercial forces shaped AI history.

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The AI productivity take-off is finally visible New economic data suggests the US is transitioning to a phase of measurable gains from the technology

Is the AI J-curve taking shape?

Lab Director @erikbryn.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com examines how we might finally be seeing that productivity growth we've been waiting for.

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How new AI technology is helping detect and prevent wildfires From vegetation scans to 360-degree smoke detectors, new tools are trying to shine a light on the most dangerously dark areas of the electric grid

Smokey was wrong all along: AI can also help prevent forest fires.
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Siemens CEO Roland Busch’s mission to automate everything Roland Busch on AI-powered factories, tariffs in the Trump era, trade, and the future of NATO.

Nilay Patel of @TheVerge sat with the CEO of Siemens to talk automation.
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www.theverge.com/podcast/8752...

Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles Goldman Sachs is building AI agents with Anthropic’s Claude to automate trade accounting and client onboarding, aiming to speed work and boost efficiency.

Goldman Sachs is using Claude to automate accounting.
8/10
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/a...

The New Fabio Is Claude

Do androids swoon over electric Fabios?
7/10
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

Nvidia CEO Says AI Capital Spending Is Appropriate, Sustainable Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, facing concerns that customers are overspending on data centers, said that the level of expenditures is appropriate and sustainable.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI capital spending is appropriate and sustainable.
6/10
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exclusive: OpenAI in talks with Abu Dhabi’s G42 to create specialized ChatGPT version for UAE Chatbot would be fine-tuned for government use to accommodate local language and speech restrictions.

From @semafor.com, OpenAI is in talks with the UAE over a version of ChatGPT designed with local politics and speech restrictions in mind.
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www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

No Company Has Admitted to Replacing Workers With AI in New York New York state has required companies to disclose if “technological innovation or automation” was the cause of job loss for nearly a year. So far, none has.

While New York law requires companies to disclose job loss due to AI, none have.
4/10
www.wired.com/story/no-com...

Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media.

Social media companies are having their “Big Tobacco Moment” on the topic of addiction.
3/10
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic's beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX.

AI ads were all over the Super Bowl.
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techcrunch.com/2026/02/08/s...

As Super Sunday gives way to a Modest Monday, let’s take a look at some recent news…
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Are We Getting Stupider? Stupidity is eternal—and more complex than we think.

Some good news: apparently we aren’t getting dumber.
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www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

Tech bros head to etiquette camp as Silicon Valley levels up its style As Silicon Valley grows in power and prominence, some insiders say it’s time for the tech industry to remake its slobby image. An etiquette camp for founders showed how.

Pinkies up: tech founders are taking etiquette lessons.
9/10
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

How Australian teens are planning to get around their social media ban From legal challenges to lesser-known apps, the teenagers of Australia are already preparing to push back against a law that will see under 16s banned from social media

Australia is banning social media for those down under 16 years old.
8/10
www.newscientist.com/article/2507...

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.

Redditors are getting sick of AI content.
7/10
www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...