AI hallucinates 100% of the time. That's by design - without hallucinating the next word, this transformer architecture wouldn't exist.

Thankfully, LLMs built for general purpose applications are right 80% of the time. But that still leaves one in five outputs being questionable; not especially reassuring if you're an air traffic controller, or cardiologist.

How can we ever truly trust the machine?

On this episode of AI Today, we embark on a groundbreaking quest to ground these 'digital dreamers' in reality.

Discover how cutting-edge research is moving beyond just detecting the problem, to actively reducing the occurrence of incorrect hallucinations.

We delve into innovative techniques that employ internal fact-checking mechanisms, intelligently split complex queries to avoid confusing collisions, and meticulously track word-by-word groundedness against source material.

You'll learn how this confidence-boosting research is paving the way for the AI credibility revolution, a future where technology is not just remarkably powerful, but significantly more dependable.

Join us to understand the innovative solutions building AI you can rely on, where AI becomes trusted accelerator of success...

Navigating the high costs and data challenges of cloud-based AI is a significant barrier for many businesses looking to innovate.

But there's a powerful, practical alternative emerging.

This episode explores decentralised AI, revealing how businesses can achieve AI benefits without the burden of massive cloud bills and regain crucial control over their data.

Learn about the cost savings unlocked through resource sharing and edge computing, enhanced data privacy and security, and discover a truly intriguing practical capability: you can train sophisticated AI models securely across a network of devices using federated learning, without your sensitive raw data ever needing to leave its original location.

Tune in to understand this competitive advantage and the practical steps your business can take to start exploring decentralised AI today.

Fasten your seatbelts, business leaders!

We're diving deep into Y Combinator's Summer 2025 Request for Startups, their signal flare for what's NEXT in innovation.

2025 is shaping up to be the year of the AI agent breakthrough.

But the REAL game-changer they're spotlighting?

Full-stack AI companies.

Forget selling AI tools. This is about building entirely new businesses, powered by AI from the ground up, competing directly with the old guard in ANY industry.

Imagine law firms, market research, supply chains – reborn, smarter, faster, more efficient.

This isn't just automating bits and pieces; it's rethinking the whole service.

Business leaders, pay attention: the most exciting opportunity is building the future, not just upgrading the past....

How can your industry be fundamentally transformed with AI at its core? Let's find out!

I'd just about had it with bosses choosing to hear your ideas spoken by consulting firms - when they could have saved a fortune listening to them coming from their creator, many months ago.

Now, with AI, I can have my pitch verbalised by one of their influencers - without spending a penny on one of the management circus barkers.

On this episode we hear in detail about one synthetic idea and how it was refined by AI into something inarguably awesome.

Loving AI Today? I'm hardly surprised...

On the last episode we discussed a new way to train AI models: themselves, by capturing signals and insights from our world.

Today we look at one such approach - Mobility AI, another Google initiative (The Era of Experience was a DeepMind production).

This episode of AI Today was inspired by:

• https://research.google/blog/introducing-mobility-ai-advancing-urban-transportation/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXyPGEtseI
• https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Era-of-Experience%20/The%20Era%20of%20Experience%20Paper.pdf

Now generative AI has inhaled all human knowledge, it's time to create its own. We review a very exciting new paper, called The Age of Experience, that explains how AI agents will create their own dataset of intelligence that will help us reach that unimaginable state of AGI.

Can't wait to have you join us on today's extra-exciting episode of AI Today!

I built a team of AI agents to create an annual report - one of the journalist's worst nightmares. And it did a remarkable job.

Read all about it:

https://medium.com/@DaveThackeray/how-to-create-an-annual-report-with-ai-b2d847a4d643

Are your AI agents brilliant but lonely?

Do they operate in isolation, unable to tap into data and capabilities across your organisation, hindering your potential for true automation and growth?

Then get ready for a game-changer! In this episode, we delve into the Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol, a groundbreaking open standard spearheaded by Google Cloud and backed by over 50 industry giants like Salesforce, Langchain, and SAP.

Discover how A2A is poised to revolutionise the way your AI agents collaborate, breaking down data walls and enabling seamless communication across diverse systems and vendors.

Imagine a future where your AI agents can:

• Intelligently discover other specialised agents, understand their skills through "Agent Cards", and delegate tasks automatically – like a digital brain trust working for you.
• Securely exchange information and coordinate actions to automate complex, end-to-end workflows that were previously impossible. Think streamlined hiring processes with agents handling everything from candidate sourcing to interview scheduling and background checks.
• Boost productivity exponentially by enabling agents to team up and accomplish far more than they could individually, leading to unprecedented operational efficiency.
• Lower your long-term costs by reducing the need for custom-built integrations and providing a standardised way to manage your entire agent ecosystem.
• Unlock new levels of innovation by giving you the flexibility to combine agents from various providers, avoiding vendor lock-in and fostering a dynamic AI landscape.
• Handle complex tasks and long-running processes with built-in support for status updates and real-time feedback, ensuring seamless automation of even your most intricate business operations.

We'll explore how A2A, built on familiar web standards like HTTP and JSON, provides a common language for your AI agents, and how it complements technologies like Anthropic's MCP to create a powerful foundation for the future of agentic AI.

This isn't just theory. We'll look at real-world examples and discuss how embracing A2A now can give your business a significant competitive edge, opening up new revenue streams and transforming your operational capabilities.

Don't let your AI agents remain isolated islands. Tune in to discover how the Agent2Agent Protocol can unlock their true collaborative power and pave the way for a more automated, efficient, and profitable future for your business!

We're seeing a continuing growth in the number of duplicitous attacks by AI agents on individuals.

Previously cyber criminals focused most of their efforts where the greatest gains were to be made - phishing large organisations, infecting servers and locking down applications ready for ransoms to be paid.

But with AI, anyone with half a brain can launch an army of AI agents across networks of individual users.

It's terrifying.

We need cognitive security and sovereignty, and we need that technological literacy, fast.

You will never hear a more important episode of AI Today.

This show will transform your business.

Unlock immense value.

And help you take that step towards putting your business on autopilot - so you can finally be rewarded for all those years of graft, grey hair, and wrinkles!

Enjoy AI Today. This is a long listen - but the best things in life always take time...

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https://www.wordandmouth.com/data-driven-business

And talk to me about getting started, at [email protected]