Jason Fries is a research scientist with the Shah Lab at Stanford University. In this episode Jason speaks with Pitt HexAI’s podcast host Jordan Gass-Poore’ about his early interests in computational pathology and his current work at Stanford and interests in foundational models and data-centric AI. Jordan and Jason also discuss lab research papers, explainable AI, the DC-Check initiative and the lab's unique vantage point being based in the heart of Silicon Valley.