Generative AI is hot—but are companies wasting their money? 🤖💸

Host Keith Shaw dives into surprising new findings with Brett Roscoe (Informatica) and Blake Andrews (Independent Financial). A global survey of top data leaders reveals that many generative AI projects are "stuck in the mud," yet budgets keep growing.

👀 What’s behind the disconnect—and will it continue in 2025?

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Google rolls out cheaper AI model as industry scrutinizes costs

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3818503/google-rolls-out-cheaper-ai-model-as-industry-scrutinizes-costs.html

Nearly one in three genAI projects will be scrapped

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3478532/nearly-one-in-three-genai-projects-will-be-scrapped.html

Generative AI has entered the world of software development—and it’s making waves. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw is joined by Murali Sastry from Skillsoft and Eran Yanav from Tabnine to tackle the big question: Will generative AI replace mid-level software engineers? Or are developers evolving into AI-augmented leaders?

From "vibe coding" and AI-generated pull request reviews to the future of entry-level coding jobs and computer science education, we explore how businesses are adapting and what skills developers need in this new era.

:small_blue_diamond: Are companies still hiring coders? :small_blue_diamond: Is GenAI reliable for mission-critical code? :small_blue_diamond: What is “vibe coding,” and should you be worried? :small_blue_diamond: How is education shifting for the next generation of engineers?

:point_right: Don’t miss this deep dive into how AI is transforming the coding landscape.

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Are passwords obsolete? With rising data breaches, weak password habits, and endless security layers failing us, it’s time to rethink how we protect our digital lives. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw sits down with cybersecurity expert Gilad Shriki, co-founder of Descope, to explore the flaws in traditional passwords and discuss cutting-edge solutions for safer, smarter authentication.

Are passwords obsolete? With rising data breaches, weak password habits, and endless security layers failing us, it’s time to rethink how we protect our digital lives. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw sits down with cybersecurity expert Gilad Shriki, co-founder of Descope, to explore the flaws in traditional passwords and discuss cutting-edge solutions for safer, smarter authentication.

Host Keith Shaw talks with Marci Maddox, vice president of research and content for IDC’s Tech Buyer Digital Platform, about the ways in which artificial intelligence is shaking up the IT sourcing and procurement process for large companies. With agentic AI on the way and concerns around trust, accuracy and risk, how will AI be able to prove itself as a way to improve the procurement process?

Host Keith Shaw talks with Dustin York, an adjunct professor at the University of Florida who teaches a graduate-level class called “The science of going viral”. With social media becoming more of an entertainment media, many of the rules have changed around what content becomes a hit versus a flop. The two also discuss why so many companies fail at social media branding or whether they are trying too hard on their social channels.

Host Keith Shaw talks with Mika Yamamoto, chief customer and marketing officer at Freshworks, about their latest survey of 4,000 knowledge workers. The survey said not only are workers embracing AI in their jobs, they’re demanding more from their employers and getting promotions because of the technology.

Employees want more AI—and leaders are listening

https://www.freshworks.com/theworks/performance/freshworks-global-ai-workplace-report-2024/

Two AI developer strategies: Hire engineers or let AI do the work

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3836092/two-ai-developer-strategies-hire-engineers-or-let-ai-do-the-work.html

Host Keith Shaw talks with Ken Mingis from Computerworld and Macworld’s Michael Simon about Apple’s latest battles with the U.K. and Europe over protecting users’ data from governments and side-loading applications on the iPhone. The Apple crew also discusses what we can expect from Apple in 2025, whether the company will be creating a follow-up product to the Vision Pro, and whether the company has moved on from the Steve Jobs legacy on the eve of what would have been his 70th birthday.

Within the financial services spaces, many companies are fast-moving when it comes to technology innovation, but in general the banking space has been slower moving and more conservative, due to regulations and concerns about data privacy. Will this likely continue as companies explore generative AI and agentic AI technologies? Olly Downs, Chief Technology & AI Officer at Curinos, joins the show to discuss where banks, credit-card companies and other financial services firms will deploy AI agents.

Going beyond traditional generative AI chatbots and even agentic AI workflows, the next phase within the workplace, especially for tasks that are mundane, will be performed by ‘digital employees’ alongside humans. But what does this mean? Will digital employees be treated the same as other human co-workers? Will they have to sit through job interviews and meetings? (short answer: yes) Gou Rao, co-founder of NeuBird, chats with Keith about this brave new future of work that might be right around the corner.