Tech Snippets Today with Joseph Raczynski

My mind is blown. David Johnston, Code Maintainer at Morpheus , willingly took on my zany questions with the ease of an Olympic marathoner, graceful and with dogged determination. In this episode, we'll delve into the concept of decentralized AI and its profound implications for our interactions with intelligent agents. Imagine AI systems that operate with a blockchain, ensuring transparency,...

Let’s get a little technical today and do a deep dive into Ethereum and other blockchains.  This was an educational discussion with Amir Forouzani, Co-founder & CEO, of Puffer Labs . The world, perhaps the US, is finally waking up to the power and potential of DeFi or decentralized finance. We are beginning to see what I termed in 2017 as the “Tokenization of all Assets” is starting to take sh...

This is a fascinating discussion today about the advancement of chatbots with real value. I speak with Doug Stephen - President, Enterprise Learning Division, CGS and their new product, Cicero. In a world of Agentic AI, chatbots like Sesame that have real-time interactions, with humanlike voice, intonation, and seemingly empathy, today we get to see this sort of technology in an iteration that hel...

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Felix Hartmann, the German-American tech entrepreneur, futurist, and asset manager. As the driving force behind a pioneering frontier tech investment firm, Felix has been at the forefront of both crypto asset hedge funds and metaverse venture funds. In this episode, we delve into his unique journey, exploring how his German roots and American experienc...

We are touching on cybersecurity today. What are the latest scams and technologies that are being used to help people part ways with their assets. It's unfortunate, but staying aware and vigilant is key. We focus on how you can stop the madness once it has started, with Andy Maus, Head of Cyber Recovery Services at DriveSavers. Ransomware attacks increased by 32% from Q3 to Q4. The fourth qua...

Today we discuss how emerging technology help help better verify someone is who they say they are. It's no easy task. Humanity Protocol, founded by Terence Kwok, is a decentralized, privacy-first digital identity blockchain, which has launch of Humanity Foundation, an initiative to advance decentralized identity technology and foster global adoption of Proof of Humanity solutions. The Foundat...

As someone who has overseen teams of customer success and service, this was a very interesting conversation. We are at a point where many of these human services can be replaced by machine.  Listen to what is happening now with Dimitri Masin, CEO and Cofounder at Gradient Labs’. While AI-powered customer service isn’t new, regulated industries have been left behind due to strict compliance require...

This was a wonderful opportunity to speak with Holly Levanto, VP in Booz Allen’s AI practice about the current and future uses of AI.  Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming military operations and strategies, offering unprecedented capabilities in areas such as surveillance, data analysis, and autonomous systems. AI-driven technologies can enhance decision-making processes, improve...

Are you sleeping on the potential of NFTs?  Today I had a fantastic chat with Zach Burks, CEO & Founder at Mintable . As we all know now, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens are a derivative of blockchain technology.  The mania peaked in 2021 with the likes of Bored Apes and CryptoPunks, the latter is still seen as the original grail in the industry, but even Punks have dropped in value from their hi...

It has been a moment since we stepped back into the LegalTech arena. Today, I am happy to have Rob Scott who is revolutionizing the field of technology law as Chief Innovator of Monjur, a pioneering venture with a laser focus on transforming legal services for IT services firms. The focus of our discussion was on some of the latest advancements in LegalTech with AI. We did a deeper dive into Contr...

Today we focus on migration and technology, and the people caught in the middle. My guest, Petra Molnar, has written: The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence offers a global story of the sharpening of borders through technological experiments while also introducing strategies of togetherness across physical and ideological borders. Based on years of researchi...

Today, any image, video, or audio can be fabricated to extent that it is nearly, or almost impossible to tell.  This show focuses on how we can combat AI deepfakes, deception and disinformation.  My guest Perry Carpenter - Chief Human Risk Management Strategist at KnowBe4 has written a book, “FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions” Pe...

Did you know that if you are a holder of digital assets, you can take a loan out against those tokens?  Ledn is a company that offers this service.  I met with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co-Founder and CSO of Ledn for a dynamic conversation about how this works.   More about the company from CoinDesk: Cryptocurrency lending company Ledn is offering customers crypto-backed loans where all the assets r...

If you have ever wondered what the minds behind the biggest hardware wallet are like, this is for you.  What an amazing conversation with Ian Rogers, CXO at Ledger .  We dove into their newest kid on the block, Ledger Stax.  In this video we get our first hand-on with the device as it hits the mitts of the early adopters. From Ledger: Web3 is all about digital freedom. But with freedom comes respo...

What a world we live in today.  We now have decentralized cloud computing.  This is a thing.  It will be an important means for businesses to access increasingly vital compute.  I had an amazing opportunity to chat with the founder of Akash, Greg Osuri at Consensus recently.  We dive headlong into the business and why it is a foundational change for enterprises.     Akash is a decentralized and op...

I was delighted to have Gerald Heydenreich, Founder of EtherMail .  In case you have not heard, interactions with NFTs, cryptocurrency, and all things blockchain can be a bit painful to control.  Not anymore! Recently EtherMail launched its Email-as-a-Wallet (EaaW) solution, enabling users to create non-custodial wallets through Gmail or Apple accounts in under one minute – broadening the accessib...

This company is one of the OG in the industry.  I really enjoyed this conversation with Daniel Fogg, CEO at RootstockLabs .  We met at the recent Consensus conference in Austin.  Their combination of history with Bitcoin and what they are doing to build decentralized applications by bringing Ethereum smart contracts to Bitcoin.  This will only better grow the ecosystem for years to come. From the...

Today we’re venturing into Web3 gaming.  Backed by a team of creatives from LucasFilm, Disney, Activision among others, we’re diving into a brand new game about to launch (in Closed Beta) called MetalCore.  I spoke with Dan Nikolaides, CTO of MetalCore , which is a multiplayer combined arms shooter, and is one of the first games built on Immutable zkEVM live on MainNet. The game combines high-qual...

Marketing, advertising and most specifically product placement will never go away, but some of the traditional means of marketing will fade.  Today we peek into what one company is doing to lead the way for advertisers to market via product placement inside of video post production.  Think about all of the time that is involved in placing a can of soda on the table in the middle of a movie, while...

The AI Act was signed into law in the EU recently.  In addition, the UK and US signed a landmark deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence—both countries will now work together on developing 'robust" methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and the systems that underpin them.  We will go deeper on how AI and regulation needs a balanced approach, but will it g...

What impact might current legislation have on digital assets? How can someone navigate through the complexities of cryptocurrency rules and regulations? This was an insightful conversation with two gurus of digital assets from CahillNXT, at the law firm Cahill. I met with Samson A. Enzer and Lewis Rinaudo Cohen at Consensus in Austin recently. They serve as Co-Chairs, Digital Assets and Emerging T...

Today we dive into the implications, considerations, and possibilities of open-source generative AI systems! One question that looms for many is could Open-source AI help, hinder or simple coexist with a closed system.  As you likely know open-sourced approaches, have democratized access to software, ensured transparency, and improved security for decades, but can it have a similar impact on AI? ...

Today, we uncover how AI is reshaping the fight against fraud! With Asher Lohman, VP of Data Analytics at Trace3 we’ll crack open the magic of machine learning—spotting sneaky behavior, detecting anomalies, and sending real-time alerts faster than ever. Can AI outsmart fraudsters while keeping pace with their tricks? You’re about to find out—let’s dive into the future of fraud detection! Today the...

This was an extremely refreshing conversation with Anurag Dhingra, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Engineering at Webex by Cisco.  He has a deeply technical background and has risen through the ranks to focus on the importance about generative AI in the workplace. In today’s tech-dependent world, Cisco notes the importance of delivering tech with integrity and purpose, and the need to underst...

According to Dapp Radar, the decentralized application (dapp) industry is flourishing with a new all time high at 15.9 million unique active wallets in July 2024, a 78% increase over June’s total.  Today we are going to dive into this space and how Lumio plays a role. We delve into the idiosyncrasies of how VM abstraction framework on Lumio works.  What this means is that developers no longer have...