Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain

The AI Files

For less than 30 minutes a week, stay on top of all relevant AI news, launches, perspectives and actions about AI in corporates and enterprises. Hosts Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain are both Director of Data and AI at Microsoft and brings their over 55 years of combined experience together to share their insights, analysis and predictions.

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Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain

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Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

#32 - Claude's personal style, DeepSeek R1, AI investments etc 03.12.2024

In this short episode, I discuss the Claude's personal style, DeepSeek R1, Quen, OpenAI's ambitious plans but legal fight from Musk and bunch of other news

#31 - 'Training data wall', AI lawsuits, Google's 'LearnAbout' etc 17.11.2024

In this episode, we talked about quote of the week 'There is no wall' by Sam Altman on AI scaling hitting the data wall. We covered launches of Google's LearnAbout and Gemini Live in the app on iPhone. Additionally, we talked about relevant AI news around several lawsuits from Musk etc. Shownotes: OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agents to Automate Tasks For Users - Bloomberg What if AI doesn’t just keep...

#30 - US elections and its projected impact on AI, Apple Intelligence, Mistral APIs etc 09.11.2024

In this episode, we lamented about US president elect Donald Trump and his stance on AI along with Perplexity CEO's opportunistic offer to New York Times, Mistral APIs, Apple Intelligence and AI in Tennis app SwingVision etc

#29 - A talk with Dr. Harvey Castro - ER physician, AI proponent, author & entrepreneur 07.11.2024

In this episode, we sat with Dr Harvey Castro to hear his fascinating vision and refreshing methods to use AI to increase efficiency, efficacy and empathy in interactions between Physicians and Patients. This is a must watch for anyone trying to understand nuances of AI in healthcare as well as art of the possible.   Don't forget to check Harvey's recent talk at TEDx How AI and humans can revoluti...

#28 - Search in ChatGPT, Google JARVIS, GitHub Spark, future of coding etc 02.11.2024

In this episode, we discussed launches of Search feature in OpenAI ChatGPT and agents from LinkedIn and Google along with GitHub's Spark and inclusion of other models. Also, covered impressive earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta, driven by AI advancements as well as several other news, launches, company, trivia and concepts. Show notes: Gen AI adoption: The next inflection point | McKinsey...

#27 - Computer use, NotebookLM, Copilot Agents, Suki etc 26.10.2024

In this episode, we covered Anthropic's Computer use, Google's NotebookLM, Microsoft's Copilot Agents, essay from Dario Amodei, AI company Suki and a bunch of AI related news.   Shownotes: Thom Yorke, Julianne Moore join letter protesting unauthorized AI training - The Washington Post OpenAI hires its first chief economist | TechCrunch Home - Suki AI AI-Driven Cataclysm Could Rock the Job Market:...

#26 - Ministral, GPT-4o-audio, ScaleAI, AI at Feds etc 18.10.2024

We discussed news of the week, Yann LeCun's comment about AI not smarter than a house cat, Scale AI's business model, Feds using AI, and launches from Mistral, Meta and Nvidia along with other items   Show Notes: AI helped Uncle Sam catch $1 billion of fraud in one year. And it’s just getting started | CNN Business This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat - WSJ Google replaces executive in c...

#25 - AI with Nobel prizes, Tesla's robots, VoiceRAG, AI adoption etc 14.10.2024

In this episode, we delve into the Nobel prizes for contribution via AI, Tesla's 'We, Robot' event with launches of Olympus, Cybercab and Robovan as well as new paper on Adoption of AI, VoiceRAG, Azure demo on advanced voice capability and a few other items.   Show notes: AMD sees next AI chip in mass production later this year | Reuters Cancer AI Alliance joins medical and tech expertise together...

#24 - Interview with ChatGPT, Canvas, Advanced Voice, Copilot refresh, MovieGen etc 07.10.2024

In this episode, I interviewed ChatGPT with Advanced Voice Capabilities. Also, discussed OpenAI DevDay launches including Real Time API, Canvas, Prompt Caching & Vision fine tuning along with Copilot refresh from Microsoft and Meta's Movie Gen. Covered major news, UN's AI recommendations and AI company Cerebras. Show Notes: Announcing new products and features for Azure OpenAI Service includin...

#23 - Meta Orion, Age of Intelligence, Klarna, Microsoft's Trustworthy AI, Spotlighting etc 30.09.2024

In this episode, we covered Meta's Connect event that had peak preview of Orion AR glasses and comparison to Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, Meta AI's multi-modal features and integration with Meta's social media platforms, Microsoft's Trustworthy AI, a set of prompt engineering techniques Spotlighting from Microsoft Research along with news and happenings.

Episode 22 - AI's energy needs, regulations, Large World Models, Copilot Wave 2, US Open etc. 24.09.2024

In this episode, we discussed AI's energy needs, California regulations, Copilot Wave 2, AI at US Open etc. We also covered World Labs as AI startup of the week and their goals on Large World Models (LWM).

Episode 21 - A talk with Imran Chaudhri from Progress 20.09.2024

"Great AI requires great IA", says Imran Chaudhri, HLS chief architect at Progress. In this episode, we had a talk with Imran about AI and the data dependencies as well as the trends and predictions on AI and other fascinating bits. 

Episode 20 - OpenAI's o1 models, AI's impact on elections, Apple Intelligence, Prompt Injection etc 14.09.2024

This episode covers o1-preview and o1-mini models, AI's impact on elections, Apple Intelligence, Prompt Injection & prevention and AI start-up 'Learn Prompting' etc.   OpenAI introduces a new series of pathbreaking models, o1-preview and o1-mini, designed to enhance reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking processes. These textual only models, with a 128K context window, excel in task...

Episode 19 - 'How AI is transforming Media & Sports': a talk with Scott Bounds from Microsoft 30.08.2024

In this episode, we talked with Scott Bounds, a Sr Director of Data & AI at Microsoft. His deep experience in the industry of Media & Sports, comes out as rich insights about the industry embracing AI at a rapid speed. 

Episode 18 - Phi3.5, Image GenAI tools, Auto fine-tuning, AI in Marketing etc 25.08.2024

In this episode, we cover Zuckerberg-Elk joint piece in The Economist, AI start up Empower for auto fine-tuning, multiple launches of image generation tools like Imagine 3 and Ideogram, new NeMo pruned model, Phi3.5 launch and Text-To-Speech Avatars from Azure as well as how AI is transforming enterprise functions. 

Episode 17 - Grok 2, AI risks & regulations, Gemini Live, Walmart AI etc 18.08.2024

In this episode, we covered a number of news & announcements related to Grok 2, Azure self-serve PTUs, AI Risks & Regulation, Prompt Caching and Walmart using AI etc.   Show Notes MIT researchers release a repository of AI risks | TechCrunch The AI Risk Repository: A Comprehensive Meta-Review, Database, and Taxonomy of Risks From Artificial Intelligence (website-files.com) AI Risk Reposito...

The AI Files - Episode 16 12.08.2024

This week, we're diving deep into the latest power shifts at OpenAI, exploring what these executive changes mean for the future of AI. We also cover Amazon's impressive new Titan Image Generator v2 and the introduction of Figure 02, the humanoid robot pushing the boundaries of AI-driven robotics. Plus, we discuss the growing momentum in AI regulation, with new legislation on deepfakes taking cente...

Episode 15 - Graph RAG, GitHub Models, Gemma2, Meta AI Studio etc 03.08.2024

In this episode, we will cover AI related news as well as announcements like Gemma 2, GitHub Models, Meta AI Studio and Graph RAG etc. We also covered an AI case study demonstrating real world gains and how AI is used for good. 

Episode 14 - LLMOps with Stephen Kaufman 01.08.2024

In this episode, we are hosting Stephen Kaufman, AI Architect at Microsoft, to discuss LLMOps, an important discipline to manage the life cycle of LLMs in an organization. LLMs is like DevOps/MLOps but focused on GenAI applications and models.

Episode 13 - LLAMA3.1, Mistral Large 2, Generative search etc 29.07.2024

In this episode, we have discussed LLAMA3.1, Mistral Large 2, Generative search, Search GPT, Prompt report etc as well as comparing between MaaS and hosting of open source models

Episode 12 - GPT-4o Mini, AI in Sports, Content Credentials etc 21.07.2024

In this episode, we will talk about and demo GPT-4o Mini as well as bunch of other news & launches around Multi-modal AI, regulations, and content credentials initiatives etc   NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics (nbcnews.com) Microsoft and Apple back away from OpenAI board (artificialintelligence-news.com) Woman uses artificial intelligence to speak af...

Episode 11 - AI Agents with Simon 16.07.2024

AI Agents are the future, driving intelligent automation to transforming user experience and increasing efficiencies. In this episode, Simon Lacasse, AI Global Blackbelt at Microsoft discusses the AI Agents, their evolution, future, patterns, examples and how to get started. 

Episode 10 - Claude 3.5 Sonnet & GPT4-o, Apple Intelligence, QWEN etc 01.07.2024

Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic is amazing and breaks new grounds. Let's talk about it and also compare it against GPT4-o to get more clarity for a decision making. Apple Intelligence is a different take on portraying AI, less technically and more in human experience terms. Let's also cover a few other news related to AI that matter.   Check the show notes here: https://time.com/6978195/ilya-suts...

Episode 9 - 'State of AI' with Matt Fish 18.06.2024

Use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months, with 75% of global knowledge workers utilizing it, according to the Microsoft WTI report. Scaling through adoption, skilling and responsible deployment is the next frontier in the enterprises.   Honored to have Matthew Fish join us and enlighten us on the 'State of AI' in the corporate world with his amazing breadth of insights. Matt...

Episode 8 - Part 2 of "Everything you wanted to know about LLMs" with Simon Lacasse 10.06.2024

This episode is part 2 of "Everything you wanted to know about LLMs" with Simon Lacasse who is a Global Blackbelt expert in AI at Microsoft. He covers several intriguing details of how Large Language Models (LLMs) work. Don't miss it and also check out part 1 in episode 6 if you have not done so already

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