DataTopics Unplugged: All Things Data, AI & Tech

<p>Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.<br><br></p><p>Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!</p>

#72 Mastering Communication in the Workplace – Rootsconf Recap (Part 2)

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style...

12-19
27:59

#71 Navigating GenAI: How Organizations Must Adapt to Paradigm Shifts – Rootsconf Recap (part 1)

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.This week, we’re bringing you a special episode straight from RootsConf, our annual internal knowledge-sharing extravaganza! Hosts Morello and Bart sit down with Tim and Ben, data strategy experts, for a lively chat about the state of generative AI as it transitions from a buzzword to ...

12-12
35:20

#70 What's Next for AI? A Recap of 2024 and Predictions for 2025

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.This week, Yannick joins the conversation for a lively year-end retrospective on the state of AI, data, and technology in 2024. Whether you're knee-deep in neural networks or just data-curious, this episode offers plenty to ponder.Grab your coffee, sit back, and explore:AI’s meteoric r...

12-05
01:52:52

#69 From Engineer to CEO: Alex Gallego on Building Red Panda

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.In this episode, we’re joined by a special guest: Alex Gallego, founder and CEO of Red Panda. Together, we dive deep into building data-intensive applications, the evolution of streaming technologies, and balancing high throughput and low latency demands. Key topics covered:What i...

11-21
01:04:44

#68 GenAI meets Minecraft, OpenAI’s O1 Leak, Strava’s AI Moves, HTMX vs. React & Octoverse Trends

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you’re a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let’s get into the heart of data, unplugge...

11-14
01:33:06

#67 The AI Race: ChatGPT's New Web Search, Meta’s Llama AI Scaling Efforts & Python 3.13's Upgrades

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, un...

11-07
01:09:54

#66 From Will Smith to Meta's MovieGen: How AI Video Got Real. Plus Claude 3.5’s “Computer Use” & Open Source Tools

Send us a textWelcome to Datatopics Unplugged, where the tech world’s buzz meets laid-back banter. In each episode, we dive into the latest in AI, data science, and technology—perfect for your inner geek or curious mind. Pull up a seat, tune in, and join us for insights, laughs, and the occasional hot take on the digital world.In this episode, we are joined by Vitale to discuss: Meta’s video generation breakthrough: Explore Meta’s new “MovieGen” model family that generates hyper-realistic, 16...

10-31
59:34

#65 The Art of Data Storytelling: A Deep Dive with Angelica Lo Duca

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.In this episode, we dive into the world of data storytelling with special guest Angelica Lo Duca, a professor, researcher, and author. Pull up a chair as we explore her journey from programming to teaching, and dive into the principles of turning raw data into compelling stories.Key to...

10-25
01:04:20

#64 Python WTF moments, Rust rants & Quantum flops

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that flow as smoothly as your morning coffee, where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!In today's ...

10-17
01:06:05

#63 What’s Next for Open Source? Astral’s business model, WordPress, Deno 2.0 & One Year of DataTopics!

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. DataTopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.In this special one-year anniversary episode, we reminisce about our journey and dive into some intriguing tech stories:WordPress Governance Drama: We discuss recent issues with WordPress. Find out what’s behind the Automattic and WP Engine tension.Astral’s Business Model: Charlie Mars...

10-08
57:31

#62 The End of Pandas, Rise of Ibis: AI, Function Calling, & Python’s New Tools

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.We dive into conversations smoother than your morning coffee (but let’s be honest, just as caffeinated) where industry insights meet light-hearted banter. Whether you’re a data wizard or just curious about the digital chaos around us, kick back and get ready to talk shop—unplugged styl...

09-26
01:13:44

#61 AI is Officially Smarter Than Humans: First Look at OpenAI O1 'Strawberry'

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. DataTopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for laid-back banter about the latest in tech, AI, and coding.In this episode, Jonas joins us with fresh takes on AI smarts, sneaky coding tips, and a spicy CI debate:OpenAI's GPT-01 ("Strawberry"): The team explores OpenAI’s newest model, its advanced reasoning capabilities, and potential biases in benchmarksbased on training methods. For a dee...

09-19
01:24:33

#60 AI and the Paris 2024 Olympics: From Tech to Yusuf Dikec Memes

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let’s get into the heart of data, unplugged style...

08-08
47:49

#59 Did AI Accurately Predict the Euro 2024 Winners? (Part 2)

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugge...

07-18
01:13:25

#58 Maximizing Productivity: Bookmarklets, Q Command-Line, RouteLLM, and DuckDB Extensions

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugge...

07-12
46:37

#57 Can the Music Industry Win the Battle Against AI?

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugge...

07-04
01:23:18

#56 What Skills Do You Need to Become an AI Engineer? & Tech Updates: Claude 3.5, Safe Superintelligence Inc. & more

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. DataTopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugge...

06-27
51:39

#55 Can AI Predict Euro 2024 Winners?

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don’t), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you’re a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let’s get into the heart of data, unplugge...

06-20
59:37

#54 Is Apple Intelligence...Intelligent? & More: $10K "ChatGPT" Error, Adobe's AI Policy & Open-Source Insights

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. DataTopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that flow as smoothly as your morning coffee, where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!In this epi...

06-13
01:08:36

#53 Can AI Replace Human Creativity? & Latest Tech Updates (Meta, Klarna GenAI, Apple-OpenAI Partnership & More)

Send us a textWelcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugge...

06-06
01:21:52

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