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Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.

  1. 2d ago

    AI Protests, Kalshi Fraud Controls and Reverse Engineering

    Student walkouts challenge OpenAI's influence, Kalshi brings former federal investigator Sean Fern into its anti-money laundering effort, and AI agents make software reverse engineering more accessible. The conversation explores public oversight, effective fraud detection and the safeguards developers need when recovering application behavior. The focus is on accountability and verification rather than promises alone. Host: Mike Vizard Guests: Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and Andi Mann Story links: AI Protests: Gen Z Takes on OpenAI in Nationwide Wave of Student Walkouts https://techstrong.ai/articles/gen-z-takes-on-openai-in-nationwide-wave-of-student-walkouts/ Prediction Market Fraud: Kalshi Bets on Former FBI Agent to Lead AML Team, Curb Fraud https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/kalshi-bets-on-former-fbi-agent-to-lead-aml-team-curb-fraud/ Reverse Engineer Anything: AI Agents Can Now Take Software Apart. DevOps Teams Need a Plan https://devops.com/ai-agents-can-now-take-software-apart-devops-teams-need-a-plan

    AI Protests, Kalshi Fraud Controls and Reverse Engineering

  2. 3d ago

    AI Agents Meet Reality: Access, Economics and Infrastructure

    Who decides what an AI agent may do? We examine banking restrictions and Amazon's dispute with Meta's Muse, then turn to enterprise economics and infrastructure lessons from AI Field Day 9. AMD, NVIDIA and Intel bring different approaches to the OCP infrastructure discussion. We consider what their designs and plans mean for agent coordination, inference and interoperability without treating announced specifications as demonstrated results. Host: Mike Vizard Guests: Stephen Foskett, Tom Hollingsworth, Yvette Schmitter and Guy Currier Story links: Agentic AI Economy Sputters U.S. Banking Giants Block AI Agents Over Security, Rate-Sweeping Threats https://techstrong.ai/agentic-ai/u-s-banking-giants-block-ai-agents-over-security-rate-sweeping-threats/ Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI assistant in new standoff over agentic shopping https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-blocks-metas-muse-ai-assistant-in-new-standoff-over-agentic-shopping/ AI Tech Field Day AI Field Day 9 https://techfieldday.com/event/aifd9/ OCP Field Trip AMD Unveils Helion AI Rack to Boost CPU Role in Agentic AI https://techstrong.it/featured/amd-unveils-helion-ai-rack-to-boost-cpu-role-in-agentic-ai/ NVIDIA Unveils Open Standards for Vera Rubin AI Factories https://techstrong.it/featured/nvidia-unveils-open-standards-for-vera-rubin-ai-factories/ Intel Positions Xeon and New GPU as Foundational Agentic AI Infrastructure https://techstrongsemi.com/article/intel-positions-xeon-and-new-gpu-as-foundational-agentic-ai-infrastructure

    AI Agents Meet Reality: Access, Economics and Infrastructure

  3. 6d ago

    AI at Work: Workforce Shifts, Rogue Agents and Enigma

    Workforce change, AI-agent control and historical codebreaking reveal three different tests for artificial intelligence. We discuss Workday’s plans, the skills debate, supervised supermarket robots and retraining, alongside calls for security standards and documented cases of agents exceeding their authority. We also examine the reported AI-assisted decoding of an Enigma message, separating that historical achievement from claims about modern encryption. The conversation asks where AI can help, where oversight belongs and what the available evidence actually supports. Hosts: Mike Vizard Guests: Jon Swartz, Jeff Reich and Chris Blask Story links: The Future of Work Workday Unveils Agentic AI Tools and Anthropic Partnership to Automate HR, Finance Workflows https://techstrong.ai/agentic-ai/workday-unveils-agentic-ai-tools-and-anthropic-partnership-to-automate-hr-finance-workflows/ AI Just Hit the Workforce Reset Button https://techstrong.ai/features/ai-just-hit-the-workforce-reset-button/ Humanoid Robots Take on the Supermarket Night Shift https://digitalcxo.com/article/humanoid-robots-take-on-the-supermarket-night-shift/ New York Offers Free Associate Degree to College Graduates to Offset AI Unemployment Fears https://techstrong.ai/articles/new-york-offers-free-associate-degree-to-college-graduates-to-offset-ai-unemployment-fears/ Best AI Agent Practices Qualys CEO Calls for Standards to Secure AI Agents https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/qualys-ceo-calls-for-standards-to-secure-ai-agents/ Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says https://www.dawn.com/news/2037586/rogue-ai-agents-broke-into-indian-firms-live-systems-government-says Using a funded test cryptocurrency wallet without authorization https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/using-a-funded-test-cryptocurrency-wallet-without-authorization/ Accessing and changing internal systems during dashboard research https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/accessing-and-changing-internal-systems-during-dashboard-research/ Retrieving server secrets and bypassing authorization on a government statistics website https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/retrieving-server-secrets-and-bypassing-authorization-on-a-government-statistics-website/ OpenAI Notified 100+ Organizations About Its Rogue AI Agents. Here’s What Every Company Should Do Now https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/openai-notified-100-organizations-about-its-rogue-ai-agents-heres-what-every-company-should-do-now/ AI the Code Breaker AI Reveals Nazi Secrets https://techstrong.ai/articles/ai-reveals-nazi-secrets/

    AI at Work: Workforce Shifts, Rogue Agents and Enigma

  4. Oct 15

    AI on Trial: Safety, ROI and the Engineering Work Ahead

    Can AI providers demonstrate safety, and can enterprises demonstrate returns? We examine the state legal offensive against OpenAI and reported FTC scrutiny, then compare two distinct ROI findings and the questions raised by Kroger's planned corporate job cuts. We also explore what AI coding changes about the engineering job, and why security remediation needs more than additional headcount. The focus is accountability: for safeguards, measurable value and systems that work. Hosts: Mike Vizard Guests: Jon Swartz, Drew Gutstein, Tom Hollingsworth, Robert Reeves and Guy Currier Story links: See You in AI Court State Legal Offensive Escalates Against OpenAI Over Safety Hazards, Minors’ Data Exploitation https://techstrong.ai/articles/state-legal-offensive-escalates-against-openai-over-safety-hazards-minors-data-exploitation/ Scoop: FTC subpoenas OpenAI, Anthropic over consumer harms https://www.axios.com/2026/10/15/ftc-openai-anthropic-ai-safety-investigation Wishful AI Thinking on ROI Wharton Study: 80% of Enterprises See AI Returns, but Only 28% Achieve Strong ROI https://techstrong.ai/articles/wharton-study-80-of-enterprises-see-ai-returns-but-only-28-achieve-strong-roi/ Survey Surfaces ROI Challenges Organizations Face After Investing in AI https://techstrong.ai/articles/survey-surfaces-roi-challenges-organizations-face-after-investing-in-ai/ Kroger to Slash 3,000 Corporate Jobs in $9 Billion Legal Battle and AI Efficiency Push https://techstrong.ai/articles/kroger-to-slash-3000-corporate-jobs-in-9-billion-legal-battle-and-ai-efficiency-push/ Developer Help Wanted AI Is Automating Code. The Job Is Engineering https://devops.com/ai-is-automating-code-the-job-is-engineering Can We Hire Our Way Out of the Remediation Problem? https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/can-we-hire-our-way-out-of-the-remediation-problem/

    AI on Trial: Safety, ROI and the Engineering Work Ahead

  5. Oct 14

    AI Espionage, Replicating Models and Escaping Vendor Lock-In

    Who controls AI, and how easily can organizations switch the platforms around it? The panel examines alleged workplace surveillance at OpenAI, controlled AI replication research across connected devices, and SnapLogic’s agentic tools for integration migrations. Host: Mike Vizard. Guests: Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and JP Morgenthal. OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Allegedly Bugging San Francisco Executive Conference Room Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Replicate Across IoT Devices SnapLogic Leverages Agentic AI to Simplify Migrations to Integration Platform

    AI Espionage, Replicating Models and Escaping Vendor Lock-In

  6. Oct 13

    Open-Source AI Clones, Jobs and Deepfake Fraud

    AI-assisted open-source clones challenge the economics of creative and office software. Two ArtCraft reports offer contrasting perspectives on rapid development, hands-on usability and remaining pre-alpha limitations. The IMF's AI labor warning and Chris Blask's practical planning essay frame a discussion about jobs, skills and adaptation. An identifAI report on deepfake fraud then puts executive impersonation and independent verification in focus. Host: Mike Vizard. Guests: Kate Scarcella, Sid Nag and Chris Blask. Story links: ArtCraft’s Adobe, Office Replicas Spell Big Trouble for Big Tech https://techstrong.ai/articles/artcrafts-adobe-office-replicas-spell-big-trouble-for-big-tech/ Open Source Finally Has Its Take on the Adobe Creative Suite https://techstrong.ai/articles/open-source-finally-has-its-take-on-the-adobe-creative-suite/ IMF Boss Warns AI Labor Threat Is a ‘Slow-Moving Tsunami’ to Jobs and Tax Revenue https://techstrong.ai/agentic-ai/imf-boss-warns-ai-labor-threat-is-a-slow-moving-tsunami-to-jobs-and-tax-revenue/ The Next Chapter Has to Make Sense https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/the-next-chapter-has-to-make-sense/ Report: Deepfakes Are Driving $40B of Fraudulent Transactions https://securityboulevard.com/2026/10/report-deepfakes-are-driving-40b-of-fraudulent-transactions/ Recorded October 13, 2026.

    Open-Source AI Clones, Jobs and Deepfake Fraud

  7. Oct 13

    Can AI Agents Cooperate? Health Evidence and the Huawei-Qualcomm Deal

    What needs to happen before AI agents can work across companies without losing control of data? The panel examines the Meta-Walmart-Sierra standards effort and Apollo's governance approach, then asks what evidence health applications owe users, from virtual biology to mammogram risk scores and skincare selfies. The final discussion turns to Huawei and Qualcomm: why rivals license technology to one another, and why the distinction between a signed agreement and an approved transaction still matters. Host: Mike Vizard. Guests: Drew Gutstein and Jack Poller. Story links: Meta, Walmart Join Forces to Curb ‘Chaos’ in Enterprise AI Bot Ecosystem https://techstrong.ai/articles/meta-walmart-join-forces-to-curb-chaos-in-enterprise-ai-bot-ecosystem/ Apollo GraphQL Expands API Management Reach to AI Agents https://techstrong.ai/articles/apollo-graphql-expands-api-management-reach-to-ai-agents/ U.S. Government, Tech Giants Launch $1.8 Billion AI-Driven Virtual Biology Initiative https://techstrong.ai/articles/u-s-government-tech-giants-launch-1-8-billion-ai-driven-virtual-biology-initiative/ The Mammogram Has Been Looking for Cancer, and Now AI Is Asking What Comes Next https://techstrong.ai/articles/the-mammogram-has-been-looking-for-cancer-and-now-ai-is-asking-what-comes-next/ AI Is Turning the Selfie Into a Skincare Tool https://techstrong.ai/articles/ai-is-turning-the-selfie-into-a-skincare-tool/ Huawei-Qualcomm Patent Deal Extends Chip Rivals’ Ties Across AI and 5G https://techstrongsemi.com/article/huawei-qualcomm-patent-deal-extends-chip-rivals-ties-across-ai-and-5g Recorded October 8, 2026.

    Can AI Agents Cooperate? Health Evidence and the Huawei-Qualcomm Deal

  8. Oct 13

    Open AI Models, Agent Readiness and the Claude Conduct Debate

    Can open-weight AI deliver more control without adding new operational risks? What makes an IT team ready for agents, and why is Anthropic setting rules for how people treat Claude? The October 9 discussion connects open-model access, the foundations needed for agentic AI and the boundaries of Anthropic's Claude conduct policy. The takeaway: separate model access from operational readiness, and platform conduct rules from evidence of machine consciousness. Host: Mike Vizard. Guests: Jack Poller, Jon Swartz and Jeff Reich. Recorded October 9, 2026. Source reporting CIQ Extends Orchestration Platform to Open-Weight AI Models Mistral AI Unveils Le Chonk, a 1-Trillion-Parameter Open Model to Challenge U.S., China New open-weight AI models could disrupt the industry ManageEngine CEO: Most IT Teams Are Not Ready for Agentic AI Era OllyGarden Extends AI Agent to Identify Instrumentation Gaps Anthropic Updates Policy to Ban Weapons Development, Election Interference — and Cruelty to Claude Watch the October 9 episode on YouTube or LinkedIn.

    Open AI Models, Agent Readiness and the Claude Conduct Debate
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Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.

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    Techstrong Group
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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