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Adapticx AI is a podcast designed to make advanced AI understandable, practical, and inspiring. We explore the evolution of intelligent systems with the goal of empowering innovators to build responsible, resilient, and future-proof solutions. Clear, accessible, and grounded in engineering reality—this is where the future of intelligence becomes understandable.

23 JAN

Open vs Closed Models and the AGI Outlook

In this episode, we examine the defining tension in modern AI: open versus closed models. We break down what “open” actually means in today’s AI landscape, why frontier labs increasingly keep their most capable systems closed, and how this divide shapes innovation, safety, economics, and global power dynamics. We explore the difference between true open source and open-weights models, why closed APIs dominate at the frontier, and how the open ecosystem still drives massive downstream innovation. The episode also looks at how this debate becomes far more serious as models approach AGI-level capabilities, where misuse risks, offense–defense imbalance, and irreversibility force new approaches to access, governance, and accountability. This episode covers: Open source vs open-weights vs closed AI modelsSafety, alignment, and the case for restricted accessInnovation commons and open-model ecosystem dynamicsAGI risk, misuse, and the offense–defense imbalanceStaged release, audits, and mediated access modelsPower, geopolitics, efficiency, and the future of openness This episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

39 min
22 JAN

Reasoning, Planning, and Autonomous Agents

In this episode, we trace the evolution of AI from passive text generation to autonomous systems that can reason, plan, act, and adapt. We explain why prediction alone was not enough, how structured reasoning techniques unlocked multi-step consistency, and how modern agent architectures enable AI to interact with the real world through tools, feedback, and memory. We explore the progression from chain-of-thought reasoning to action-driven frameworks, reflection-based learning, and full agentic loops that combine planning, execution, evaluation, and adaptation. The episode also examines how multi-agent systems, tool use, and hybrid architectures are reshaping industries—from software and science to healthcare and manufacturing—while introducing new safety and governance challenges. This episode covers: From prediction to reasoning, planning, and actionChain-of-thought, ReAct, and reflection-based learningAgent architectures and long-horizon planningTool use, RAG, and real-world interactionSingle-agent vs. multi-agent systemsAutonomy, risk, and the need for guardrails This episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

38 min
21 JAN

AI Safety & Governance

In this episode, we examine why AI safety and governance have become unavoidable as general-purpose AI systems move into every layer of society. We explore how the shift from narrow models to general-purpose AI amplifies risk, why high-level “responsible AI” principles often fail in practice, and what it takes to build systems that can be trusted at scale. We break down the core pillars of trustworthy AI—fairness, reliability, transparency, and human oversight—and follow them across the full AI lifecycle, from pre-training and fine-tuning to deployment and continuous monitoring. The discussion also tackles real failure modes, from hallucinations and bias to misinformation, dual-use risks, and the limits of current alignment techniques. This episode covers: Why general-purpose AI fundamentally changes the risk landscapeThe pillars of trustworthy AI: fairness, safety, transparency, and oversightThe AI lifecycle: pre-training, fine-tuning, deployment, and monitoringHallucinations, bias amplification, and misinformation risksAlignment challenges, red teaming, and accountability gapsMarket concentration, environmental costs, and global governance This episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

30 min
19 JAN

AI in Production

In this episode, we explore what happens when AI leaves the lab and enters real-world production. We examine why most AI projects fail at deployment, how production systems differ fundamentally from research models, and what it takes to operate large language models reliably at scale. The discussion focuses on the engineering, organizational, and governance challenges of deploying probabilistic systems, along with the emerging architectures that turn LLMs into agents capable of planning, tool use, and autonomous action. This episode covers: Why most AI projects fail in productionResearch vs. production AI: reliability, consistency, and scaleBuild vs. buy trade-offs for LLMsHidden costs: prompt drift, prompt engineering, and inferenceEvaluation, monitoring, and governance in real systemsAgent architectures and AI as infrastructure This episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

37 min
SEASON 7 TRAILER

From Deployed AI to What Comes Next (Trailer)

Season 7 begins at a turning point. AI is no longer confined to research papers and demos—it is deployed, operational, and shaping real-world systems at scale. This season focuses on what changes when models move from experiments to production infrastructure. We explore how organizations build, monitor, and maintain AI systems whose behavior is probabilistic rather than deterministic. What reliability means when models can adapt, fail in unexpected ways, and influence high-stakes decisions. And how engineering practices evolve when AI is treated not as a tool, but as a collaborator embedded in workflows. The season also looks ahead to the next frontier: reasoning models, planning systems, and autonomous agents capable of using tools, coordinating tasks, and acting toward goals. Alongside these capabilities come urgent questions of safety, governance, and control—how risks are identified, how responsibility is enforced, and how oversight scales with capability. Finally, we examine one of the defining debates of this era: open versus closed models. Who should control powerful AI systems, how transparency affects innovation and safety, and what these choices mean for the long-term trajectory toward AGI. Season 7 is about AI in the world—how it behaves in production, how it is governed, and how today’s decisions shape what comes next. This episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

3 min
14 JAN

Agents, Tools & Ecosystems

In this episode, we explore how large language models evolved from passive text generators into agentic systems that can use tools, take actions, collaborate, and operate inside dynamic environments. We explain the shift from “knowing” to “doing,” and why this transition marks one of the most significant changes since the Transformer. We break down what defines agentic AI, how agents plan and act through tool use, and why multi-agent systems outperform single models on complex, real-world tasks. The episode also covers the emerging agent frameworks, real business impact, and the safety and governance challenges that come with autonomy. This episode covers: The gap between text generation and real-world actionWhat defines agentic AI: autonomy, reactivity, proactivity, learningTool use as the bridge from reasoning to executionAgent lifecycles: planning, action, observation, refinementSingle-agent limits and multi-agent systems (MAS)Popular agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI)Enterprise, science, and productivity impactsSafety, latency, memory, and responsibility challengesThis episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

39 min
12 JAN

Open-Source LLM Movement

In this episode, we explore how open-source large language models transformed AI by breaking proprietary barriers and making advanced systems accessible to a global community. We examine why the open movement emerged, how open LLMs are built in practice, and why transparency and reproducibility matter. We trace the journey from large-scale pre-training to instruction tuning, alignment, and real-world deployment, showing how open models now power education, tutoring, and specialized applications—often matching or surpassing much larger closed systems. This episode covers: Why open LLMs emerged and what they changedModel weights, transparency, and reproducibilityPre-training, instruction tuning, and alignmentOpen LLMs in education and specialized domainsRAG, multi-agent systems, and trustSmall specialized models vs large proprietary modelsThis episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

29 min
10 JAN

ChatGPT, Gemini, and the Usability Revolution

In this episode, we explore how AI crossed a critical threshold—from powerful but expert-only systems to tools anyone can use naturally. We trace the usability revolution that turned large language models into conversational, intuitive interfaces, and explain why this shift mattered as much as raw intelligence. We walk through the technical breakthroughs behind this change—from static word embeddings and LSTMs to Transformers, scale, and RLHF—and connect them to human-centered design principles like effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. The episode also examines how usability is measured, why ChatGPT succeeded despite imperfections, and how multimodal and efficient architectures are shaping the next phase of AI interaction. This episode covers: Why early AI systems were hard to useStatic vs contextual language understandingTransformers, scale, and zero-/few-shot learningRLHF and conversational alignmentUsability metrics (SUS) and adoption driversMultimodal models and efficiency-focused designsAI as a universal natural-language interfaceThis episode is part of the Adapticx AI Podcast. Listen via the link provided or search “Adapticx” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or most podcast platforms. Sources and Further Reading Additional references and extended material are available at: https://adapticx.co.uk

25 min

Adapticx AI is a podcast designed to make advanced AI understandable, practical, and inspiring. We explore the evolution of intelligent systems with the goal of empowering innovators to build responsible, resilient, and future-proof solutions. Clear, accessible, and grounded in engineering reality—this is where the future of intelligence becomes understandable.

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Adapticx Technologies Ltd
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2025 - 2026
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37
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