100 episodes

From privacy concerns to limitless potential, AI is rapidly impacting our evolving society.

In this new season of The Brave Technologist Podcast - we’re demystifying artificial intelligence, challenging the status quo, and empowering everyday people to embrace the digital revolution.

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From privacy concerns to limitless potential, AI is rapidly impacting our evolving society.

In this new season of The Brave Technologist Podcast - we’re demystifying artificial intelligence, challenging the status quo, and empowering everyday people to embrace the digital revolution.

    Introducing Answer with AI, Brave’s New AI Assistant

    Introducing Answer with AI, Brave’s New AI Assistant

    Josep M. Pujol (Chief of Search at Brave) and Rémi Berson (Principal Engineer at Brave) discuss Brave Search’s latest feature, Answer With AI, which is the first privacy-preserving answer engine available at scale. They explore what this new assistant’s capabilities mean for traditional search, and its potential to reshape our search habits.
    Key Takeaways: 
    How Answer with AI is different from chatbots
    The challenges of AI hallucinations and ensuring accurate responses
    Balancing personalized search experiences with user privacy and anonymity
    The plan for integrating Answer with AI with Brave’s browser-based Leo AI experience
    Guest Bio: Rémi has been working with AI since 2014, beginning with a Paris-based start-up that offered custom NLP solutions to various media groups, and pioneered large-scale automatic text generation (before transformers made an appearance). Currently, Remi is a senior software engineer at Brave Search, where he has been involved in scaling the ML infrastructure to serve continuously growing traffic and increasingly advanced needs, as well as in the development of Brave Search’s latest feature, Answer with AI.
    Josep is the Chief of Search at  Brave, which he joined in 2021. Josep first started working on building an alternative search engine in 2014; prior to Brave, he served as chief scientist at Cliqz, and led the Tailcat project (which Brave later acquired). Before being involved with search, he was a research scientist at multiple institutions, working on AI, distributed systems, and complex networks. He has authored over 30 papers and holds 4 patents. He also holds a PhD in AI from the Technical University of Catalonia.
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte
     

    • 49 min
    Balancing Environmental Stewardship with Technological Progress

    Balancing Environmental Stewardship with Technological Progress

    Steve Kinard, President of the AI Innovation Association, discusses Bitcoin mining and the environmental implications that turned him into an advocate with the Texas Blockchain Council. He also emphasizes the inevitability of AI's disruptive impact across industries, and advocates for prioritizing open source collaboration as the cornerstone of technological innovation.
    Key Takeaways: 
    How Texas is positioning itself as a leader in AI innovation, fostering grid innovation and digital property rights
    Ways that AI is impacting the energy sector; Bitcoin mining and its environmental implications
    Why first principles on open source technology is critical to the AI Innovation Association and the AI sector in general
    Guest Bio: Steve Kinard is the President of AI Innovation Association. Previously, he served as the Director of Policy and Director of Bitcoin Mining at the Texas Blockchain Council, an industry association dedicated to making Texas a leader in Bitcoin innovation. He was instrumental in developing innovative programing and workforce development partnerships with universities while growing corporate membership in an emerging industry. He was actively involved in legislative advocacy regarding technology policy, and in opposing onerous regulation and federal government overreach. Prior to that, he was an entrepreneur in the oil and gas industry, and worked in energy banking.
    Steve holds a BA in International Studies from Texas A&M University, an MBA from George Washington University. He lives in Richardson, Texas.
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte
     

    • 46 min
    The Right to Be Forgotten: Fundamental Human Rights in the Digital Realm

    The Right to Be Forgotten: Fundamental Human Rights in the Digital Realm

    Pat Walshe, Data Protection Officer at Brave, discusses the intersection of artificial intelligence, privacy, and data protection…and how these elements intertwine with fundamental human rights in the digital realm. He also scrutinizes tech industry giants, questioning the authenticity of their privacy claims and the efficacy of their data protection measures.
    Key Takeaways: 
    The current state of regulation and global data protection laws, and how well those laws are working
    The heightened public awareness of issues like geolocation tracking and data minimization
    Why tech companies have more influence and power than the law itself
    Guest Bio: Pat Walshe, Data Protection Officer at Brave, has been working in the field of data protection for over 28 years. Pat prefers the term 'data protection' over just privacy because data about people (and their digital lives) can impact a range of human rights and freedoms (privacy being but one such right).
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte

    • 34 min
    Secure DeFi Investments and The Future of Finance

    Secure DeFi Investments and The Future of Finance

    Greg Jizmagian, CoFounder and CTO at Exponential, shares how trust is being rebuilt in the financial sector through blockchain technology, and ways users are regaining financial autonomy. He also explains the intricacies of making complex DeFi platforms approachable, striking the balance between detail-rich data and a seamless user experience.
    Key Takeaways: 
    Why DeFi matters, how to use it safely, and why it’s poised to shake up the world of traditional banking
    The importance of asset diversification, ways smart contracts can be leveraged in securing investments, and the challenges of transaction costs on the blockchain
    How Exponential is leaning into public criticism, and understanding whose opinions they can change (and whose they can’t)
     
    Guest Bio: 
    Greg Jizmagian is CoFounder and CTO at Exponential, an investment platform dedicated to unlocking financial freedom for all. Prior to Exponential, Greg led engineering at IFTTT, the leading connectivity platform powering the digital transformation of products into integrated services. Prior to IFTTT, Greg led Grocery for the Alexa Shopping team at Amazon, where he managed product, engineering, design, and UX. Greg joined Amazon after leading GoPago to an Amazon acquisition as Vice President of Engineering, Product, and Operations, managing (among other things) mobile and systems engineering, product management, and operations.
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte
     

    • 37 min
    The War of Technology: How AI and Crypto will Converge Over Time

    The War of Technology: How AI and Crypto will Converge Over Time

    Paul Barron, Founder of the Paul Barron Network, examines power, corruption, and the technology war he expects to see over the next 20 years. He also discusses why gaming is the gateway to Web3 growth, and will lead to a steep adoption curve.
    Key Takeaways: 
    How people underestimate AI's ability to scale, despite its speed and the latest advancement in compute requirements. 
    Why AI will have a negative impact on the blockchain.
    Challenges facing the U.S. dollar, and regulatory frontiers shaping the future of finance.
    Guest Bio: 
    Paul Barron started his career in Silicon Valley at Microsoft before moving into media. In the early 2000s, he launched online media outlets, recognizing digital's potential. A podcasting pioneer since 2007, Barron developed and sold significant media properties, establishing himself as a media mogul. Paul published Written Works, a documentary on Amazon Prime, and innovated through his venture PBN3, exploring cutting-edge tech and blockchain. Within 3 years, The Paul Barron Network became a respected media outlet providing insights into sovereign finance and technology.
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte
     

    • 26 min
    Using Public Data Sets to Monitor Dark Web Activity

    Using Public Data Sets to Monitor Dark Web Activity

    Adam Zarazinski, CEO of Inca Digital and former intelligence analyst, shares his journey from the front lines of international security to leading the charge in harnessing AI for financial innovation. He discusses how Inca Digital’s technology is helping to monitor dark web activity, and gives examples of how they’ve been able to track terrorist financing, including Hamas’ use of cryptocurrency.
    Key Takeaways: 
    Using natural language processing and large language models to tackle challenges like risk management and dark web surveillance.
    How trad-fi risk management is changing with Web3, and the big trends Inca Digital is seeing in tech-driven value transfer.
    The complexities that arise at the intersection of social media and financial markets, including the Silicon Valley Bank incident and the meme stock craze.
    Guest Bio: Adam Zarazinski is a former intelligence professional that served as an analyst at INTERPOL, and as an intelligence and operations judge advocate with the United States Air Force.
    Adam is now the CEO of Inca Digital, a fintech company that uses natural language processing and LLMs to provide data and analytics on the digital asset ecosystem to government agencies and financial institutions.
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    About this Show:
    The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all!
    Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together.
    The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API.
    Music by: Ari Dvorin
    Produced by: Sam Laliberte
     

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