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AI & education: disaster or destiny?
Is AI in education a disaster ... or inevitable. We can easily see that AI is already changing education ... but is it making kids smarter, or just more dependent?In this episode of TechFirst, John…
Roomba CEO's new home robot: not humanoid!
What if the next big wave of AI isn’t about robots doing your chores but about robots that understand you?In this episode, we sit down with Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot and the creator of the…
AI-native manufacturing
AI is everywhere ... except the factory. What does AI-native manufacturing look like? Is it possible? Can AI agents help manufacturers produce more product at better quality?And, maybe also enable…
Quantum navigation: Unhackable, GPS-free
What happens when GPS goes down: jammed, spoofed, or completely denied?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL, to explore one of…
Are AI agents the new apps?
Are AI agents really the future of software — or just the latest wave of hype?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Don Murray, CEO of Safe Software, to break down what’s…
Amazing robot hands from Kyper Labs
What if the hardest part of building a humanoid robot isn’t the brain but the hands? Robot hands are half the complexity of a robot, a humanoid robot CEO told me a while back: they're insanely…
Welcome to the agentic enterprise
What does the agentic enterprise of tomorrow look like? What happens when AI can build software in hours and agents can run entire business processes?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier sits…
NanoClaw is a safer OpenClaw
NanoClaw is a new agent inspired by OpenClaw, but without the massive security risks you get with OpenClaw. Essentially, it's a safer OpenClaw.What if you could run a powerful AI agent on your own…
Teaching robots like humans: 1000 tasks in 24 hours
Imagine teaching a robot 1000 tasks in just 24 hours. Imagine teaching robots just like you teach humans.In fact, what if teaching a robot were as easy as showing it once?Humans can learn new skills…
Giving AI a human soul
Can we give an AI human emotions? A soul? Can AI truly feel, or will it just act like it does?In this episode of TechFirst, I talk with Vishnu Hari, founder and CEO of Ego AI (backed by Y Combinator…
AI, agents, robots: our insane WestWorld future
Is your AI agent running a restaurant — or a factory — while you sleep?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier sits down with Jensen Teng, CEO and co-founder of Virtuals, to unpack one of the…
AI killing creativity: this scientist proved it
Is AI killing creativity ... or just making it easier to be average?94% of creatives now use AI. But only 11% believe it actually makes them more creative. So what’s really happening?In this episode…
93% of jobs will be hit by AI .... $4.5 trillion at stake
AI is moving faster than anyone predicted.In a massive new study analyzing 1,000 jobs and nearly 20,000 tasks, Cognizant found that 93% of jobs are already impacted by AI ... with $4.5 trillion in…
Machine unlearning: AI's missing link?
AI models are powerful, but they don’t forget. And that's a problem.They hallucinate. They inherit bias. They absorb sensitive data. And once they’re trained, fixing those issues is painfully…
SLMs vs LLMs: 10% of the cost, 100% of the accuracy?
Large language models have dominated the AI conversation — but are small language models (SLMs) actually the future?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Andy Markus, SVP…
Robots won't do chores?
Humanoid robots are coming into our homes, but they probably won’t be doing your laundry anytime soon.In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Jan Liphardt, founder & CEO…
Generative Hollywood: E! founder Larry Namer on AI
AI is hitting entertainment like a sledgehammer ... from algorithmic gatekeepers and AI-written scripts to digital actors and entire movies generated from a prompt.In this episode of TechFirst, host…
Robot reasoning: why data is not enough
Robots aren’t just software. They’re AI in the physical world. And that changes everything.In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Ali Farhadi, CEO of Allen Institute for AI,…
Social humanoid robot for kids under $10,000
Can we really build a $10,000 humanoid robot on open-source AI?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier talks with Chris Kudla, CEO of Mind Children, about a radically different approach to…
AI is now every UI: generative user interfaces explained
Is AI really the new UI, or is that just another tech buzzphrase? Or ... is AI actually EVERY user interface now?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Mark Vange, CEO &…
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