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Your new AI smart glasses might look like a sci-fi dream, but they are rapidly turning into a corporate panopticon designed to mine your daily life.
In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Futurum Group analysts Olivier Blanchard and Brad Shimmin to dissect the sudden explosion of consumer AI devices—from Meta’s latest smart glasses to Apple Intelligence.
The panel tackles a critical industry question: Are these devices genuinely responding to consumer demand, or are tech giants forcing them onto the market to subsidize massive data collection exercises?
Moving past the initial feature hype, they expose the thin line between a helpful "Big Butler" and an invasive "Big Brother," explaining why the industry's lack of transparency is breaking consumer trust and how an ethical shift toward user-rewarded data partnerships is the only way forward.
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Ever wonder what happens when the AI model your favorite app relies on suddenly vanishes or goes offline?
In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with tech experts Jay Cuthrell and Dave Graham to discuss the rising importance of AI model routers. Building artificial intelligence applications is tough because new models are released constantly, and older ones can disappear without warning.
Model routers solve this by acting like smart traffic controllers, automatically sending your app's requests to the best, fastest, or cheapest AI available.
The panel dives into how platforms like OpenRouter and DigitalOcean help developers control costs, avoid application crashes, and seamlessly switch between different AI providers without changing their code.
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A consensus emerged over the last few years that AI compute would be centralized in massive datacenters, but this is being challenged as the industry evolves in 2026.
This episode of Utilizing AI focuses on the transition from training to inferencing and datacenters to the edge, featuring Futurum Research Directors Olivier Blanchard and Guy Currier and host Stephen Foskett. Now that the centralized AI platforms are beginning to charge for token usage customers are eager to deploy smaller, more specific models on-site.
This demand is being fed by companies like Apple, Qualcomm, Mediatek, Broadcom, and even AMD and NVIDIA, who also feed the datacenter hardware demand. Yet suppliers of datacenter hardware like Dell, HPE, and Lenovo are doing extremely well as the build-out there continues.
These companies, as well as well-known platform providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, are likely to come out on top once the AI industry shakes out.
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Is AI truly transforming our workflows, or are we just drowning in a sea of automated noise?
In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett sits down with Tech Field Day delegates Jim Jones (Product Architect at 1111 Systems) and Jeff Ello (AI Lead at Purdue University) to explore how industry experts use artificial intelligence in production.
Moving past the corporate marketing hype, they share real-world use cases—from using Figma Make and Claude to compress weeks of product research into hours, to navigating the challenges of "AI slop" in higher education. The panel breaks down why human expertise remains the ultimate "North Star," why autonomous agents aren't fully ready for prime time, and how treating AI as a collaborator rather than a replacement is the key to unlocking true enterprise productivity.
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Pope Leo XIV released the first encyclical of his papacy, Magnifica Humanitas, focused on the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity.
In this episode of Utilizing AI, Tech Field Day delegates Gina Rosenthal, Frederic Van Haren, and Steve Puluka discuss the meaning and relevancy of this document. The pope wisely steers clear of specifics, though he appears to have an excellent overall understanding of AI technology, and instead focuses on the impact of this technology on all of humanity.
He calls to disarm AI and invite a broad spectrum of humanity to construct and adopt it. This and more on Utilizing AI, part of The Futurum Group Podcast Network.
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The artificial intelligence market is currently experiencing a period of total chaos, leaving businesses and developers scrambling to keep up with an overwhelming flood of new models, frameworks, and technologies.
Recorded live on-site at AI Field Day 8, host Stephen Foskett sits down with industry experts Guy Currier of The Futurum Group and Frederic Van Haren of High Fens Inc. to discuss this rapidly evolving AI landscape. They dive into the rise of "neo clouds" engineered specifically for low-latency AI performance, the shift from massive large language models to specialized small language models, and the skyrocketing token costs associated with multi-agent workflows.
Ultimately, the guests share actionable advice on how organizations can conquer the fear of missing out, establish stable business baselines, and embrace constant market change as a competitive advantage.
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You might own the latest AI hardware, but are you actually using it?
In this episode of Utilizing AI, host Stephen Foskett joins Tech Field Day delegates Gina Rosenthal and Frederic Van Haren to tackle the "utilization gap" plaguing modern enterprises.
While hyperscalers like OpenAI achieve near-perfect efficiency with their GPU clusters, the reality for most businesses is far more wasteful. They explore the practical challenges of hardware systems design, why high-performance chips often sit idle, and how organizations can move past the hype of acquisition to achieve true, practical utilization of their AI investments.
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As enterprises seek to utilize artificial intelligence technology, they would be wise to bring their data and analytics professionals to the table.
This episode of Utilizing AI, brought to you by Starburst, features Senior Vice President Jitender Aswani discussing the opportunities presented by AI to democratize data insights with Futurum analyst Brad Shimmin and host Stephen Foskett.
Businesses have been dealing with data silos for decades, yet we are institutionlizing this approach with AI applications. It would be better to democratize access to data and enable everyone to directly query data rather than spending time on dashboard development. Data analysts and engineers are ready to move forward and deliver true business insights.
The goal is to bring context to data to build trust in AI applications.
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The PC market is seeing a major reset, driven by the impact of smartphone technologies and the emergence of AI.
This episode of Utilizing AI features Stephen Foskett, Futurum Research Director & Practice Lead for Intelligent Devices Olivier Blanchard, and Solutional CEO Scott Robohn, discussing the new face of the PC. AI application processing is moving to devices like phones and laptops, reducing cost and latency and enabling interactivity and security.
Mobile phone technology is enabling a fundamental restructuring of the PC market, with high-end developer workstations, traditional laptops and desktops with AI, and an emerging trend of affordable midrange laptops.
Apple kicked off this trend with the MacBook Neo, which is powered by a mobile chip and has lower specs but better hardware, and the coming transition of ChromeOS to Android.
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AI is everywhere right now, but real-world value is still uneven.
In this episode of Utilizing AI featuring Stephen Foskett, Olivier Blanchard, and guest Scott Robohn, the discussion cuts through the hype cycle and focuses on what actually matters: where AI is working today, where it is failing to deliver ROI, and what needs to change for broader adoption.
The panel explores why we are in a “10X hype cycle,” how specialized AI agents and orchestration are starting to replace general-purpose expectations, and why infrastructure decisions around hardware and software can make or break AI initiatives.
They also dig into the tension between productivity gains, displacement concerns, and the reality that AI is still a tool, not a magic solution. From spec-driven development to the limits of current models, from silicon constraints to the rise of personal AI agents, this conversation grounds the future of AI in practical constraints and real business outcomes.
If you are trying to understand where AI is actually headed beyond marketing claims, this episode lays out the signal behind the noise.
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