AI Confidential
AI Confidential is a podcast about artificial intelligence and how to benefit from it responsibly. It features conversations with leaders from major tech companies like Microsoft, Accenture, NVIDIA, and Google Cloud. The focus is on how confidential AI is reshaping business, covering topics of privacy, security, and responsible implementation.
Episodes
Are LLMs Dead?
OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, released in March 2023, was noticeably more intelligent than ChatGPT-3. It reasoned better, answered questions more accurately, and could handle more complex tasks. But LLM advancements have since slowed down. And critics have called OpenAI's latest release — ChatGPT-5 — "overhyped and underwhelming." In this episode, hosts Aaron Fulkerson and Mark Hinkle discuss: Whether LLM
Days to Seconds: Harnessing Confidential AI Agents with Kellie Romack
In the age of agentic AI, Kellie Romack knows deploying secure agents needs to be a baseline for enterprises, not an aspiration. In this episode, host Aaron Fulkerson unpacks how confidential AI agents work and talks to Kellie Romack, CDIO at ServiceNow, about how her company is implementing confidential AI agents across its platform. Since partnering with OPAQUE, Microsoft Azure, and NVIDIA to de
Agents Are the New API Client with Marco Palladino
Marco Palladino knows that the internet is changing quickly. As the Co-founder and CTO at Kong, an API management platform, he's on the forefront of integrating APIs with AI — and is wrestling with the questions around security and governance that this shift presents. In this episode, hosts Aaron Fulkerson and Mark Hinkle talk to Palladino about: LLM gateways and why we need them How AI is impact
Confidential Computing Summit 2025: Day 2 Recap & Interviews
Last month at Opaque's annual Confidential Computing Summit™, hosts Aaron Fulkerson and Mark Hinkle interviewed several of our incredible speakers and sponsors about the agentic web, data security, and AI. This episode dives into a few of those conversations. First, Jason Clinton — CISO at Anthropic — talks about the future of agents, MCP, and Anthropic's latest safety upgrade, ASL-3, which is des
Confidential Computing Summit 2025: Day 1 Recap & Interviews
Last month at Opaque's annual Confidential Computing Summit™, hosts Aaron Fulkerson and Mark Hinkle interviewed several of our incredible speakers about the future of confidential AI, genAI, and agents. This episode dives into a few of those conversations. First, Mark Russinovich — CTO, Deputy CISO, and Technical Fellow at Microsoft Azure — talks to us about recent developments in confidential AI
Understanding the Internet of Agents with Vijoy Pandey
Vijoy Pandey, Head of Outshift by Cisco, understands that an internet populated by agents requires an open, interoperable framework for agent-to-agent communication and a seismic shift in governance. That's why Outshift by Cisco, in partnership with LangChain and Galileo, created AGNTCY — an open source collective for inter-agent collaboration. And we're excited to announce that Opaque is a member
Understanding Data Complexity in Enterprise AI Systems with John Willis
What would Founder, Systems Architect, and Deeptech Strategist, John Willis, like you to understand? The history of AI and the risks associated with data exhaust. Willis recently published Rebels of Reason, an AI history told through the stories of lesser-known technologists who built the foundation for modern-day AI. And one of the biggest threats he's flagging for enterprise AI users is data exh
Navigating AI Evaluation and Observability with Atin Sanyal
As GenAI tools have become more intelligent and robust, the reliability of their output has decreased. Enter Galileo: an AI reliability platform designed for GenAI applications. Atin Sanyal — the Co-founder and CTO of Galileo — has a background building machine learning tech at Uber and Apple. One innovative technique that sets Galileo apart is ChainPoll — their hallucination detection methodology
On the Cutting Edge of Agentic AI with João Moura
João Moura built the agentic AI open source framework, CrewAI, with a central vision: to make agent creation feel borderline magical. Inspired by the Ruby on Rails philosophy of "convention over configuration," CrewAI is designed for speed, clarity, and ease of use. What we love about João's approach to agentic AI is that he's not just disrupting the market. He's shifting the way enterprise leader
How AI is reshaping enterprise technology with James Kaplan
James Kaplan has been consulting enterprise clients on how to adopt and extract value from cutting-edge technologies for over 25 years. His dual role as Partner at McKinsey and CTO at McKinsey Technology gives him a unique vantage point into how CIOs and CTOs can harness AI to drive automation, increase productivity, and enhance data security. In this episode, host Aaron Fulkerson talks to James a
Building transparent, open-source AI with Sriram Raghavan
Hosts Aaron Fulkerson and Mark Hinkle sit down with Sriram Raghavan, Vice President of IBM Research AI, at the AllThingsOpen.ai conference. As an experienced industry expert, Sriram leads a global team of over 750 research scientists and engineers focused on advancing AI. Sriram and IBM believe that the future of AI is open source. That's why IBM recently contributed three AI projects — Docling,
Unleashing the Power of Agents with the "Forrest Gump of Tech"
From cloud computing to infrastructure-as-a-service, Reuven Cohen (AKA rUv) has been on the cutting edge of every major technology supercycle — and he's now one of the most influential people in the agentic AI space. With the help of agents, rUv produced 10 million lines of usable code last year. That's 33,000 years of output from one human. rUv's approach proves one of two things: he's either an
Protecting Our Future from AI With Jason Clinton (Anthropic)
What does it take to ensure AI is safe, ethical, and resilient? In this season finale, Anthropic's CISO joins Aaron to discuss the critical intersection of innovation, data privacy, and sovereignty, offering an optimistic perspective on what lies ahead for the future of confidential AI.
Making AI Work in the Real World with Will Grannis (Google Cloud)
AI is full of potential, but what does it really take to make it work in complex environments? Will Grannis, CTO and VP at Google Cloud, shares his perspective on bridging AI innovation with practical application, including insights into the real challenges and rewards of implementing AI in today's top enterprises.
Privacy Meets Innovation with Daniel Rohrer (NVIDIA) and Raluca Ada Popa (Opaque)
Can AI be both innovative and private? NVIDIA VP of Software Security Daniel Rohrer and Opaque Co-Founder and President Raluca Ada Popa discuss the advancements in privacy-preserving technology that enable organizations to push AI forward without compromising data sovereignty.
Safe and Secure Generative AI with Teresa Tung (Accenture)
Generative AI is transforming industries—but how do we ensure it's safe? Teresa Tung, Senior Managing Director & Global Data Capability Lead at Accenture, dives into what companies need to make generative AI both impactful and secure, exploring the frameworks that bring safety to scale.
Building Trust in AI With Mark Papermaster (AMD) and Mark Russinovich (Microsoft Azure)
How do you build AI applications that are not only powerful but also trustworthy and easy to adopt? Join Mark Papermaster, CTO & EVP at AMD, and Mark Russinovich, CTO & Deputy CISO at Microsoft Azure, as they discuss the essential role of confidential computing in making AI seamless, secure, and accessible to businesses everywhere.
Trailer
Welcome to AI Confidential, the podcast that explores the future of AI and data sovereignty. In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, AI is at the heart of transformation across industries. From finance to high tech, leaders are racing to harness its power while navigating complex challenges like data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and privacy. But what if there was a way to solve these
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