The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica

Updated: 19 Jun 2025 • 288 episodes
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A series of informal conversations with thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and writers on a wide range of topics in technology, science, and of course big data, data science, artificial intelligence, and related applications. Anchored by Ben Lorica (@BigData), the Data Exchange also features a roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of data, machine learning and AI. Detailed show notes for each episode can be found on https://thedataexchange.media/ The Data Exchange podcast is a production of Gradient Flow [https://gradientflow.com/].

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Zach Lloyd, Founder/CEO of Warp, joins the podcast to discuss how Warp is revolutionizing the command-line terminal by integrating AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS. Deta

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Jackie Brosamer and Brad Axen from Block discuss codename goose  (Goose), their open-source AI agent designed to automate complex engineering and knowledge work. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast A

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Oumi Labs CEO Manos Koukoumidis lays out a vision for “unconditionally open” foundation models—where data, code, weights, and recipes are all transparent and reproducible—arguing this is the only path to production-grade, trustworthy AI.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/

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Dan Schwarz (CEO & Co-Founder, Futuresearch) explains why his firm finds OpenAI’s $125 billion revenue projection highly implausible, citing fierce competition, pressure on ChatGPT/API revenue, and fleeting technical advantages. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe:

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Jason Martin is an AI Security Researcher at HiddenLayer. This episode explores “policy puppetry,” a universal attack technique bypassing safety features in all major language models using structured formats like XML or JSON. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Ap

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Evangelos Simoudis is Managing Director at Synapse Partners, a firm that helps corporations apply AI and invests in startups developing data-driven AI applications. This episode explores the current state of enterprise AI adoption, distinguishing between the steady progress of traditional AI and the experimental phase

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