Inside Ukraine's Drone War: Maj. "Phoenix" of Lasar's Group
The first armed drone Ukraine ever fielded wasn't built in a factory or procured from a defense contractor.
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Eye on AI
By Craig S. Smith
Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence.
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Inside Ukraine's Drone War: Maj. "Phoenix" of Lasar's Group
1 hr 6 min
- Cadence
- Irregular
- Typical length
- 53 min
- Latest release
- Sep 21
- Language
- EN
- Activity
- Current — released within 30 days
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Topics
Generative AI
Systems that generate text, images, audio, video, software, or other new content.
Machine Learning
Model development, learning methods, prediction systems, and applied machine learning.
Formats
Interview
Host-led conversation where a guest supplies most of the subject matter.
Technical Deep Dive
Detailed technical, architectural, or research-oriented examination.
Audience level
Intermediate
Assumes basic technology literacy and familiarity with common products, roles, and terminology.
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Every major data breach in the last 30 years shares the same root cause: the data inside the wall was never protected, only the wall.
86% of What Coding Agents Do Is Just Reading — Not Solving | Alexander Whedon of Subquadratic
Every AI model in production today has the same hidden tax: doubling the context window quadruples the compute.
From 10 Drones a Month to Nearly 100,000 — Inside Ukraine's Largest Drone Manufacturer | Marko Kushnir, General Cherry
In 2023, General Cherry started making 10 drones a month. Today they're approaching 100,000. The conversation's most important insights are structural rather than technical.
In 5 to 10 Years, Using Weapons Without AI Will Be Considered Unethical | Yaroslav Azhnyuk, The Fourth Law
A Ukrainian entrepreneur who spent 14 years building cameras for pets pivoted to building cameras that down Shaheds, and is now building the autonomy software that could define how wars are fought for the next generation. The competitive landscape is mapped with unusual candor, an "Apple vs.
Inside Ukraine's Azov Drone R&D: The Engineer Building AI Weapons 18 km From the Front Line | Alexander Palamarchuk
The most consequential arms race in the world right now isn't nuclear, it's software. Craig Smith speaks with Alexander Palamarchuk, an engineer in the R&D department of Ukraine's Azov Brigade, calling in from approximately 18 kilometers from the front line in the Pokrovsk region.
95% of AI Agent Projects Fail to Reach Production. Here's Why | Manoj Saxena, TrustWise
It takes a few hours to build an AI agent. It takes six to seven months to get it into production. Manoj Saxena - the executive who commercialized IBM Watson - built TrustWise around one thesis: intelligence without control is not deployable.
From Zero to 150 Robots in Just 20 Months | Mike LeBlanc, Foundation Future Industries
Most humanoid robot companies are still running curated demos in replica environments. Foundation Future Industries is running 150 robots on real automotive production lines in Georgia, and heading to Ukraine this year to deploy on the battlefield.
Why People Are Paying 10x More for AI - and What That Means for the Chip Market | Sid Sheth, d-Matrix
The AI chip market looks monolithic from the outside - NVIDIA dominates, and everyone else is fighting for scraps. But d-Matrix's CEO Sid Sheth argues that the market is quietly splitting into two distinct tiers, and the one that's exploding right now is the one NVIDIA's architecture isn't built for.