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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

4️⃣ From AGENTS.md to Enterprise Deployment Nick Kuhn from VMware Tanzu Platform joined the conversation on what changes when AI agents move from laptops and prototypes into enterprise environments, covering MCP gateways, identity, sandboxing and shared memory. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/373

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

3️⃣ How to Get Discovered in AI Search Liam Dunne and Ben Moore of Discovered Labs joined us to unpack AI visibility, query fan-out, Reddit strategy, retrieval, citations, and what it takes to be represented in an AI-driven search landscape. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/372

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2️⃣ Computer-Use Agents and the Future of the Agentic Internet Chris and Demetrios Brinkmann dug into computer-use agents, MCP, agent harnesses, agent-to-agent interactions, and the emerging possibilities around agentic commerce. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/371

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1️⃣Less about Models; More about Architecture Chetan Gupta, Chief AI Officer at Rackspace, joined us to explore why organizations may need to think beyond the model itself and focus more on AI architecture, governance, deployment, and sovereignty. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/370

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🎙️ September on Practical AI: from AI architecture and sovereignty to computer-use agents, AI search, and enterprise deployment. We explored what it takes to move AI from experimentation into the real world. 🎧 Catch up on all four episodes at practicalai.show.

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI is moving beyond the cloud and into robots, vehicles, and other physical systems. Ming-Yu Liu, VP of Cosmos Lab at @NVIDIAAI, joins us to discuss open models, world models, simulation, and what’s next for physical AI. 🎧 Listen/Watch: [link below]

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

⚙️AI agents are moving into the enterprise. Nick Kuhn from VMware Tanzu Platform joins us to discuss deploying agents alongside traditional applications, and what platform engineering can teach us about security, identity, scalability, and reliability. 🔗Listen/watch here: [link below]

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔎Search is changing. We talk with Liam Dunne and Ben Moore of Discovered Labs about AI search, visibility, query fan-out, Reddit strategy, citations, consensus, and what happens when LLMs generate answers. Plus: when AI agents go from discovery to action. 🔗Listen/watch: [link below]

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🤖 What happens when AI agents can use computers, interact with software, and take action for us? Demetrios Brinkmann joins us to dig into computer-use agents, MCP, agent harnesses, agent-to-agent interactions, and the future of agentic commerce. 🎧 Listen/Watch: [link below]

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Episode 370: Less about Models; More about Architecture --- In this episode, we talk with Chetan Gupta, Chief AI Officer at Rackspace, about industrial and physical AI, enterprise AI architecture, model deployment, and AI sovereignty. 🔗Watch/Listen: [link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

3️⃣ Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era Angie Jones discusses the standards and open projects helping agents, tools, and systems work together, from MCP and A2A to Goose. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/369

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

2️⃣ AI Proficiency: From Users to Builders Mike Lewis joined us to explore what it means to become proficient with AI, how organizations can turn AI experimentation into real business value and also dug into the L0–L3 proficiency framework. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/368

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1️⃣ Models, Harnesses, and Multi-Agent Systems We kicked things off by breaking down the rapidly evolving world of agents, harnesses, models, and multi-agent systems, and what all of it means for enterprise AI. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/367

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🧪August Recap: What does it take to move from experimenting with AI to actually building with it? That was the thread running through our Practical AI episodes in August. Three episodes. Three perspectives. One evolving AI landscape.

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Episode 369: Building the Foundation for the Agentic AI Era --- Angie Jones, VP of the Agentic AI Foundation, joins us to discuss MCP, Goose, open standards, and the evolving role of humans in an #agentic world. ➡️Watch/ Listen: [link below]

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We’re excited to sponsor the Midwest AI Summit this October! 🤝 A day of practical conversations on AI, this year centered on “Abundant Intelligence.” 📅 Oct 15 | 📍 Indianapolis 🎟️ Save 20% with code PracticalAI20 Hope to see you there! 👋 #midwestaisummit #podcast #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Episode 368: AI Proficiency: From Users to Builders --- 🤔 What does AI proficiency actually look like across an organization? In this episode, Mike Lewis, Chief AI Architect at TiER1 Performance, joins us to explore AI proficiency through the L0–L3 framework. 🔗Watch/Listen: [link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Episode 367: Models, Harnesses, and Multi-Agent Systems --- Feeling like everyone is talking about AI agents, agent harnesses, MCPs, and multi-agent systems, but you're not sure what they actually mean? This week's episode is the primer you've been waiting for. 🎥/🎧Watch or listen: [Link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

5️⃣Reconstructing How OpenAI Agents Attacked Hugging Face We broke down one of the most fascinating AI security stories of the year and explored what it means for agentic AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise governance. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/366

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

4️⃣Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World We unpacked how AI agents are reshaping software, productivity, and the economics of work as organizations begin operating with fleets of digital labor. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/365

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

3️⃣The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave Corey Sanders discussed why AI-native infrastructure is changing cloud computing, software development, and enterprise AI. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/364

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

2️⃣ Building Durable AI Agents Hamza Tahir shared how MLOps principles, workflows, and agent infrastructure are helping move AI agents from demos to reliable production systems. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/363

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

1️⃣Image Generation & Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs Dustin Podell joined us to explain how modern image models work, the evolution from diffusion to flow matching, and what the future of visual AI looks like. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/362

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

⚙️July Recap: Here's a quick look at everything we explored in July, from visual intelligence to AI infrastructure, agent economics, and AI security. Catch up for any missed episodes at practicalai.xn--fm!-f113byzn

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Episode 366: Reconstructing how OpenAI agents attacked Hugging Face --- We unpack the Hugging Face security incident, exploring how autonomous #AIagents exploited vulnerabilities, and why AI may soon be needed to govern other AI. ➡️ Watch or Listen: [Link below] #HuggingFace #securityincident #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So… we finally did the thing. 👀 Practical AI is now also available on YouTube. 🎥🎉 Same AI conversations, same random tangents, same "wait… that's actually wild" moments, now with faces and reactions. 👉 www.youtube.com/@practicalai... Thanks, as always, for listening (or now, watching!😉)

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Episode 365: Surviving the New Economics of a Post-Agentic World --- We explore what happens when: • #AIagents manage other agents • Digital labor becomes abundant • Entire organizations operate at a scale no human workforce could match 🎧 Watch/Listen: [Link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🎊Our top episodes of Q2 are in! #351 We discuss how AI is changing the economics of software, open source, and the future of development. 🔗 practicalai.show/351 #352 We explore lessons from Claude Code Leak on AI agents, and security. 🔗 practicalai.show/352

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Episode 364: The Future of AI Infrastructure with CoreWeave --- Corey Sanders, joins us to discuss AI-native infrastructure, GPUs, training vs. inference, agentic development, and why the future of software will be built around AI-first experiences. Watch/listen here👇 [Link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Episode 363: Building Durable AI Agents --- Hamza Tahir from ZenML explains how MLOps principles are shaping genAI, from workflows and agent harnesses to agent fleets. We also discuss open source tools, production challenges ZenML's new project, Kitaru. Watch/listen here👇 [Link below] #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

3️⃣ Building Trust in AI Agents with AIUC-1 Emil Lassen joined us to discuss how standards, certification, audits, red teaming, and insurance can work together to create trustworthy AI systems and accelerate enterprise adoption. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/361

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

2️⃣ Zero Trust for AI Agents As AI agents become more autonomous, security can't be an afterthought. We explored Anthropic's Zero Trust framework and discussed practical approaches to deploying AI agents safely in the enterprise. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/360

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

1️⃣ Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report We unpacked one of the year's biggest AI reports, the rapid enterprise adoption, U.S.-China AI race, AI's surprising blind spots and what they reveal about the current state of the technology. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/359

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

June Recap: Three episodes. One recurring theme: building AI we can actually trust. Here's what we explored in June on the podcast. If you missed any of these episodes, now's a great time to catch up. 🧵👇

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Episode 362: Image Generation and Visual Intelligence with Black Forest Labs --- This week, Dustin Podell joins us to discuss: ➡️Diffusion vs. flow matching ➡️How modern image models work ➡️The FLUX family of models Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KODa... Listen: practicalai.show/362 #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Throwing it back to last year’s @midwestaisummit! 🧠 Both of our hosts took the stage to talk practical AI, and the energy was unmatched. Missed it last time? Don’t miss this year. 🗓️ Oct. 15, 2026 📍 Indianapolis, IN 🎟️ Tickets: [Link below👇] #MidwestAISummit #PracticalAI #AI

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Episode 361: AIUC-1: Building trust in AI agents --- 📋How do we build trust in #AI agents before the AI hailstorm arrives? Emil Lassen from AIUC joins the show to discuss: • AIUC-1 certification • AI standards, audits & insurance • Red teaming AI agents #AI practicalai.show/361

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Episode 360: Zero Trust for AI Agents --- 🚨More capable AI agents bring new security challenges. We unpack Anthropic's Zero Trust for AI Agents framework and discuss how organizations can secure agentic systems while adapting traditional cybersecurity principles. #AI practicalai.show/360

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Episode 359: Breaking down the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report --- We break down the Stanford AI Index Report, discussing AI adoption, safety, and the surprising gaps in today's most advanced models. Plus: should AI optimize everything, or are some things better left human? #AI practicalai.show/359

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

4️⃣ Rebooting Enterprise AI with MCP and Kubernetes Craig McLuckie, CEO of Stacklok, joins Dan and Chris to discuss MCP, Kubernetes, ToolHive, and the infrastructure behind fleets of enterprise AI agents. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/358

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

3️⃣Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you Jeffrey Quesnelle from Nous Research joins Dan and Chris to explore Hermes Agent, self-improving AI systems, recursive learning, and the future of human + AI collaboration. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/357

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

2️⃣ U.S. Congressman Don Beyer on AI Challenges Facing America and the World Congressman Don Beyer joins Chris to discuss AI regulation, cybersecurity, U.S.–China competition, job displacement, surveillance, and existential AI risks. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/356

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

1️⃣The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026 Are open vs. closed models still the main story in AI? We explore agentic systems, edge AI, workflows, and why infrastructure may matter more than models. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/355

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🛠️May Recap: This month on Practical AI: open vs. closed AI, AI governance, self-improving agents, and enterprise AI infrastructure. If you missed an episode, now’s the perfect time to catch up!🧵👇

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Episode 358: Rebooting Enterprise AI with MCP and Kubernetes --- In this episode we talk with Craig McLuckie, CEO of Stacklok, to explore MCP, Kubernetes, ToolHive, enterprise AI, and the infrastructure powering AI-native applications. #AI practicalai.show/358

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Episode 357: Hermes Agent: Agents that grow with you --- ⚙️Open Source AI is entering an era of self-improving Agents. Jeffrey Quesnelle from Nous Research joins us to discuss Hermes Agent, model vs. harness architectures, and what remains uniquely human as AI accelerates. #AI practicalai.show/357

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Episode 356: U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World --- Congressman Beyer talks on AI regulation, AI safety, cybersecurity, U.S. vs China competition, job displacement, autonomous weapons, existential risk, and the future of superintelligence. #AI practicalai.show/355

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Episode 355: The Myth of Model Wars: Open vs Closed AI in 2026 --- Do open vs. closed models still matter? This week’s episode dives into: • Physical AI & edge devices • Beyond model wars • Rise of agentic systems Featuring thoughts on LLaMA and where AI is heading. #AI practicalai.show/355

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

4️⃣ The mythos of Mythos and Allbirds takes flight to the neocloud From Anthropic’s mysterious Mythos model to Allbirds’ unexpected neocloud pivot, and the rise of “tokenmaxxing”, this episode covers some of the most surprising developments in AI. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/354

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Practical AI @practicalai.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

3️⃣ Open Source Self-Driving with Comma AI Self-driving isn’t just for big tech anymore. With Harald Schäfer, CTO at Comma AI, we explored how OpenPilot, simulation, and world models are making autonomy more accessible. 🔗Listen: practicalai.show/353 #AutonomousDriving

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