AI in Mission-Critical Environments
Summary
What does it take to deploy AI where lives are on the line? Qwake CEO Sam Cossman and webAI CMO Anuneet Kumar sit down for an unscripted conversation on building and deploying AI in the environments where failure isn't an option. <p> https://luma.com/ug87ehj2 <p>
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