Deep Dive into the Current and Future State of AI with Lutz Finger
Release Date: 04/24/2025
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Jason Stoughton, the Host of The Pulse of AI Podcast, is joined on this episode with distinguished technologist Lutz Finger to discuss the current and future state of AI.
Lutz has over 20 years of experience building AI driven products at companies like google, Linkedin and Snap. He is currently building a new company around generative AI tools for ecommerce and also teaches a popular eCornell certificate program called "Designing and Building AI Solutions:.