Hosts Shaun Sutner, TechTarget News senior news director, and AI news writer Esther Ajao interview AI experts from the tech vendor, analyst and consultant community, academia and the arts as well as AI technology users from enterprises and advocates for data privacy and responsible use of AI. Topics are related to news events in the AI world but the episodes are intended to have a longer, more ”evergreen” run and they are in-depth and somewhat long form, aiming for 45 minutes to an hour in duration.
The podcast will occasionally host guests from inside TechTarget and its Enterprise Strategy Group and Xtelligent divisions as well and also include some news-oriented episodes featuring Sutner and Ajao reviewing the news.
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Hosts Shaun Sutner, TechTarget News senior news director, and AI news writer Esther Ajao interview AI experts from the tech vendor, analyst and consultant community, academia and the arts as well as AI technology users from enterprises and advocates for data privacy and responsible use of AI. Topics are related to news events in the AI world but the episodes are intended to have a longer, more ”evergreen” run and they are in-depth and somewhat long form, aiming for 45 minutes to an hour in duration.
The podcast will occasionally host guests from inside TechTarget and its Enterprise Strategy Group and Xtelligent divisions as well and also include some news-oriented episodes featuring Sutner and Ajao reviewing the news.
Streaming data and generative AI: Confluent's approach
Targeting AI
30 minutes
2 weeks ago
Streaming data and generative AI: Confluent's approach
In this episode of the Targeting AI podcast from AI Business, Shaun Sutner and Esther Shittu interview Sean Falconer of streaming data platform vendor Confluent. They discuss Confluent's AI strategy, the importance of real-time data management, and the integration of generative AI and multi-agent systems into business processes. Falconer emphasizes the need for high-quality data and the advantages of open source technologies like Apache Kafka and Flink. The conversation also touches on the challenges of implementing AI systems and the future direction of AI technology at Confluent.
Featuring: Sean Falconer, senior director of AI Strategy at Confluent.
In today's episode, we cover how:
Confluent focuses on real-time data processing and management.
Generative AI requires fresh, relevant data to be effective.
Data quality should be enforced at the source, not downstream.
Multi-agent systems can operate continuously and autonomously.
Confluent partners with major AI model providers for integration.
Reliability and testing are critical challenges in AI development.
The future of AI at Confluent includes building support for ambient agent experiences.
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Targeting AI
Hosts Shaun Sutner, TechTarget News senior news director, and AI news writer Esther Ajao interview AI experts from the tech vendor, analyst and consultant community, academia and the arts as well as AI technology users from enterprises and advocates for data privacy and responsible use of AI. Topics are related to news events in the AI world but the episodes are intended to have a longer, more ”evergreen” run and they are in-depth and somewhat long form, aiming for 45 minutes to an hour in duration.
The podcast will occasionally host guests from inside TechTarget and its Enterprise Strategy Group and Xtelligent divisions as well and also include some news-oriented episodes featuring Sutner and Ajao reviewing the news.
