This podcast follows from the presentation at https://youtu.be/LxFUB3uvosw. In this episode, we're joined by Alexander Visheratin, AI researcher at Playground AI. In this talk, Alexander Visheratin explores NLLB-CLIP: the current state of multilingual multimodal models, the challenges faced in their development, and his experience creating one of the top CLIP-like models that supports 200 languages.

In celebration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, our esteemed guest, Zainab Abdullahi, a seasoned Nigerian medical lab scientist with extensive hands-on experience with TB patients, delves into the topic of tuberculosis in Africa. Join us as we examine the challenges posed by TB infection, its prevalence in Africa, and explore its causes, prevention, and treatment options.

🎥: https://youtu.be/zEqBPhVRHio

“The World TB day is commemorated to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.” – https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-tb-day/

Learn more about Zainab Abdullahi

Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zainab-abdullahi-16a241203

There is a lot of misunderstanding and hype surrounding AI, fueled by exaggerated marketing and capitalist motives. This episode features Kathryn Kure and Jonathan Poritz as we delve into 'AInt': their critical examination of AI. Together, we explore the harms and exaggerations surrounding AI, including its unsustainable energy consumption, exclusivity, and ethical dilemmas, while also assessing its potential threat to the global creative commons.

Watch their original presentation at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fPQz5ZCKqQ&list=PLPDjhzarwzChlePJkWR1iOaoUpCDQYGXt&index=21

Learn more about Jonathan Portitz

Mastodon: @poritzj@mastodon.social

Website: https://poritz.net/jonathan

Learn more about Kathryn Kure

Twitter: @datamyna

Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkure/