Machine Dreams
by Kolawole Samuel Adebayo & Leah Stern
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Former Mossad Cyber Expert Warns of a New Security Threat
Former Mossad Cyber Expert Warns of a New Security Threat
About this podcast
Machine Dreams is a weekly dive into the real world of AI. Hosts Kolawole Samuel Adebayo and Leah Stern talk with the founders, researchers, investors, engineers, and stakeholders shaping the future of intelligent machines. These are unfiltered, human conversations about what’s working in AI, what isn’t, and what might reshape the world next. From databases and infrastructure to agents, regulation, the future of work, and more, Machine Dreams brings clarity to arguably the most important tech story of our time.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 37 episodes
- Former Mossad Cyber Expert Warns of a New Security Threat · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 13Hackers do not need your password. That is the warning at the center of this episode, and the story that proves it came from one of the world's leading AI companies. Last week…
- What It Really Takes to Succeed With AI Agents | Nate Herk · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 12AI agents can answer questions, handle repetitive work, and complete tasks across applications. But the real question is not what they can do in a demo. It is what happens when…
- Everyone's Worried About AI Hallucinations. This CEO Says the Silent Failures Are Worse · 17 min · Season 2 Episode 11When you ask an AI a question about your company's data, it looks something up before it answers. Most of the time that works. But often it joins the wrong tables and returns an…
- Why AI Companies Are Talking About Consciousness and What It Means for Business · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 10Is AI really conscious? This week on Machine Dreams, Sam Adebayo and Leah Stern sit down with Andy Thurai, founder and principal analyst at The Field CTO https://thefieldcto.com/…
- Everyone’s Worried AI Will Destroy Us. This Cybersecurity Pioneer Sees a Different Problem · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 9Everyone is worried AI will destroy us. This week on Machine Dreams, Sam Adebayo and Leah Stern sit down with Rob T. Lee, Chief AI Officer and Chief of Research at the SANS…
- Should AI Replace Salespeople? Johan Torssell Says We’re Automating the Wrong Part · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 8Salespeople spend most of their week on everything except selling. Research, CRM updates, meeting prep, follow-up emails. Only about a fifth of their time goes to actually…
- Cameras Used to Just Record Us. AI Is Changing That · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 7Cameras used to have one job: record what happened. Now they are starting to make sense of what they see while it happens, and that raises a bigger question. What does it mean…
- Your Employees Are Telling AI Your Company’s Secrets. This CEO Says It's Time to Bring AI In-House · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 6Why do so many enterprise AI projects get built and then quietly abandoned? That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Yevgeniy Vahlis, co-founder and CEO of…
- AI Is Learning to Predict Which Bridges Need Fixing Before It’s Too Late · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 5Bridges, roads and tunnels can last for generations, and engineers have spent decades photographing, inspecting and documenting how they change. In this episode of Machine…
- FBI’s Former Lead Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss on AI, Negotiation, and the Human Advantage · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 4Chris Voss spent 24 years with the FBI and became its lead international kidnapping negotiator. Today, he is the bestselling author of Never Split the Difference and founder and…
- Can We Build a Better Internet in the Age of AI? · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 3AI is becoming more powerful, but there is still a lot we don’t fully understand about how these systems work. In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down with Isvari Maranwe…
- Snowflake’s VP of AI on the Cost, Data, and Future of AI · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 2AI feels instant. Ask a question, get an answer. But behind every answer is data, computing power, a choice of models, and a real cost. In this episode of Machine Dreams…
- The Hidden Cost of AI Nobody Is Talking About | Collibra CEO Felix Van de Maele · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 1AI is getting smarter. But inside real companies, intelligence alone isn't enough. If employees still have to double-check every response, correct mistakes and babysit AI agents…
- AI Agents Are About To Flood The Internet. There’s Just One Problem · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 23Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 due to escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls…
- AI Is Finding Vulnerabilities Faster Than Humans Can Fix Them · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 22The cybersecurity industry has spent decades getting better at finding vulnerabilities. Better scanners, better scoring systems, better detection. And yet breaches keep…
- Fortune 500 Companies Are Deploying AI Agents Faster Than They Can Secure Them · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 21AI agents are being deployed across enterprises faster than security teams can track them. Employees aren't waiting for approval. They're spinning up agents connected to…
- What Happens When AI Starts Making Decisions Without You? · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 20AI agents are already deployed across enterprises. They touch company data, hold permissions, and perform actions on behalf of employees. But most organizations have no…
- AI Agents Are Coming For The Security Operations Center · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 19Security teams are buried. Alerts pile up faster than analysts can triage them. Investigations take days or weeks. By the time threats get contained, the damage is done…
- How to Make Your AI Work in B2B Commerce · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 18Most B2B companies get pitched AI that sounds great in demos but doesn’t fix what’s actually broken: fragmented systems, manual order entry, and buyers who just want things to…
- Can AI Replace Your Rabbi Or Pastor? Two Faith Leaders Answer Honestly · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 17Many people are now turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude for spiritual guidance, asking algorithms questions that used to go to rabbis and pastors. That shift raises…
