Beyond Chatbots: Building AI That Actually Does Things with Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, PhD

Beyond Chatbots: Building AI That Actually Does Things with Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, PhD

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Beyond Chatbots: Building AI That Actually Does Things with Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, PhD

What happens when AI stops just answering questions — and starts actually doing things for you?

In this episode of the ODSC AiX Podcast, guest host Jerry Wolfe sits down with Mohammad Soltanieh-ha, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, to explore the shift from chatbots to AI systems that can take action in the real world.
Mohammad shares how he built a context-aware live translation app after existing AI tools fell short during his travels, and what it really takes to turn an AI prototype into a reliable product.

They dive into personal AI agents that can research, organize information, and create customized audio briefings, as well as the validation, guardrails, security, and human-centered design needed to make these systems actually work.

The conversation also explores KlickBox, Mohammad’s interface for personal AI agents, how AI is making software development more accessible, and a bigger question: What if AI’s greatest opportunity isn’t replacing existing work, but enabling things that were never possible before?.

00:00 Episode Preview: Building Better AI Systems
00:13 ODSC AiX Podcast Introduction
03:47 How AI Agents Are Changing Everyday Life
07:00 Personal AI Apps: Privacy & Security Risks
09:20 How Context-Aware AI Translation Works
13:59 Building a Real-Time Voice-to-Voice AI Translator
16:31 Testing & Evaluating Reliable AI Applications
22:15 AI Guardrails, Security & Agent Reliability
25:04 Why Build AI Agents Instead of Just Using ChatGPT?
29:45 Live Demo: AI-Powered Translation App
35:00 Building AI Apps with AI Coding Agents
39:00 AI Agent Security & Real-World Risks
41:27 From AI Prototype to Production-Ready Application
44:33 KlickBox: Building Personal AI Agents
47:54 Turning Research Into AI-Generated Podcasts
53:42 Making AI-Generated Audio Sound Human
59:27 The Future of AI: Building What Wasn’t Possible Before

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2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe

2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe

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2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe

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Microsoft claims that Windows 11 will work well with 8GB of RAM, some of the innovations coming to high end SSDs, the arguments for TP-Link Omada over UniFi Ubiquiti.

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How the SAP Autonomous Suite Actually Works | Building the SAP Autonomous Suite

How the SAP Autonomous Suite Actually Works | Building the SAP Autonomous Suite

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How the SAP Autonomous Suite Actually Works | Building the SAP Autonomous Suite

What changes when AI can do more than assist? 👀

With SAP Autonomous Suite, people set the direction, Joule Assistants coordinate the work, and Joule Agents help move it forward – with people always in control.

From Finance and Supply Chain to HR, spend management, and customer experience, five domains now operate as one integrated suite. That’s the Autonomous Enterprise.

Learn more: https://sap.to/6051B1940R

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GNOME 51 Is MUCH Bigger Than You Think (Blur Effects + MORE)

GNOME 51 Is MUCH Bigger Than You Think (Blur Effects + MORE)

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GNOME 51 Is MUCH Bigger Than You Think (Blur Effects + MORE)

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GNOME 51 is here, and it’s a much bigger release than the "polish update" everyone expected. In this GNOME 51 first look, I dig into native Wayland blur, the death of NVIDIA’s legacy EGLStreams path, a brand new system monitor, and the AI civil war quietly splitting the Linux desktop community apart. If you run GNOME on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, or any Linux distro, this is everything you need to know before you upgrade.

GNOME 51 "A Coruña" finally brings native blur to Wayland through the new ext-background-effect-v1 protocol, laying the foundation for glassmorphism and premium blur effects without the Blur My Shell extension. It also removes thousands of lines of legacy NVIDIA code, unifying the Linux graphics stack around GBM. Modern NVIDIA driver users (535+) are totally fine, but the legacy 470 branch and old Kepler cards are affected. Plus, the 20-year-old GNOME System Monitor is being replaced by Resources, a gorgeous Rust and libadwaita app.

We also cover improved frame scheduling for smoother animations, elogind support for non-systemd distros, GDM security hardening, the removal of WEP Wi-Fi, and the growing AI controversy around AI-generated code and vulnerability reports in open source.

🔍 What’s covered in this video:

– Native Wayland blur and the ext-background-effect-v1 protocol
– GNOME breaks up with legacy NVIDIA (EGLStreams removed)
– "I have an NVIDIA card, am I cooked?" — who’s actually affected
– Resources replaces GNOME System Monitor
– Improved frame scheduling and reduced micro-stutter
– The AI civil war tearing through open source
– elogind support, GDM hardening, WEP removal, and more
– Who gets GNOME 51 and when (Ubuntu 26.10, Fedora 45, Arch)

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:42 #01 Native blur
2:09 #02 Gnome breaksup with old Nvidia
3:49 #03 Gnome’s brand new system monitor
5:08 Theme studio
6:16 #04 Gnome’s AI civil war
7:44 #05 Rapid fire round
8:25 #06 Quiet but big housekeeping
9:08 #07 Who gets it and when

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Open Source AI: New Models, Security, and the Enterprise Shift

Open Source AI: New Models, Security, and the Enterprise Shift

Introduction The open-source AI landscape is evolving at breakneck speed. This week’s news highlights a clear trend: from safety models on Roblox to new AI chips for autonomous driving, open source is no longer just a developer niche—it’s a strategic imperative. Enterprises are increasingly choosing open-source over proprietary models to protect data, and governments are … Read more

Open Source Weekly: AI, Cloud, Community

Open Source Weekly: AI, Cloud, Community

Open Source in Action: From Cloud AI to Community Badges This week’s digest spans enterprise AI platforms, community culture, and practical Linux distros. H2O.ai’s Managed Cloud tour showcases how open-source AI is becoming more accessible, while SAP’s GROW highlights AI-powered ERP for scaling businesses. Meanwhile, the CNCF’s OpenTelemetry success story underscores the power of community-driven … Read more

The Full Interface Tour | H2O.ai Managed Cloud

The Full Interface Tour | H2O.ai Managed Cloud

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The Full Interface Tour | H2O.ai Managed Cloud

A full walkthrough of the H2O.ai Managed Cloud homepage, broken into three zones so you can find anything in the platform quickly.

When you log in you land on the homepage. This lesson breaks that dashboard into three zones: the top and centre, the right panel, and the left sidebar.

What you see in the sidebar varies with your permissions and your organisation’s setup, so you may have access to more or fewer tools than the recording shows.

Covered in this video:
Zone 1: the workspace selector, What’s New, notifications, user profile and API tokens, Start Here tiles, and running-resource panels
Zone 2: the core applications panel, your one-click launcher
Zone 3, Part 1: Home and the App Store catalogue
Zone 3, Part 2: AI Engines, Apps, App Instances, Secrets, Audit Trail, and Workspaces
Zone 3, Part 3: Operations, where trained models are deployed and monitored through H2O MLOps
Zone 3, Part 4: AI for Documents, with Enterprise h2oGPTe and H2O Document AI
The Support button in the bottom right, for tickets and diagnostic logs

LINKS
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Documentation: https://docs.h2o.ai
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Support: support@h2o.ai

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