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Happy New Year listeners! In our first AI-Podden news update of 2026, our hosts Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, reflect on the key highlights of AI in 2025 and what lies ahead. They discuss OpenAI's loss of momentum, Google Gemini's rise, the hype and shortcomings of agentic AI, and the growing gap between rapid technological progress and real-world adoption. The conversation also covers infrastructure and hardware investments, energy efficiency, AI sovereignty, regulation, geopolitics, robotics, and the shift toward smaller, more specialised models, with a clear warning that the AI divide between leaders and laggards is likely to widen further in 2026. It promises to be a year full of twists, turns and surprises in the world of AI.

In this months November news update, our hosts; Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg, recap November's biggest AI shifts. Google's Gemini 3 Pro taking the lead, OpenAI facing pressure over massive infrastructure bets and AGI expectations, Yann LeCun leaving Meta for new research ventures, the EU softening its regulatory stance, and Grok sparking laughs with overly pro-Elon responses, capturing both rapid progress and rising bubble concerns.  

In October's AI news update, Ather Gattami and Anders Arpteg discuss OpenAI's transition to a full for-profit structure, the rollout of in-chat shopping, and its new browser. They clarify what Google's "Quantum Echoes" actually demonstrates and why practical quantum computing is still distant. The episode also covers recent improvements in AI systems' ability to use computer interfaces and the security implications of autonomous action-taking, new details emerging from the OpenAI leadership conflict, and NVIDIA's compact DGX-Spark supercomputer. Lastly, a quick congratulations to all of this year's AI Swede of the nominees: Hanna Linderstål Anton Osika Fabian Hedin Joel Rangsjö Marcus Wallenberg Leonora Vesterbacka

*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-WEB:695faadf-e8e6-439d-a551-6a261d8a0c51-18" data-testid= "conversation-turn-4" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> In this special episode, our host Ather Gattami interviews Jayesh Govindarajan, EVP at Salesforce AI and AgentForce, live at Dreamforce in San Francisco, where Salesforce unveiled major advances in agentic AI including AgentForce Voice, advanced context engineering, and AFScript. Jayesh explains that successful enterprise AI requires not only powerful models but also well-defined goals, reliable context, actionable capabilities, and robust guardrails that deliver both creativity and precision. He describes Salesforce's full lifecycle for building, testing, and monitoring agents, which enables continual improvement and lays the foundation for future self-learning systems that can safely expand their own capabilities.       

In this episode, our host Ather Gattami, speaks with Beda Grahn, Managing Director at Kyndryl Nordics & Baltics, about how they use AI to manage and modernize the core infrastructure around the globe. From banking systems to home-care platforms, Beda explains how "Kyndryl Bridge" produces over 12 million AI-driven insights monthly, enabling preventive actions and major efficiency gains, such as cutting KYC workloads by 60 percent. Ather and Beda explore the rise of agentic AI, its challenges in enterprise adoption, and the importance of leadership in driving transformation. Beda stresses that executives must lead by example, foster reverse mentorship with young talent, and embed ethical guardrails to balance innovation with security.