Industrial AI Podcast

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By: Robert Weber / Peter Seeberg

The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and machine learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation industries. The podcast features industrial users, scientists, vendors and startups in the field of Industrial AI and machine learning. The podcast is hosted by Peter Seeberg, Industrial AI consultant and Robert Weber, tech journalist.Their mission: Demystify Industrial AI and machine learning, inspire industrial users. The hosts: Peter Seeberg is an Industrial AI and machine learning expert for the manufacturing industry. He worked over 25 years in IT (Intel) and 10 years in Automation. He co-initiated the Industrial Data...

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Richard Socher: LLMs might be the CPU
#299
06/25/2025

Richard Socher is our guest. We discuss with the German wunderkind the role of LLMs in business and how architectures are changing.

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Process Industry: PlantGPT from India
#298
06/18/2025

Peter Seeberg talked to Praveen Kapse. He is the Vice President - Corporate Strategy & Data Analytics Head of Tridiagonal Solutions in Pune, India.

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MAN Dataset for Trucks
#297
06/11/2025

In this episode of the Industrial AI Podcast we talk about MAN TruckScenes: the world's first freely available sensor and driving data for autonomous trucks.

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Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/NX-AI/TiRex

Leaderboard: https://huggingface.co/spaces/Salesforce/GIFT-Eval

Sicherheitshalber Podcast Tipp https://sicherheitspod.de/2025/06/10/folge-96-spinnennetz-oder-was-ki-militaerisch-kann-bundeswehr-und-personal-wunsch-vs-wirklichkeit/


xLSTM-based time series model TiRex - why is it leading the leaderboards?
#296
06/04/2025

Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter and his team from NXAI present TiRex - a time series model for the industrial sector that outperforms competitors from Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Alibaba. Check the leaderboards.

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Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/NX-AI/TiRex

Leaderboard: https://huggingface.co/spaces/Salesforce/GIFT-Eval


How does an Airbus data scientist keep up to date?
#295
05/28/2025

In this episode, Robert Weber talks to Tom Zehle from Airbus. He explains how he stays up to date, how he analyzes papers, and what he wants from research.

We thank our partner SIEMENS

The Industrial AI Podcast reports weekly on the latest developments in AI and Machine Learning for the engineering, robotics, automotive, process and automation industries. The podcast features industrial users, scientists, vendors and startups in the field of Industrial AI and Machine Learning. The podcast is hosted by Peter Seeberg, Industrial AI consultant and Robert Weber, tech journalist.

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Time Series Data Quality
#294
05/21/2025

Peter Seeberg talks to Thomas Dhollander, Co-founder & CPO at Timeseer.AI about Trusted IIoT Data as the Key to Proactive Operations.

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MathWorks Safe AI, the Pope and Reinforcement Learning
#293
05/14/2025

In this episode, we talk to Lucas from MathWorks about their Safe AI Approach and how it can be used to make money, think about the Pope, and introduce our new US correspondent.

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Multi-Agent Generative Systems (MAGS) for transforming industrial processes
#292
05/07/2025

MAGS harness the creative potential of generative models while enabling intelligent agents to collaborate, adapt, and solve complex problems in real time. This new synergy elevates AI systems beyond traditional automation, pushing them into the realm of autonomous problem-solving, creative thinking, and adaptive decision-making. The development of MAGS marks a significant shift in the way organizations approach challenges in rapidly evolving environments. By integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and other advanced generative models with agents capable of learning and interacting independently, MAGS enable organizations to address problems that are not only multifaceted but also constantly changing. This guide explores the...


Do we need a "LexLeCun" or how to deal with US talents?
#291
04/30/2025

Politicians want to bring talent back to Europe. Is this a fake debate? What do the figures say, are we prepared, and what homework do we need to do first?

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Links:

ChatTS https://github.com/NetManAIOps/ChatTS

Siemens Foundation Model https://www.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/topic-areas/industrial-ai/industrial-foundation-model.html


Industrial Communication: MCP and A2A for the shopfloor?
#290
04/23/2025

Peter Seeberg talks to Collin Masson, Director of Research, ARC Advisory Group about MCP / Model Context Protocol.

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Productivity Mining
#289
04/16/2025

Robert talked to Miroslaw Bartecki from Kyp.ai about Data, Supply Chains and AI, EPR-Systems and Agents and a lot more.

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Humanoid Robotics: Game Changer or Hype?
#288
04/09/2025

Peter Seeberg talks to Simon Schmidt, Senior Manager / Automated Intralogistic, Manufacturing and Assembly Systems at Fraunhofer IPA about Humanoid Robotics: Game Changer or Hype?

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3D Files and an AI Agent
#287
04/02/2025

No, it's not a GenAI approach with David Priev and his team from Israel. David and his team came up with the idea for the company during their military service. And today, they want to use AI to transform CNC manufacturing.

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GTC and Mr. Industrial AI
#286
03/26/2025

Have you ever wondered who actually coined the term Industrial AI? Peter found the man behind it. Prof. Dr. Jay Lee from the USA and we are talking to him about Industrial AI.

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Sandvik: CNC AI Agents
#285
03/19/2025

Sandvik is one of the pioneers in the field of Industrial AI. Peter spoke with Coskun Islam about their Agents Strategy.

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Prior Labs Jobs: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/prior-labs

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Physics-informed AI to handle polishing, spraying, inspection...
#284
03/12/2025

In this episode, Robert talks to Yi Li from Maple Advanced Robotics in Canada about his approach: A physics-informed AI to handle polishing, spraying, inspection, and sorting autonomously.

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Reddit Discussion on Novo Nordisk https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1j0ai0c/novo_nordisk_has_gone_from_a_team_of_50_drafting/

Schneider Electric Patent https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releases/schneider-electric-reveals-new-patent-introducing-ai-to-process-safety-to-help-reduce-hazards-67a99f39c37...


Turing Award: The beast is back - the revival of Reinforcement Learning in the industrial sector
#283
03/05/2025

DeepSeek has impressed many and reinforcement learning is getting new attention. However, it was never gone, but is now celebrating a revival. Jan Kountik is one of the most prominent AI experts in the field. We talk to him.

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TabPFN - What are Prior Labs' plans?
#282
02/26/2025

Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter has been a guest on our podcast before. This time he's here as an entrepreneur. Peter Seeberg talks to Frank about TabPFN and his model and why it always surprises him.

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Prior Labs Jobs: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/prior-labs

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Reasoning for Drones and World Robotics Models
#281
02/19/2025

A fully packed episode with Reasoning for Drones and a great interview with Andrii Zadaianchuk.

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Max Welling´s CuspAI
#280
02/12/2025

Max has a goal: While nature took billions of years to perfect molecules, we are harnessing AI to unlock trillion-dollar materials breakthroughs in months, not millennia.

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DeepSeek and Beyond Safety
#279
02/05/2025

In the current episode, we talk about Deepseek and start a discussion on the topic of safety and AI in the main part.

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AutoML: Did we promise ourselves too much?
#278
01/29/2025

We spoke with Prof. Dr. Marius Lindauer, one of Europe's AutoML experts. We ask ourselves, what does AutoML need and where are new applications?

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Our guest: Prof. Dr. Marius Lindauer

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Decoding Industrial Chaos
#277
01/22/2025

Host Robert Weber is joined by industry leaders like Avner Ben-Bassat to discuss how AI shapes decision-making in noisy, chaotic factory environments, why domain expertise is crucial for AI success, and what the future holds for smart industrial systems.

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Our guest: Avner Ben-Bassat

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Our event in January in Frankfurt: more


AI Agents Unleashed: Redefining Industrial Automation?
#276
01/15/2025

In this episode, we delve into the transformative potential of industrial agents and co-pilots. Armin Hadzalic from Siemens shares insights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping engineering processes, from PLC programming to industrial co-pilots.

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Our guest: Armin Hadzalic

Shownotes: How to register ISO-Image

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Dr. Niels Syassen: Sick´s AI Strategy
#275
01/08/2025

Dr. Niels Syassen is a physicist and the CTO of sensor manufacturer Sick. We talk about GenAI, predictive safety and why safety and AI still need translators.

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Our guest: Dr. Niels Syassen

Our event in January in Frankfurt: more


NeurIPS 24: Faster than Flash Attention
#274
12/18/2024

Peter and Robert look back on the NeurIPS in Vancouver. They talk about the fuel of the AI community, new phases of AI and Hochreiter reports on his xLSTM 7B model and its special features. According to Hochreiter, xLSTM is not just another LLM.

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Our guest: Prof. Dr. Sepp Hochreiter

Github NXAI https://github.com/NX-AI

Huggingface xLSTM https://huggingface.co/NX-AI/xLSTM-7b

History of AI by JĂĽrgen Schmidhuber https://people.i...


Symphony AI on the shopfloor
#273
12/11/2024

How can artificial intelligence truly transform the industrial world? In this episode, Peter Seeberg speaks with Srinivas Kuppa, Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Symphony AI, to unpack the complexities of applying AI in manufacturing.

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Our guest: Srinivas Kuppa

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OEE and LLaMA
#272
12/04/2024

Our guest is Joern Steinbeck and we discuss his GenAI approach with LLaMA. Joern explains in the podcast how he uses the LLM for OEE optimisation and what he has learned.

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Our guest: Joern Steinbeck

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NeuralDEM: Deep Learning for Simulation
#271
11/27/2024

Host Peter Seeberg talks with Prof. Dr. Johannes Brandstetter about Neural DEM – a groundbreaking AI-based method that’s set to revolutionize simulation.

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Our guest: Prof. Dr. Johannes Brandstetter

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Redefine Safety and AI with xLSTM and SLAM
#270
11/20/2024

Spleenlab is a highly specialized AI software company founded with the Idea to redefine Safety and AI. Since April 2018, the company has been primarily engaged in the development and distribution of safe Machine Learning algorithms for the semi- and fully autonomous mobility, especially the flight of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), helicopters, Air Taxis, driving vehicles and beyond. The groundbreaking fusion of different sensors, such as camera, laser and radar by means of Machine Learning is the core business of the company. The generated SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) enables completely new applications and products for any kind of autonomous mobility.


AI in MedTech: 20 % faster ramp up time
#269
11/13/2024

Dive into the intricate world of self-learning systems in MedTech manufacturing. We talk with Felix MĂĽller and Timo Steinebrunner about the complex yet fascinating process of ramping up machines in a highly regulated environment.

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Our guests: Felix MĂĽller und Timo Steinebrunner

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)


Agentic Process Automation for Industrial Applications
#268
11/06/2024

In this episode Peter Seeberg speaks with Dr. Christian Gilcher, founder and CEO of Embraceable AI, about the groundbreaking technology of Agentic Process Automation (APA).

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Our guest: Christian Gilcher

(KI-Kongress:)[https://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/de/veranstaltungen-messen/veranstaltungen/2024/ki-kongress.html]

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)


ASML: AI defined machines
#267
10/30/2024

ASML rarely talks about technology. Jacek Kustra did it for us. He is a Senior Data Science & Diagnostics Research Manager at ASML.

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Our guest: Jacek Kustra

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)


AI at the Danube
#266
10/23/2024

From explainable AI to organizing massive AI projects, this isn’t just about tech; it’s about solving real-world challenges. Listen in as they share candid discussions, lessons learned, and visions for the future, all without the buzzword hype—just real insights from people making AI work in industry. Thanks for listening. We welcome suggestions for topics, criticism and a few stars on Apple, Spotify and Co. We thank our partner **SIEMENS** https://www.siemens.de/de/ Our event in January in Frankfurt ([more](https://www.hannovermesse.de/de/rahmenprogramm/special-events/ki-in-der-industrie/))


Trumpf's AI education offensive
#265
10/16/2024

Robert Weber talked to Dr. Jens Ottnad. Jens was responsible for AI development at Trumpf and then moved to the training department. He is a role model for industry.

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The video on UPT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvlpIAiLO6s

Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)

Our guests are Dr. Jens Ottnad


AI Nobel Prizes and will XAI become mandatory for Industrial AI?
#264
10/09/2024

In this episode, Peter discusses with two guests: Tom Cadera from CaderaDesign and Prof. Dr. Marco Huber from Fraunhofer IPA. Their topic: Explainable AI and the role of UX design.

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)

Our guests are Marco Huber

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Vanderlande: How Industrial AI Is Transforming Warehouses
#263
10/02/2024

Robert Weber talks to Bas Coenen from Vanderlande about the complexities of integrating AI solutions into warehousing and logistics automation. They delve into topics such as the critical role of MLOps in ensuring the efficiency of AI-driven systems.

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Our guest is Bas Coenen

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Multi-Agent System for Simulation Model Parametrization in Digital Twins
#262
09/25/2024

Yuchen Xia talks to Peter Seeberg about his paper Large Language Model Multi-Agent System for Simulation Model Parametrization in Digital Twins. He and his co-authors received the Best-Paper-Award at IEEE EFTA 2024.

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)

Our guest is Yuchen Xia

machinelearning #ai #aimodel #industrialautomation #manufacturing #automation #genai #datascience #mlops #llm #IndustrialAI #artificialintelligence #Safety #NVIDIA #xLSTM #IndustrialAI #bluecollar #Transformer #HPE #Compute...


Industrial AI - "Siemens, we want a managed service"
#261
09/18/2024

Our guest is Rainer Brehm from Siemens. Robert Weber talks to him about the co-pilot for engineering and operations, but also about AI business models, agents for manufacturing and good old-fashioned AI.

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Our event in January in Frankfurt (more)

Our guest is Rainer Brehm

machinelearning #ai #aimodel #industrialautomation #manufacturing #automation #genai #datascience #mlops #llm #IndustrialAI #artificialintelligence #Safety #NVIDIA #xLSTM #IndustrialAI #bluecollar #Transformer #HPE...