Olivier Blanchard

But our first guest says there's a liability risk in the stock that investors may be underestimating.

Olivier Blanchard is the research director at the Futurum Group.

The, uh, am I...

Isn't there an Olivier Blanchard who was like the head of the IMF? Or i- anyway, welcome to the program.

Hey, Kelly.

Yeah, you're right.

Yeah.

All right.

Olivier Blanchard, research director, Futurum Group.

And look, we're seeing the here and we saw Evercore ISI talking about the strong orders, the pre-orders for the Duo.

So it's off to a good start.

Yeah

... you won't give him an A+, but it cer- cer- certainly seems like you're leaning towards the As, and, and that's a good start overall.

Olivier Blanchard, thank you, research director, the Futurum Group.

All of humanity is taking a leap of faith, investing an incredible amount of money, effort, and focus on building artificial intelligence.

This episode of Utilizing AI continues the discussion begun last week with Guy Currier and Olivier Blanchard of the Futurum Group, asking the big questions about AI.

What is this for? Welcome to Utilizing AI, the podcast focused on practical applications of artificial intelligence and part of the Futurum podcast network.

Every Wednesday, we explore news and use cases of the ways in which AI is transforming enterprise IT and the industries it serves.

I'm an analyst at Futurum Research.

I am also chief analyst at Futurum Media, which is a division of Futurum.

And I'm Olivier Blanchard, research director at Futurum, and I focus on the intelligent edge and AI devices.

So this week, we are continuing a conversation we recently had and sort of taking it to the logical conclusion, the leap of faith, as it were, because all of us, in fact, are taking AI to the logical conclusion with a leap of faith here.

We're surrounded by new AI-powered devices, many of which seem to have been designed without much thought given to their impact on society.

This episode of Utilizing AI features Olivier Blanchard and Guy Currier of the Futurum Group discussing the way companies are bringing AI to market.

Welcome to Utilizing AI, the podcast focused on practical applications of artificial intelligence and part of the Futurum podcast network.

Every Wednesday, we explore news and use cases of the ways in which AI is transforming enterprise IT and the industries it serves.