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Jake Moshenko (@jacobmoshenko, CEO of @AuthZed) talks about the challenges of securing AI interactions, as well as authentication best-practices for AI Agents and RAG patterns.  SHOW: 885SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #885 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES:Authzed (homepage)SpiceDB - Authorization that scales (GitHub)Google’s Zanzibar (research paper)Annotating Zanzibar (by AuthZed)Authzed CEO discusses Auth for AI RAG and Agents (TheCUBE)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background and why you decided to start AuthZed.Topic 2 - AuthZed is based on technology from Google called Zanzibar. There’s an in-depth research paper, but give us some background on the types of problems it solves and why it was so appealing to you. Topic 3 - Authorization is used for every application, but let’s talk about it in the context of AI or AI Agents. This is still a fairly new concept, but what authorization-related challenges do you expect GenAI or AI agents to create for developers and operators?Topic 4 - Is this space moving so fast that people already realize they’ll likely need something more modern, like Authzed, or are there mistakes they are making today that are going to cause serious red flags soon? Topic 5 - What is the typical path for companies or teams to adopt Authzed, and is it something that can start small and grow (or merge with other groups), or does it have to be centralized like at Google? Topic 6 - What are some of the more important areas that people building and growing AI systems that need authorization should be keeping an eye on? FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netBluesky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod

It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.SHOW: 884SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #884 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Cloud + AI News of the Year 2024 (shows, summaries, links)LINK TO TOPIC DETAILSPredictions, or 2025 areas of focus?Aaron2025 will be the year of AI ROI, and Agentic AI will make this worseThere will be at least one “SkyNet scare” of Agentic AI2025 will also be the year of inference (see ROI)Brian:Gov’t vs. AI (US Trump, EU, China)Emergence of an AI Agent stack or standard?Useful or killer AI apps? (new focus of Weekend Perspective)AI pricing evolves based on usage patterns or just need for revenues?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netBluesky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod

If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade?SHOW: 883SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #883 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:HOW MIGHT YOU CONSIDER THE BEGINNING OF A TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHIFT?What’s the landscape of players in the game?What are the potential moats? (technology, economics, people, political policies, geographic)What are the economics of the technology shift? Where will big changes happen? What are the usage patterns? Are they well defined? How long behind the consumer shifts will the enterprise shifts happen? What behaviors will need to change (significantly) for this to have wide adoption?How might this impact my work, my family, my company, etc.?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodBlueSky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod

It’s that time of the year… Aaron and Brian answer emails and questions for the second half of the year.SHOW: 882SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #882 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Question 1 - There was a lot of talk about Broadcom’s changes to VMware at the beginning of the year, but not as much since then. What’s going on in the world of virtualization?Question 2 - Both of you have talked about working remotely for quite a while. What’s your take on RTO mandates? Any suggestions for remote workers? Question 3 - Have either of you found any valuable uses of AI in your day-to-day job? Question 4 - Now that the US elections are over, how do you expect the US Gov’t to be involved with the tech industry (anti-trust, CHIPS ACT, AI regulation, etc..)Question 5 - AI models and GPUs  seem to get all the attention in the news. Are there other areas of AI that you think are really important but aren’t getting much attention right now?Question 6 - Are cloud skills still considered valuable? Do certifications matter anymore? Question 7 - What’s going on in the open source communities like the CNCF? Question 8 - What surprised you the most this year?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netBluesky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod