{"podcast":{"title":"AI Engineering Podcast","slug":"ai-engineering-podcast","podcast_index_feed_id":5875646,"rss_url":"https://serve.podhome.fm/rss/c9abdd38-a5dc-5eb2-96fd-f833f93208a7","website_url":"https://www.aiengineeringpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.podhome.fm/f6ff0caa-931b-4c08-bfdd-08dc7f5cd336/638557211890591941ai_engineering_podcast_logo.jpg","author":"Tobias Macey","episode_count":79,"summary":"This show is your guidebook to building scalable and maintainable AI systems. You will learn how to architect AI applications, apply AI to your work, and the considerations involved in building or customizing new models. 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