{"podcast":{"title":"\"The Cognitive Revolution\" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis","slug":"the-cognitive-revolution","podcast_index_feed_id":6011783,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RINTP3108857801","website_url":"https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/30f818da-c930-11ed-9b4b-1352ca96fb17/image/888e2c534b7c2534213c97e025646932.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Turpentine","episode_count":346,"summary":"A biweekly podcast where hosts Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock in the coming years. The Cognitive Revolution is part of the Turpentine podcast network. To learn more: turpentine.co","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cognitive-revolution"},"episode":{"title":"Milliseconds to Match: Criteo's AdTech AI & the Future of Commerce w/ Diarmuid Gill & Liva Ralaivola","slug":"milliseconds-to-match-criteo-s-adtech-ai-the-future-of-commerce-w-diarmuid-gill-liva-ralaivola","published_at":"2026-05-09T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cognitive-revolution/milliseconds-to-match-criteo-s-adtech-ai-the-future-of-commerce-w-diarmuid-gill-liva-ralaivola","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cognitive-revolution","url":"https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/milliseconds-to-match-criteo-s-adtech-ai-the-future-of-commerce-w-diarmuid-gill-liva-ralaivola/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/1113/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/RINTP1840766402.mp3?updated=1778246281","summary":"Explore the engineering required to run deep learning models and real-time bidding in milliseconds. Learn how Criteo uses embeddings and foundation models to power personalized commerce on the open internet.","meta_description":"Learn how Criteo uses real-time AI, embeddings, and OpenAI partnerships to power personalized advertising and product discovery in milliseconds.","key_points":["Main idea: Modern ad tech relies on high-speed recommendation systems that must process billions of profiles in milliseconds","Technical takeaway: Effective real-time bidding requires a balance of pre-computed embeddings and lightweight runtime updates","Practical takeaway: The partnership between Criteo and OpenAI aims to combine LLM world knowledge with real-time product inventory","Failure mode: Personalized advertising fails if it becomes 'creepy' or lacks transparency, making user trust and privacy compliance essential","Future trend: AI agents and conversational interfaces will shift product discovery from manual search to automated research"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"The Value of Personalized Advertising","summary":"How recommendation systems support the open internet and small businesses."},{"start_ms":480000,"title":"Privacy and User Control","summary":"The mechanics of user profiles and the ease of opting out of personalization."},{"start_ms":870000,"title":"The Role of Conversational Agents","summary":"How LLMs and agents are changing the landscape of data privacy and interaction."},{"start_ms":1660000,"title":"Engineering Semantic Embeddings","summary":"The technical challenge of encoding products and users into meaningful vectors."},{"start_ms":2070000,"title":"Real-time Inference and Architecture","summary":"Managing the trade-off between model complexity and millisecond-speed execution."},{"start_ms":2470000,"title":"Vector Similarity and Product Discovery","summary":"Using embeddings to recommend similar products based on vector proximity."},{"start_ms":3680000,"title":"Global Privacy and EU Regulation","summary":"Navigating GDPR and the impact of European AI regulations on global tech stacks."}],"topics":["AdTech","Deep Learning","Real-time Bidding","Embeddings","OpenAI","Privacy","E-commerce","Machine Learning Engineering"],"duration_seconds":5235,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-cognitive-revolution/episodes/milliseconds-to-match-criteo-s-adtech-ai-the-future-of-commerce-w-diarmuid-gill-liva-ralaivola/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cognitive-revolution/milliseconds-to-match-criteo-s-adtech-ai-the-future-of-commerce-w-diarmuid-gill-liva-ralaivola.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}