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Recent episodes

Stream the latest conversations below. From legacy brownfield automation to the cutting edge of AI-assisted NetOps. No vendor hype, just engineering reality.

Episode120
April 22, 2026

Ashwin Joshi from Keysight on the difference between networking for AI and AI for networking, and how engineers can use AI tools without getting buried under the computational load AI workloads put on the network.

Episode119
April 8, 2026

Matt Campbell on automating networks where the margin for error is small. Real lessons from brownfield environments and high-stakes operations, not greenfield demos.

Episode118
April 1, 2026

Selector joins to talk about what it takes to make AI useful for network operations. The data layer matters more than the model, and customer-specific priorities shape how the system actually behaves in production.

Episode117
March 25, 2026

Danny Wade returns to recap AutoCon 4. What stood out, what didn't, and where AI showed up across the talks.

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