{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Agentic AI, Self-Improving AI Systems, Marcel Builds An Agent Network and Raccoon &amp; Sovereign AI","description":"Agentic AI Goes Enterprise: NVIDIA\u2019s NeMo-CLAW, Small Local Models, and a Secure Alternative with Raccoon GPT. (https:\/\/raccoongpt.ca) Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com\/htt On Project Synapse, Jim Love, Marcel G, John Pinard, and guest Tony Kaye from Raccoon GPT &amp;nbsp;discuss a week of major AI developments, including: Jensen Huang\u2019s keynote highlighting NVIDIA\u2019s NeMo-CLAW security layer and an enterprise-focused, more secure approach to agent tools like Open CLAW.&amp;nbsp; They explore why agentic AI matters\u2014moving from chat to automated actions\u2014along with the risks of insecurity and shadow AI. The panel also covers the emergence of smaller models intended to run locally for secure workflows, Andrej Karpathy\u2019s auto-research self-learning experiment showing an 11% improvement, and Jim\u2019s week-long build of \u201cNexus,\u201d a personal secure agent with memory, journaling, Telegram and web access, voice via Whisper, digests, and a dashboard. Tony explains Raccoon GPT\u2019s Canada-based, privacy-first architecture for regulated organizations. 00:00 Show Intro Sponsor 00:18 Meet Tony K 00:57 Lightning Round Setup 01:51 Nvidia Nemo Claw 04:10 Why Agents Matter 05:36 Security And Shadow AI 12:04 Small Local Models 13:35 Open Source Model Shift 19:19 Self Learning Breakthroughs 26:07 Marcel Builds Nexus 34:01 Cutting Telegram Costs 34:58 Nexus Personal Workflow 37:24 Open Source Chaos 40:12 Raccoon Secure AI 46:34 Data Privacy Reality 50:30 Enterprise Agent Foundations 51:38 Models Architecture Costs 56:27 Sovereignty and Control 01:02:02 Agents Remake the Web 01:06:01 Wrap Up and Sponsor ","author_name":"Hashtag Trending","author_url":"https:\/\/technewsday.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40564530\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/020300\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199926865"}