Seekr’s Ben Paris on scaling AI beyond the cloud

Ben Paris, Vice President of Government Solutions at Seekr, discussed the challenges of AI adoption in government, emphasizing the lack of trust in AI models due to the use of publicly available, untuned data. He highlighted the military’s efforts to overcome this through techniques like retrieval and augmented generation, despite the high computational costs. Paris identified trust, speed and scale as key factors for successful AI operationalization. He also noted a shift away from cloud-based AI due to high costs, with organizations opting for on-premises solutions, such as Seekr’s AI appliances, to manage costs and maintain control over their AI infrastructure.