The $1 trillion dollar ML model 💵

American Express is running what is perhaps the largest commercial ML model in the world; a model that automates over 8 billion decisions, ingests data from over $1T in transactions, and generates decisions in mere milliseconds or less globally. Madhurima Khandelwal, head of AMEX AI Labs, joins us for a fascinating discussion about scaling research and building robust and ethical AI-driven financial applications.

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Featuring:

• Madhurima Khandelwal – LinkedIn
• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• AMEX AI Labs research
• O’Reilly article about “doing good data science”

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Creators & Guests

Host

Chris Benson

Host

Daniel Whitenack

Guest

Madhurima Khandelwal

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