AI agent adoption: From scientists to CFOs

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The episode discusses the evolution of AI and its adoption across various sectors, featuring insights from experts and case studies.

Unlock new value with trusted, autonomous AI, talk with your rep for attendance options Think 2026 – May 4-7 in Boston → https://ibm.biz/BdpMzG From GPT-2 chatbot to GPT-5.3! In this milestone 100th episode of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Ritika Gunnar, Volkmar Uhlig and Kaoutar El Maghraoui, to explore how AI has evolved since episode 1. First, a homeowner uses ChatGPT to sell his house over realtor estimates—sparking debate about AI democratizing expertise versus replacing professionals. Next, we analyze a study revealing only 2.1% of scientists actively use Claude Code; what role does AI play in research? Finally, Adobe's CFO Dan Dern transformed his finance team into an AI lab, using autonomous agents for forecasting, contract analysis and workflow automation. Our experts identify the three hottest areas for enterprise AI adoption. 00:00 – Introduction 1:14 – ChatGPT sells house for $100K over asking 15:01 – Claude Code adoption study: Only 2.1% of scientists 25:26 – Adobe CFO builds finance team AI lab The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Hwang

Guests: Ritika Gunnar, Volkmar Uhlig, Kaoutar El Maghraoui

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• autonomous agents
• enterprise AI
• democratizing expertise
• finance transformation

Keywords

• AI
• autonomous agents
• ChatGPT
• Claude Code
• enterprise AI
• finance
• Adobe
• Think 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IBM, Adobe

Products: ChatGPT, Claude Code, GPT-2, GPT-5.3

Places: Boston

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