AI on IBM z17, Meta's Llama 4 and Google Cloud Next 2025
From Mixture of Experts by IBM
April 23, 2026 · 38 min · Season 1 · Episode 50
About this episode
The episode discusses the launch of IBM z17, Meta's Llama 4, and highlights from Google Cloud Next 2025, along with insights on AI perception from Pew Research Center.
IBM z17 is here! In episode 50 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kate Soule, Shobhit Varshney and Hillery Hunter to debrief the launch of a new mainframe with robust AI infrastructure. Next, Meta dropped Llama 4 over the weekend;, how's it going? Then, Shobhit is recording live from Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, along with Gemini 2.5 Pro. What are some of the most exciting announcements? Finally, the Pew Research Center shows perception of AI, how does this impact the industry? All that and more on today’s 50th Mixture of Experts. 00:01 -- Intro 00:55 -- IBM z17 11:42 -- Llama 4 25:02 -- Google Cloud Next 2025 34:29 -- Pew's research on perception of AI 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 entity. Explore the new features of IBM z17: https://www.ibm.com/products/z17 Read the Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/03/how-the-us-public-and-ai-experts-view-artificial-intelligence/ Subscribe for AI updates: https://ibm.biz/Think_newsletter Visit Mixture of Experts podcast page to learn more AI content…
People in this episode
Host: Tim Hwang
Guests: Kate Soule, Shobhit Varshney, Hillery Hunter
Topics covered
- AI infrastructure
- mainframe
- cloud computing
- AI perception
- technology news
Keywords
- IBM z17
- Llama 4
- Google Cloud Next
- AI perception
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IBM, Meta, Google Cloud, Pew Research Center
Products: Llama 4, Gemini 2.5 Pro
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