Exploring AI Innovations - Insights from ServiceNow Researchers

Exploring AI Innovations - Insights from ServiceNow Researchers

Author: ServiceNow Community June 18, 2025 Duration: 25:39

Dive into the world of AI with special guests, Perouz Taslakian and Orlando Marquez, past winners of the NOW AI Conference. In this engaging episode, they share their unique journeys into AI, from Perouz's transition from theoretical computer science to AI in the industry, to Orlando's early fascination with AI systems and his work on integrating AI into ServiceNow's Flow Designer. They discuss the importance of crafting presentations that resonate with a diverse audience, balancing technical depth with practical value, and the innovative projects they've developed, including Text to Flow and Cross Context Caching. Learn how they tackle the challenge of making AI accessible and useful, and get insights into what makes a winning submission for the NOW AI Conference. Don't miss this insightful conversation—subscribe and hit the like button!

Guests -
Perouz Taslakian, Sr. Staff Research Scientist, Lead
Orlando Marquez, Sr. Staff Applied Research Scientist
Host - Bobby Brill

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Meet Perouz Taslakian
04:17 The Role of AI in Human Preferences
05:43 Meet Orlando Marquez
08:59 AI in Product Development at ServiceNow
12:47 Preparing for the NOW AI Conference
15:36 Crafting Effective Presentations about AI and its Uses
23:09 Balancing Technical and Business Audiences
24:58 Wrap up

Links to papers - Perouz Taslakian
https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-emnlp.896/

Links to papers - Orlando Marquez
https://aclanthology.org/2024.naacl-industry.19/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00239
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04652
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24189

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