# Synthetic Data with AI and IoT | Tonic AI's Adam Kamor | Internet of Things Podcast

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2023-06-13
- Length: 18m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/Synthetic-Data-with-AI-and-IoT--Tonic-AIs-Adam-Kamor--Internet-of-Things-Podcast-e28bk0v

## Summary

Adam Kamor, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Tonic AI, explains how the company generates synthetic data to help organizations de-identify sensitive production databases and augment machine learning training sets. He details the distinction between generating static tabular data and complex time-series event streams for IoT simulations, emphasizing the need to preserve longitudinal relationships in sensor data. Kamor also discusses the privacy risks of fine-tuning large language models on sensitive data, such as medical records, and the challenges of integrating generative AI into regulated industries.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=0) Introduction: Adam Kamor and Tonic AI
- [1:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=60) De-identification and Synthetic Data for ML
- [6:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=383) Synthetic Data for IoT Simulations and Time Series
- [10:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=655) Generative AI for Structured Data
- [12:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=769) Privacy Risks of Fine-Tuning LLMs
- [15:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2023-06-13-synthetic-data-with-ai-and-iot-tonic-ais-adam-kamor-internet-of-things-podcast#t=936) Integrating Generative AI in Regulated Industries

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Tonic AI (company)
- ChatGPT (product)
- OpenAI (company)

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