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Shawn Wang (swyx)

Curator, AI.Engineer

Shawn Wang (swyx) coined and popularized 'the AI Engineer' as a job title in his 2023 essay 'The Rise of the AI Engineer.' He founded the AI Engineer conference and World's Fair, co-hosts the Latent Space podcast, and writes the 'AI News' newsletter (smol.ai). He is the author of 'Learn in Public' and is building the FrontierCode coding benchmark.

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EPISODE 2026-06-22 · JUN 22, 2026

AI:AM LIVE — June 22, 2026 — The State of AI Engineering with swyx

The open covered Dean Ball joining OpenAI to lead a new 'Strategic Futures' team, tomorrow's NY-12 Democratic primary as a referendum on AI safety (RAISE Act author Alex Bores versus an a16z-backed super PAC), GLM 5.2 emerging as the new best open-weights model, and Sakana's Fugu orchestration launch. Then a long-form conversation with swyx — Shawn Wang, who coined 'the AI Engineer' — on the state of AI engineering and whether coding agents are automating or leveling up the role.

GUESTS · Shawn Wang (swyx)