Designing the Trust Layer for AI : A conversation with Dr Curtis Northcutt

The Trust Layer for AI Projectswith Dr. Curtis Northcutt, CEO & Co-founder of Cleanlab on the GovAI.fm podcastWhat if your AI could flag hallucinations before they launch?What if the same tech that finds hidden errors in benchmark datasets like MNIST can now catch LLM hallucinations, bias, and uncertainty—at scale?In this conversation, we explore:✅ His journey from rural Kentucky to a PhD at MIT, to founding Cleanlab, raising a $25M Series A, and powering trust scores used by 100+ Fortune 500 companies✅ Why AI systems quietly fail when benchmarks are broken✅ The real story behind Cleanlab’s origins — from capsule networks to confident learning✅ What most public-sector teams miss when deploying LLMs✅ How trust scores could become the compliance layer before regulation lands—🎧 This episode is part of GovAI.fm — your trusted source for real, practical AI in the public sector.We bring you behind-the-scenes with leaders building AI that works for citizens.