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29 conversations on AI-driven testing, agentic AI, AI assurance and the future of quality engineering — from 2016 to today.

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#29AI ASSURANCE

The Confidence Asymmetry Principle — Why 80% of Future AI Compute Will Be AI Verification

When code becomes free, confidence becomes the product.

WRIGHT × ARBON
MAY 21 26 · 2H 07MOpen →
#28AI ASSURANCE

World Digital Report 2026 — The Future of Quality Engineering

AI Confidence Engineering, AI Literacy & AI Assurance at enterprise scale.

WRIGHT · ARBON · GERRARD +5
MAY 21 26 · 2H 31MOpen →
#27KEYNOTES

AI Engineering Assurance — The Irreplaceable 40%

Why validating what AI can’t assure itself is the future of quality roles.

KEYNOTE
APR 08 26 · 51MOpen →
#26TOOLS & DEMOS

Vibe Requirements Engineering with OpenRequirements.AI

10 days of effort in 10 minutes — $10k of value with DeFOSPAM.

DEMO
MAR 20 26 · 21MOpen →
#25KEYNOTES

From AI Experiments to Real Industry — World Agentic AI Summit

The shift from experimentation to industrialization.

KEYNOTE
FEB 20 26 · 23MOpen →
#24AGENTIC AI

Agentic AI — Model Learning Based Testing meets Digital Twins

The Eggplant AI R&D Labs team reimagines the future of software testing.

KARL McCARRON
JAN 27 26 · 1H 11MOpen →
#23AI ASSURANCE

AI-Assurance — Vibe Quality Testing of AI-Infused Systems

World exclusive of SureLine.AI — a whole new category of QA tool.

ADAM SANDMAN
DEC 30 25 · 1H 10MOpen →
#22AI ASSURANCE

AI-Assurance — AI-Derived Vibe Quality Requirements Engineering (VARIED-Q)

Context Engineering will be king in 2026.

PAUL GERRARD
DEC 24 25 · 1H 03MOpen →
#21TOOLS & DEMOS

AI DeFOSPAM

Definitions, Features, Outcomes, Scenarios, Prediction, Ambiguity, Missing data.

DEMO
NOV 26 25Open →
#20KEYNOTES

ATD Hackathon — Paul Gerrard

Live from the ATD Hackathon.

PAUL GERRARD
NOV 26 25Open →
#19KEYNOTES

ExpoQA Keynote — AI-Agentic Testing feat. AI-Assurance & Vibe Testing

Striking the balance between cutting-edge AI and enterprise-scale automation.

KEYNOTE
MAY 23 25Open →
#18AGENTIC AI

AI-Assurance: Agentic AI with Computer Use Automation Agents

A new paradigm for validating and governing Agentic AI systems.

SESSION
MAY 08 25Open →
#17TOOLS & DEMOS

Testers.AI — Model Context Protocol (MCP) Cursor Integration

MCP and how it can enhance your testing process.

DEMO
APR 15 25Open →
#16AGENTIC AI

Agentic AI is not Generative AI (MCP/LAM/LLaVA/CUA vs LLM/GraphRAG)

Dedicated to Tariq King, the King of AI.

NICO CARNAVAL
MAR 25 25Open →
#15AI ASSURANCE

AI Assurance — Assuring AI Systems That You Can Trust

You heard it here first: AI Assurance is the future.

PAUL GERRARD
JAN 31 25Open →
#14KEYNOTES

STARWest — Think You Can Just ‘Test’ That API? Think Again

A structured, model-based approach to exhaustively testing APIs.

KEYNOTE
JAN 18 25Open →
#13CLASSICS

Test on a Boat — Test Coast 2024 — Test Scouts

Live from Test Coast 2024.

EVENT
APR 26 24Open →
#12CLASSICS

Gen AI: The Final Frontier feat. Michael Ritchson from NASA

17 years of NASA development, innovation and award-winning engineering.

MICHAEL RITCHSON · NASA
JAN 24 24Open →
#11CLASSICS

Value-Based Testing — Shift Up (QEOPS) feat. Toby Marsden

25+ years revolutionizing the technology landscape.

TOBY MARSDEN
JAN 19 24Open →
#10AGENTIC AI

Sentient AI Agents (Primer, Architect, Sentient Control, Modal Agents)

The world’s first Sentient AI Testing Agents.

NICO CARNIVAL
DEC 18 23Open →
#09CLASSICS

ChatGPT 4 Testers feat. Paul Gerrard

The episode that started the AI testing conversation.

PAUL GERRARD
MAR 17 23Open →
#08CLASSICS

Keysight World — Digital Twins & Artificial Intelligence

Digital twins meet AI at Keysight World.

KEYNOTE
NOV 01 22Open →
#07CLASSICS

Jonathon Wright for the QA Daily: Learn | Inspire | Lead

Learn, inspire, lead.

INTERVIEW
JAN 01 21Open →
#06CLASSICS

How Cognitive Engineering Will Shape the Future of Automation

Cognitive engineering and the future of automation.

TALK
NOV 14 19Open →
#05KEYNOTES

Prosessipäivät (Finland) — How to Enable Intelligent Operations (AIOps)

Adopting Artificial Intelligence as a Platform (AIaaP).

KEYNOTE
MAY 22 19Open →
#04KEYNOTES

Cognitive Learning — Digital Evolution, Over Revolution | TED

From DESIGN-BUILD-TEST to THINK-EVOLVE-LEARN.

TED TALK
JAN 12 18Open →
#03CLASSICS

Continuous Testing 101 — Episode 3 — Digital Assurance

Digital assurance fundamentals.

SERIES
MAR 26 17Open →
#02CLASSICS

CAW 2016 — ‘Shift-Right’ — Rapid Evolution with DesignOps

Evolution over revolution — from ideation to operations.

CONFERENCE
NOV 20 16Open →
#01CLASSICS

CAW 2016 — Managing Test Data Across Distributed and Mainframe Systems

High-performance test data engineering with referential integrity.

WORKSHOP
NOV 20 16Open →
#83AI ASSURANCE

When Determinism Dies: Testing and Securing Agentic AI in Production

The pilot episode where two enterprise veterans explain why your old QA pipeline breaks the moment an LLM enters the building. In this first episode of Ctrl-Alt-Deploy, host Alex B…

JUL 08 26 · 26MOpen →
#82AI ASSURANCE

AI Is Breaking Traditional QA — feat. Ruslan Isyatnikov (QAMentor)

AI is gutting the old QA playbook — so what survives, and what replaces it? QAMentor founder Ruslan Isyatnikov joins Alex and Kuba to explain why QA demand fell over the last three…

RUSLAN ISYATNIKOV
JUL 08 26 · 54MOpen →
#81AI ASSURANCE

Can OpenClaw Be Secured for the Enterprise? Agents Guarding Agents — feat. Amman Abbas & Bogdan (TestSavant.AI)

An open-source agent with full run of your machine gets bought by OpenAI and sued by Anthropic — so can it ever be safe to ship to production? Alex and Kuba are joined by TestSavan…

AMMAN ABBAS & BOGDAN
JUL 08 26 · 43MOpen →
#80AI ASSURANCE

A CISO's Guide to Securing Agentic AI: Governance, Shadow AI and Zero-Trust Agents — feat. Peter Holcomb (Optimo IT)

When your app's "brain" is a non-deterministic LLM and your agents can roam autonomously, who owns security — and can you even secure the beehive? Alex Belotsky sits down with Pete…

PETER HOLCOMB
JUL 08 26 · 52MOpen →
#79AI ASSURANCE

How AI Broke Testing: From Regression to Statistical Assurance — feat. Ian McCallum (SAP)

When one input can return a hundred different answers, "does it pass?" stops being a yes-or-no question — and testing has to be reinvented. SAP AI advisor Ian McCallum — who litera…

IAN MCCALLUM
JUL 08 26 · 38MOpen →
#78AI ASSURANCE

Will AI Replace QA Teams? The Human Case for Testers in the Age of Agents — feat. Bill Kirst (Adobe)

AI can write your test cases and watch your screen — but Adobe's AI ambassador argues it will never replace the human who asks the question no one else thought to ask. Alex and Kub…

BILL KIRST
JUL 08 26 · 39MOpen →
#77AI ASSURANCE

Why 80% of Companies Fail at AI — feat. Jonathon Wright (World Digital Report)

Everyone says they're "doing AI" — but only 5% are actually getting measurable value, and the gap is where careers and companies quietly die. Jonathon Wright, Chief AI Officer at t…

JONATHON WRIGHT
JUL 08 26 · 57MOpen →
#76AI ASSURANCE

QA vs QE: Engineering Quality Into Non-Deterministic AI — feat. Janna Loeffler (Quality Engineering Leader)

When your system gives a different answer every time, "assuring" quality is a trap — you have to engineer it in. Janna Loeffler joins Alex and Kuba to unpack why the shift from qua…

JANNA LOEFFLER
JUL 08 26 · 39MOpen →
#75AI ASSURANCE

Guarding the Henhouse: Testing AI in Regulated Industries — feat. Erick Herring (Vynyl)

When your chatbot answers legal or medical questions, "close enough" isn't a spec — it's a lawsuit. Erick Herring of Vynyl joins Kuba and Alex to unpack what it actually takes to b…

ERICK HERRING
JUL 08 26 · 42MOpen →
#74AI ASSURANCE

The AI Risk Boards Get Wrong — feat. David Subar (Interna)

The view from the board seat: why the biggest AI risk isn't a bad model — it's moving too slowly while your competitors learn faster. Alex Belotsky and co-host Kuba sit down with D…

DAVID SUBAR
JUL 08 26 · 47MOpen →
#73AI ASSURANCE

AI, Computer Vision and Model-Based Testing — feat. Don Jackson (Micro Focus)

Micro Focus chief technologist on how AI, computer vision and NLP free testers to focus on what and why, not how.

DON JACKSON
JUL 07 26 · 1H 03MOpen →
#72AI ASSURANCE

Modern Quality Engineering for the Digital Enterprise — feat. Niko Mangahas (RCG Global Services)

Why digital enterprises need modern quality engineering that extends QA further, deeper, wider, and at scale.

NIKO MANGAHAS
JUL 07 26 · 46MOpen →
#71CLASSICS

Making Legacy Legendary: DevOps, Mainframe and Value Streams — feat. Anna Murray (ASG Technologies)

An ASG product director on mainframe DevOps, value stream management and where automation and RPA really add value.

ANNA MURRAY
JUL 07 26 · 53MOpen →
#70AI ASSURANCE

Visual AI and the Unknown Unknowns — feat. Yarden Naveh (Applitools)

An Applitools expert on why traditional DOM assertions miss the unknown unknowns that visual AI catches.

YARDEN NAVEH
JUL 07 26 · 53MOpen →
#69CLASSICS

Risk, the Definition of Quality and Shifting Up — feat. Iman Benlekehal (CGI)

A QA lead on using risk to force stakeholder alignment, the definition of quality and shifting quality up to leadership.

IMAN BENLEKEHAL
JUL 07 26 · 53MOpen →
#68AI ASSURANCE

The Dark Art of Digital Transformation — feat. Joseph Garber (Micro Focus)

Micro Focus strategy head on the four pillars of digital transformation and evolution over revolution.

JOSEPH GARBER
JUL 07 26 · 35MOpen →
#67CLASSICS

Agile Coaching and Value-Obsessed Delivery — feat. Iwona Winiarska (Automation Logic)

An agile delivery consultant on coaching teams, being value-obsessed and running meaningful retrospectives in distributed teams.

IWONA WINIARSKA
JUL 07 26 · 53MOpen →
#66AI ASSURANCE

SelectorsHub and Model-Based Automation — feat. Sanjay Kumar & James Walker (SelectorsHub)

Building rock-solid element identifiers and combining them with model-based testing for reusable automation.

SANJAY KUMAR & JAMES WALKER
JUL 07 26 · 53MOpen →
#65AI ASSURANCE

Innovation, NASA, and the Future of Software — feat. Michael Ritchson (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center)

A NASA developer's high-energy take on failing forward, mentoring the next generation, and data's future.

MICHAEL RITCHSON
JUL 07 26 · 58MOpen →
#64AI ASSURANCE

Low-Code Autonomous Testing with mabl — feat. Bertold Kolics (mabl)

How low-code, self-healing, AI-driven automation lowers the barrier to entry and helps teams scale testing.

BERTOLD KOLICS
JUL 07 26 · 37MOpen →
#63AI ASSURANCE

Codeless Test Automation with testRigor — feat. Paul Grossman & Artem Golubev (Independent)

How plain-English, codeless automation slashes the test-maintenance burden that plagues Selenium teams.

PAUL GROSSMAN & ARTEM GOLUBEV
JUL 07 26 · 37MOpen →
#62AI ASSURANCE

The Next Generation of Mobile Testing — feat. Eran Kinsbruner (Perfecto)

Eran Kinsbruner on why mobile apps fail and how to test the real-world digital experience.

ERAN KINSBRUNER
JUL 07 26 · 52MOpen →
#61CLASSICS

Software Craftsmanship, Value and Women in Tech — feat. Sarah Saunders (Capgemini)

A Capgemini engineer on software craftsmanship, mentoring, sharing culture and women in tech.

SARAH SAUNDERS
JUL 07 26 · 42MOpen →
#60AI ASSURANCE

Inform, Act, Automate: An Open Testing Platform — feat. Wayne Ariola & Thomas Pryce

Two guests make the case for a central model that curates data to make testers proactive.

WAYNE ARIOLA & THOMAS PRYCE
JUL 07 26 · 46MOpen →
#59AI ASSURANCE

A New Model for Testing and Thinking — feat. Paul Gerrard (Gerrard Consulting)

Paul Gerrard argues tools should support testers' thinking, not just automate test execution.

PAUL GERRARD
JUL 07 26 · 33MOpen →
#58CLASSICS

Celebrating 20 Years of the Agile Manifesto — feat. Giles Lindsay (Agility Leadership Network)

Previewing the Agile 20 Reflect Festival marking 20 years of the Agile Manifesto.

GILES LINDSAY
JUL 07 26 · 35MOpen →
#57CLASSICS

A Tester's Community Journey from Argentina — feat. Ileana Herrera (Ministry of Testing Salta)

An Argentinian tester shares her journey from retail to QA leadership and building a testing community.

ILEANA HERRERA
JUL 07 26 · 45MOpen →
#56CLASSICS

Gamification, Player Types and Humane Software — feat. Pete Jenkins (GAMIFICATION+ / GamiFi)

A gamification expert on player types, co-creation, ethical engagement and building humane apps.

PETE JENKINS
JUL 07 26 · 52MOpen →
#55AI ASSURANCE

Testing Data Science Models and Asking the Hard Questions — feat. Laveena Ramchandani (Deloitte)

A senior consultant on testing data science models, business intelligence and ethical, explainable AI.

LAVEENA RAMCHANDANI
JUL 07 26 · 50MOpen →
#54CLASSICS

Testing Serverless, the Cloud and the Last Mile of Value — feat. Lewis Prescott (Cancer Research UK)

A QA automation lead on serverless testing, shift-right, feature flags and proving delivered value.

LEWIS PRESCOTT
JUL 07 26 · 50MOpen →
#53AI ASSURANCE

Rethinking Mobile QA with Autonomous Testing — feat. Royi Haddad (21)

A mobile QA startup founder on making Appium-free, visual, low-maintenance test automation accessible.

ROYI HADDAD
JUL 07 26 · 42MOpen →
#52CLASSICS

Testing in Production and the Future of Quality — feat. Joel Montvelisky (PractiTest)

A Mercury veteran on test management, testing in production and redefining quality as customer value.

JOEL MONTVELISKY
JUL 07 26 · 54MOpen →
#51CLASSICS

Building Careers, CVs and Confidence in QA — feat. Henna Ashraf (Cashplus)

A test leader on interviewing, CVs, ISTQB and mentoring people through the pandemic job market.

HENNA ASHRAF
JUL 07 26 · 34MOpen →
#50CLASSICS

Confidence, Visual Testing and Crowd Testing in a COVID World — feat. Mike Lyles (Marketing services company)

An author and QA leader argues metrics should tell a story and testing is about confidence.

MIKE LYLES
JUL 07 26Open →
#49AI ASSURANCE

From Quality Assurance to Spherical Shifting with Data — feat. Adrian O'Leary (NIIT Technologies)

A QE leader shows how data turns testers into user advocates and reveals a project's digital heartbeat.

ADRIAN O'LEARY
JUL 07 26 · 1H 17MOpen →
#48CLASSICS

Testing GraphQL, Data and Dashboards at Geckoboard — feat. Mike Harris (Geckoboard)

A tester explains how GraphQL schemas and clever test data make dashboard testing tractable.

MIKE HARRIS
JUL 07 26 · 1H 17MOpen →
#47CLASSICS

Remote-First Quality Engineering and Contract Testing — feat. Bernardo Guerreiro (Auth0)

A quality engineer shares remote-team tips, contract testing, and data-driven performance testing.

BERNARDO GUERREIRO
JUL 07 26 · 43MOpen →
#46CLASSICS

QA Is a Problem of Knowledge, Not Quality — feat. Niall Lynch

A veteran QA director argues quality assurance is really about real-time knowledge, not quality itself.

NIALL LYNCH
JUL 07 26 · 36MOpen →
#45CLASSICS

The Queen of QA: From Law to Test Architecture — feat. Tatiana Zinchenko

A test architect with law and psychology degrees explains why testing starts at requirements.

TATIANA ZINCHENKO
JUL 07 26 · 38MOpen →
#44CLASSICS

Inclusive Automation and Testing with Jupyter Notebooks — feat. Brendan Connolly (Construction management platform)

A Eurostar Rising Star on inclusive automation that supports testers rather than replacing them.

BRENDAN CONNOLLY
JUL 07 26 · 38MOpen →
#43CLASSICS

Scaling Quality Engineering for a Global Bank — feat. Milan Kuveljic (N26)

N26's head of quality engineering on leadership and building a region-agnostic global banking platform.

MILAN KUVELJIC
JUL 07 26 · 37MOpen →
#42CLASSICS

Containers, Continuous Testing and the QA Serbia Community — feat. Nenad Cvetkovic (iGaming company / QA Serbia community)

A QA lead on using Docker to reach continuous testing and building the QA Serbia community.

NENAD CVETKOVIC
JUL 07 26 · 30MOpen →
#41CLASSICS

Chaos Engineering and Testing in Live Systems — feat. Kolton Andrus (Gremlin)

The Gremlin CEO on chaos engineering, resilience and finding failure before your customers do.

KOLTON ANDRUS
JUL 07 26 · 47MOpen →
#40CLASSICS

Unboxing Quality: Engineering Testing into the Pipeline — feat. Arun Kumar (Smartbox)

A principal SDET on building same-language automation, contract testing and single-click deployment pipelines.

ARUN KUMAR
JUL 07 26 · 42MOpen →
#39CLASSICS

The Lost Art of Testing: Communication, Improv and Fundamentals — feat. Damian Synadinos (Ineffable Solutions)

A speaker and improv teacher argues the future of testing is a return to communication fundamentals.

DAMIAN SYNADINOS
JUL 07 26 · 37MOpen →
#38CLASSICS

The Dark Side of QA: Leadership, OKRs and Being a Quality Hero — feat. Mariia Hutsuk (Zattoo)

A QA lead on moving into leadership, empowering teams with OKRs and owning quality as a whole team.

MARIIA HUTSUK
JUL 07 26 · 57MOpen →
#37CLASSICS

Fighting COVID-19 with MIT Safe Paths and Crowd Testing — feat. Todd DeCapua

A rapid call to action for testers to help build MIT's Safe Paths COVID-19 contact-tracing app.

TODD DECAPUA
JUL 07 26 · 18MOpen →
#36AI ASSURANCE

The Digital Quality Handbook: Mobile, AI and Continuous Testing — feat. Eran Kinsbruner (Perfecto)

A mobile testing evangelist on AI/ML, foldables, 5G and the case for continuous testing in the cloud.

ERAN KINSBRUNER
JUL 07 26 · 52MOpen →
#35CLASSICS

The Quality Energizer Bunny on Process, Maturity and Cascading KPIs — feat. Phil Burgess

A veteran program test manager and podcaster on maturity models, quality gates and reporting.

PHIL BURGESS
JUL 07 26 · 42MOpen →
#34CLASSICS

Mentoring, Mental Health and Neurodiversity in QA — feat. Simon Prior (EasyJet)

A test manager on mentoring, community, burnout and championing neurodiversity in QA teams.

SIMON PRIOR
JUL 07 26 · 40MOpen →
#33AI ASSURANCE

Quality in AI — feat. Adam Smith (Dragonfly)

An AI standards leader on cognitive bias, testing AI, and building enterprise AI like Nero.

ADAM SMITH
JUL 07 26 · 31MOpen →
#32CLASSICS

A Solo Tester's Journey Through Agile and DevOps — feat. Parveen Khan (Square Marble Technology)

**In this episode:** - DevOps & QAOps - Agile Testing - Career Development in QA - Mentoring & Community - Shift-Left Testing - Shift-Right Testing - Continuous Testing - T

PARVEEN KHAN
JUL 07 26 · 36MOpen →
#31AI ASSURANCE

The Future Starts Now — feat. Theo Priestly (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)

A futurist on connected healthcare, solving real problems, and adapting to a life lived online.

THEO PRIESTLY
JUL 07 26 · 46MOpen →
#30CLASSICS

The Evolving Role of QA in Agile — feat. Kate Falanga (Code and Theory)

An agency QA leader argues quality is contextual and testers need many tools, not two options.

KATE FALANGA
JUL 07 26 · 47MOpen →