From the shockwaves caused by DeepSeek’s launch, to fears of a new AI arms race, and the continued questions over the technology’s energy use, AI continues to throw up new challenges. As world leaders gather for the Paris AI summit, the Guardian’s global technology editor, Dan Milmo, joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss what will be top of the agenda. And young ... Show More
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Hantavirus update, Pentagon’s UFO files, can art slow biological ageing?
Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and science editor Ian Sample to discuss three eyecatching stories from the week, including an update on hantavirus. Also on the agenda is the Pentagon’s release of a tranche of never before seen documents relating to UFOs, and a study look ... Show More
21m 17s
May 7
100 years on Earth: celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday
To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has changed in the century that Attenborough has been on Earth, and how his programmi ... Show More
20m 51s
Apr 2023
BCG Presents: Climate Rising – How BCG Uses AI to Address Climate Change
This week, we’re presenting an episode of Climate Rising from our friends at Harvard Business School. In this first episode of a new series on climate change and AI, Hamid Maher and Charlotte Degot, Managing Directors and Partners at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), explain how BC ... Show More
42m 26s
Nov 2024
Donald Trump et Elon Musk au sommet de l’IA 2025 en France ?
<p>Depuis Rio, en marge du G20, Emmanuel Macron a annoncé un projet ambitieux : un sommet international sur l’intelligence artificielle, prévu en février 2025. Parmi les invités d’envergure, le futur président américain, Donald Trump, et son allié de longue date, Elon Musk. Une r ... Show More
1m 46s
Mar 2024
Matt Clifford on China, AI Safety, and Entrepreneurship
How do you stand up an effective national AI project? Is the world prepared for the Reformation-level societal change AI could bring?
Matt Clifford, according to Politico Britain’s most powerful tech adviser, joins ChinaTalk to discuss! He served as Prime Minister Sunak's sherpa ... Show More
2h 14m
Jun 2024
Inside Europe's tech hubs: France's AI push puts it on the rise
France is home to some of the most high-profile artificial intelligence start-ups. The country, which was once seen as anti-tech, has attracted big funding, backed by a public push from the government. Roxanne Varza, the head of the world's biggest startup campus Station F, which ... Show More
31m 49s
Sep 2025
Nuclearn gets $10.5M to help the nuclear industry embrace AI, plus ReOrbit lands record funding to take on Musk’s Starlink from Europe
Nuclearn got its start when the founders were working at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station just west of Phoenix. They had been experimenting with ways to streamline various repetitive tasks first from a data science perspective then with more advanced AI models. Also, ReO ... Show More
8m 13s
Nov 2025
What's behind the COP climate circus | Rethinking Humanitarianism
The UN climate summit, COP30, is getting under way in Brazil, with global temperatures rising – and global cooperation under deep strain. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, the UN Secretary-General warns that the world has missed its targets to limit global temperature rise. ... Show More
48m 35s
Jan 2025
Best of: COP30 president on how Brazil is looking to supercharge climate action
Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton and tackle COP29's unfinished business. The 2025 climate conference is set to take place in Belem, Brazil, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest. And last week, André Corrêa do Lago was named COP30 president. Corrêa do Lago c ... Show More
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