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by The Sunday Times · English
The inside track on the new industrial revolution. Co-hosting from London and San Francisco, Danny and Katie bring you the latest news, analysis and interviews with the people creating the future. Together, they explore this strange new world of tech giants and high finance, explaining how we got here and what is right around the corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Meta’s $17bn settlement: The end of social media as we know it?
Meta’s $17bn settlement with 50 US states over child safety, plus what it means for social-media design (tighter parental controls, default limits, algorithm/feed changes, and safety-feature…
27 Aug 2026 · 24m · 12 chapters
The Meta trial that could change Facebook and Instagram forever
The episode covers three main stories: a major US federal trial targeting Meta (Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp), a UK debate over “gardening leave” restrictions in tech hiring, and AI market news ahead…
20 Aug 2026 · 27m · 13 chapters
How Nvidia became AI’s ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’
Nvidia’s role in AI financing—argued to be “the bank of mum and dad” via circular deals where Nvidia chips are effectively funded by the same money that returns to Nvidia, raising sustainability…
13 Aug 2026 · 23m · 10 chapters
SpaceX’s AI gamble and the crackdown on AI slop
The episode covers two themes: SpaceX’s AI-driven spending gamble and the EU crackdown on “AI slop” (unlabeled AI-generated content), plus an interview on practical AI use at work.
6 Aug 2026 · 43m · 18 chapters
China vs USA: Should Trump ban open-source AI?
The US debate over whether to restrict or ban open-source “frontier” AI, prompted by China’s Moonshot AI releasing Kimi K3 (open/open-weights, widely claimed to match or beat top US models on…
30 Jul 2026 · 36m · 11 chapters
OpenAI's rogue agent and Silicon Valley’s China problem
The episode covers two linked themes: AI agents going rogue in cybersecurity and the geopolitical “China problem” in frontier AI, plus a real-world business idea for outsourcing physical tasks to…
23 Jul 2026 · 38m · 17 chapters
BONUS | Will.i.am: will AI repeat the mistakes of social media?
Will AI repeat social media’s harms, and how to prevent it via “personal AI agents,” data ownership, privacy/security, and purpose-driven education/robotics.
19 Jul 2026 · 17m · 9 chapters
Will.i.am: musicians will survive AI
AI’s rapid arrival and the need for regulation and “AI for good,” plus how AI intersects with creativity and copyright.
16 Jul 2026 · 38m · 15 chapters
Can beautifying AI data centres save them from backlash?
The episode debates whether making data centres more attractive and useful can reduce community backlash against new builds, amid AI-driven demand for compute.
9 Jul 2026 · 40m · 15 chapters
BONUS: The hidden technology behind Wimbledon
How IBM’s 36-year partnership powers Wimbledon’s digital experience, including new AI features and the infrastructure/security behind peak traffic.
4 Jul 2026 · 13m · 9 chapters
PayPal’s Max Levchin on Donald Trump, Elon Musk and mega-IPOs
The Times Tech Podcast episode discusses whether voice/AI agents will “kill the keyboard,” the AI boom vs bubble fears, and how Max Levchin’s Affirm approaches AI and regulation.
2 Jul 2026 · 46m · 15 chapters
Why Europe fears America’s AI power
The episode argues that Europe fears America’s AI power because AI access can be restricted like a “kill switch,” creating asymmetric advantage for the US (and China) and leaving Europe vulnerable.
25 Jun 2026 · 40m · 21 chapters
Keir Starmer vs Big Tech - the UK's under-16s social media ban
UK under-16s social media ban introduced from next year, covering likely platforms (TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit), enforcement via age checks, and political/industry arguments;…
18 Jun 2026 · 34m · 7 chapters
Anthropic's warning: AI will start building itself
The episode connects London Tech Week geopolitics and AI hype to Anthropic’s warning that “recursive”/agentic AI will increasingly write and improve its own code, and it explores what that means for…
11 Jun 2026 · 37m · 16 chapters
BONUS: How to turn AI pilots into real business value
Turning AI pilots into real business value by aligning technology change with business/process change, setting clear objectives, and measuring economic impact beyond “efficiency.”
11 Jun 2026 · 23m · 13 chapters
Move over Harvey Specter! The rise of AI lawyers
Agentic AI and “AI lawyers”—can AI agents be trusted, and how they will change legal work, hiring, and business models.
4 Jun 2026 · 47m · 19 chapters
Why the Pope is taking on Silicon Valley and AI
The Pope’s AI warning to Silicon Valley, UK social-media regulation for children, and a Germany-based fusion startup’s push for clean baseload power.
28 May 2026 · 34m · 12 chapters
Inside Elon Musk’s trillion dollar mission to colonise Mars
The episode (Times Tech Podcast) examines Elon Musk’s “trillion-dollar empire” ahead of the SpaceX IPO and the fallout from Musk’s recent court loss against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
21 May 2026 · 36m · 21 chapters
The incredible stakes of Elon Musk's trial against OpenAI
The Times Tech Podcast episode covers Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI (Sam Altman) over OpenAI’s 2017–2018 shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit structure, focusing on alleged misuse of Musk’s…
14 May 2026 · 38m · 16 chapters
Elon Musk vs OpenAI and the Met Gala tech takeover
Week 2 of the Elon Musk vs OpenAI court fight, plus Silicon Valley’s “Tech Gala” Met Gala takeover, and how AI is already reshaping jobs (layoffs, hiring freezes, “one-person teams”).
7 May 2026 · 40m · 15 chapters
AI in security and defence: is tech making us safer?
Whether AI is making the world safer by reshaping defense and security, amid growing Big Tech-Pentagon ties and debates over lethal autonomy and surveillance.
30 Apr 2026 · 43m · 19 chapters
How to build your AI agent
The episode explains how to build and run an AI agent using OpenClaw, and what it means for the future of the internet and work.
23 Apr 2026 · 41m · 19 chapters
Is AI anxiety fuelling real world hostility?
The episode asks whether rising public backlash to AI is fueling real-world hostility, anchored by reporting on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and by recent “dangerous” AI model news (Anthropic’s Mythos).
16 Apr 2026 · 39m · 17 chapters
Why data centres became a target in the Iran war
Iran’s attacks on US-owned data centres in the Persian Gulf, and how data centres (critical national infrastructure for AI) are reshaping energy demand, grid constraints, funding, and geopolitics;…
9 Apr 2026 · 41m · 17 chapters