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Could it be that the smartphone and social media brought us together only to make us completely intolerant? Research seems to be pointing that way – so what can we do? Also, fake receipts, fake voices and fake apologies – the more AI we use, the more we get faked out. Finally, ‘mind captioning’ – could bring a voice to those who can not use their own! Recorded live on Radio N...

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While the US put its car in reverse (at speed!) and European automakers chased their own tails about whether or not to abandon ICEs, the Chinese put the pedal to the metal in their high-tourque EVs, leaving everyone one else in the dust. A once-in-a-lifetime platform transition – without any international competitors! Co-host Sally Dominguez, Special Correspondent Drew Smith ...

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What a difference a year makes. A transition to EVs that once seemed utterly inevitable has been thoroughly disrupted by a change of regime in the United States. Using every tool in its arsenal to bribe, cajole and even threaten its allies into dropping any support or incentives for electrification, the USA seems intent upon reviving a past where the internal combustion engin...

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Can a big business transform its processes and workflows using AI? With very few successful examples to follow, how does the Big End of Town even get started? L’Oreal Groupe – the biggest beauty products firm on Earth – got started three years ago. We sit down with L’Oreal Groupe ANZ CEO Alex Davison to explore how they did it, why they did it – and how it’s changed their bus...

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There’s an elephant in the room along with artificial intelligence – its impact on the climate. Demand for electricity has skyrocketed as Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft build vast new data centres to handle the anticipated global demand for AI products and services. Is that wise? In conversation with legendary entrepreneur and href="https://www.climatesalad....

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