Tech 24 Podcast
1) Trump's Claude ban: the first salvo in a long battle over who controls AI
A struggle to control artificial intelligence is playing out, just as United States puts the technology to task in conflicts from Venezuela to Iran.
2) First victim of AI agent harassment warns 'thousands' more could be next
Slandered by one AI robot and misquoted in a news article by another, US-based software engineer Scott Shambaugh has made it his mission to become the cautionary tale by which we start to take autonom...Show More
3) Anthropic's Claude helped Pentagon raid Caracas and seize Maduro, US media report
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Pentagon used Anthropic's AI model, Claude, as part of its operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January. We take a closer look in t...Show More
4) Latest Epstein files reveal disgraced financier's Silicon Valley connections
A newly released batch of more than three million documents from the US Department of Justice is casting fresh light on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to some of the biggest name...Show More
5) China accused of erasing Mongolian language and culture online, new study finds
When the Mongolian language started to disappear from classrooms in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China's north, many turned to the internet to keep their language and culture alive. A new i...Show More
6) France set to fast track under-15s social media ban
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to fast-track legislation to ban social media for teens under the age of 15, with parliament slated to vote on a draft proposal Monday.
7) Iran internet shutdown: activists warn of 'permanent' blackout
Iran is 10 days into an internet blackout, which rights groups say is intended to prevent further protests and conceal the regime's deadly crackdown. What happens now is unclear. Iranian digital activ...Show More
8) "It's a scam": French AI envoy on X making Grok chatbot pay-to-perve
France's AI and digital ambassador Clara Chappaz says making public image generation a paid feature of Grok is a "scam", adding to the outcry over how tech mogul Elon Musk has dealt with a torrent of ...Show More
9) Caracas smash-and-grab underscores dominance of US military tech
How did the US pull off its complex extraction operation in the heart of Caracas? The answer is less about futuristic, top-secret weapons, and more about scale and coordination. Tech 24's Peter O'Brie...Show More
10) Days before Australia's social media ban, teens race to find loopholes
Australia is about to become the first major democracy to impose a nationwide ban on social media access for under-16s. When the world-first measure comes into force on December 10, platforms includin...Show More