The political strategist and author of ‘Angertainement', Ed Coper, joins the Burning Platform this week to discuss how social media outrage ruined everything and outlines his blueprint for harnessing the toxic information ecosystem.

Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

is Anthropic really calling to hit pause? 

will Microsoft’s agentic AI play land safely?

can a government automate discretion? 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

This week on Burning Platforms we dive deep into Pope Leo’s XIV’s  encyclical with Dr Michael Walker from the Justice and Peace Office at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney .

Our panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC AI reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into:

AI’s Trust Deficit 

Amnesty International’s new report: Unlawful by Design

and Greenpeace’s new research on data centres ‘Energy Vampires’

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The founder of start-up Noizend on the challenges of scaling tech in Australia and how the real innovation is not running on the back of LLMs.

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

Why is Meta ditching End to End Encryption?

Will Google’s new IO break the internet?

And Elon Musk’s the SpaceX float take-off?

Internet academic Tama Leaver on the lines between regulating and equipping children to navigate the  AI revolution.

Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC AI reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

Students Jeer AI Inspiration 

Palantir’s Surveillance Playbook

and can we build an AI Wealth Fund? 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The Australian Writer’s Guild CEO Claire Pullen updates us on the fight to protect Australian creators from the industrial-scale thrift of their work.

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

The wild west of AI-powered toys 

Chat-GPT’s new bot-phone

and how Anthropic is tapping religious leaders for moral guidance 

The Privacy Commissioner takes us through the new code to to give children greater control over their data and how this could open the door for less surveillance for all of us.

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

What’s behind the cancellation of RightsCon? 

Why did Jack Dorsey lay off 40 per cent of his business?

And who wins when two tech overlords go to court?

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The Labor MP and former Industry Minister on how the power of the global tech giants and why tech sovereignty is non-negotiable.

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

Who is enabling the Nudify apps?

Is there a world beyond the US AI stack?

And what on earth is Palintir CEO Alex Karp smoking?

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The Sizzle editor (and freshly minted ABC AI reporter) joins us to make sense of the spate of attacks on CEO leaders.

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

On this week's Burning Platforms, Australia’s leading AI scientist, Prof Toby Walsh, takes us through the failing efforts to place limits around the automation of military conflict.

Regular panelists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also discuss:

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/ 

The ACTU’s Assistant Secretary takes us through the multiple challenges AI poses workers and the pressure points where unions are pushing back.

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

Anthropic’s pitch to Canberra

slop-aganda in the Iranian war

and a new platform to Surf the fedi-verse

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/