One of the biggest names in music talks about AI and human soul. The victim of the 'Tinder Swindler' highlights a multi-billion dollar cyber crime. And leaders from business and civil society share life-changing advice.

In 2024, some of the brightest minds spoke to the World Economic Forum's podcasts Radio Davos and Meet the Leader. In this 'Best Of' episode, podcast hosts Robin Pomeroy and Linda Lacina each select three highlights from a busy year.

AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity?

Build a culture of innovation: HPE's CTO shares what must be in place

Tinder Swindler: how 'romance fraud' became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime

IKEA HR chief shares decades of career lessons learned and what’s needed to bridge the gender equity gap

Can climate action survive geopolitical upheaval?

How to motivate your team - from an organization with 17 million volunteers

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UN negotiations that were supposed to produce global rules on plastics have stalled, with no agreement on the scope of the treaty seen as vital to curb ocean pollution and other problems.

Clemence Schmid, director of the Global Plastics Action Partnership at the World Economic Forum, gives her readout from the "INC-5" in Busan, South Korean, and says what might happen now.

Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP): https://www.globalplasticaction.org/

Circular Industry Solutions for a Global Plastics Treaty: https://www.weforum.org/publications/circular-industry-solutions-for-a-global-plastics-treaty/

INC-5 website: https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution/session-5

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Space is back! No longer the reserve of a couple of superpowers, an increasing number of countries are getting involved, and the private sector is playing a greater role than ever.

On this episode, NASA Chief Economist Alexander MacDonald talks about plans to return to the Moon, and Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of the Committee on Space Research, explains why we are looking for life on Mars and beyond, and what that might look like.

Co-hosted by Nikolai Khlystov, Lead, Space Technology, World Economic Forum

Global Future Council on the Future of Space: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-space/

Space: The $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth: https://www.weforum.org/publications/space-the-1-8-trillion-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth/

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home

Life on Mars and the birth of the universe: why space exploration is vital to humanity

Space - how advances up there can help life down here

How does Earth look from space? 'Like one big spaceship' - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos

Meet the startup building the first commercial space station

This former astronaut shares what’s key to building strong, effective teams

What an astronaut can teach leaders about collaboration and aiming high

From space to the ocean's depths - how a space CEO and explorer approaches risk

European space chief on speaking to inspire - and making big change possible

Astra’s Chris Kemp: Thinking ‘mission first’ - and building a free space economy

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What are 'elastocalorics' or 'reconfigurable intelligent surfaces'? In a few years' time these emerging technologies may have transformed the way we heat and cool our homes, and how we transmit ever greater amounts of data.

They are among the technological innovations identified in the World Economic Forum's annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report, which picks the tech that could transform the world in the coming years.

In this video-podcast, the two lead authors of the report take us through each of the 10 on this year's list.

The report is produced in collaboration with Frontiers.

Mariette DiChristina, Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University College of Communication

Bernie Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/top-10-emerging-technologies-2024/

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

Beyond AI: the top-10 tech of 2023 set to change our lives

Top-10 Emerging Technologies 2021

The Top 10 Tech of 2020 - our podcast with Scientific American

2023 was the year we all got to know AI - so where will it take us in 2024?

Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero

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Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity's ability to tackle climate change.

Two experts from the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics look at the diplomacy and real-world reality of climate change politics and economics, with a particular focus on the global South.

This episode is published to coincide with the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, find out more here: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-global-future-councils-2024/

Arun Sharma, senior advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group

Varun Sivaram, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Jessica Margolis, Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils: https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils/ Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-geopolitics/

Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World: https://www.weforum.org/publications/shaping-cooperation-in-a-fragmenting-world/

Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics

How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

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"The global economy - it's a complicated picture, in the sense that it's doing better than we expected just six months ago but it's doing much worse than what it was doing six years ago."

World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill gives his assessment of the 'glass half-full' global economy.

And as the World Economic Forum publishes the latest edition of its Chief Economists Outlook, the Forum's Head of Economic Growth, Revival and Transformation, Aengus Collins, talks us through the highlights.

Chief Economists Outlook: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-world-bank-indermit-gill

How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

Globalization is in transition - not retreat, says this analyst of global trade

The long game: how to understand China and how it sees its role in the world

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A new, critically acclaimed documentary follows the fortunes of online investors, including one who made - and lost - $3 million in cryptocurrency. The director of This Is Not Financial Advice hopes his movie will help people understand the risks and potential benefits of investing, and how they can educate themselves.

Co-host: Meagan Andrews, Lead, Capital Market Initiatives, World Economic Forum

Guest: Chris Temple, Film Director at Optimist

Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-financial-and-monetary-systems/home

Film website: https://optimist.co/films/thisisnotfinancialadvice/

Apps, bots and 'finfluencers': how to navigate the changing world of investing

Financial inclusion - how increased access to banking is lifting people out of poverty

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As investors pour money into companies developing or deploying artificial intelligence, what are the steps they should be taking to ensure that AI is safe and responsible?

The Responsible AI Playbook for Investors published by the World Economic Forum and pension fund CPP Investments, sets out real-world examples of how investors can - and must - use their position to promote responsible AI.

Judy Wade, Managing Director, Head of Strategy Execution & Relationship Management, CPP Investments

Responsible AI Playbook for Investors: https://www.weforum.org/publications/responsible-ai-playbook-for-investors/

AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

'We have the most to benefit, but also the most to lose': how AI could transform human health

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How can cities - with ever growing populations - tackle air deadly pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Breathe Cities is a global network of cities sharing data, expertise and experience to do just that.

Guest: Jaime Pumarejo, Executive Director of Breathe Cities.

Breathe Cities: https://breathecities.org/

GAEA - Giving to Amplify Earth Action: https://initiatives.weforum.org/giving-to-amplify-earth-action/

Alliance for Clean Air: https://initiatives.weforum.org/alliance-for-clean-air/

World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-nature-and-climate/

What are the 'positive tipping points' that could help us accelerate out of climate disaster?

It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism

COP26: How cities are tackling pollution, congestion and the climate

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Artificial intelligence has the potential to massively improve human health: from developing new drugs to providing more accurate diagnoses and helping people who live with severe disabilities.

But AI also has the potential, if used wrongly or governed badly, to make life worse for people dealing with health problems.

In this episode, we hear from people on the front lines of the technology.

This episode was first published on 29 May, 2024. Radio Davos will resume new weekly podcasts from September 2024.

Victor Pineda, president and founder of the Victor Pineda Foundation/World ENABLED

Alexandra Reeve Givens , CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology

Chris Mansi, CEO, Viz.ai

Daphne Koller, founder and CEO of Insitro

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home

AI Governance Alliance: https://initiatives.weforum.org/ai-governance-alliance/home

Centre for Health and Healthcare: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/

AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments

Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care'

Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap

Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries

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