Tech for Good Live

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! It’s a podcast all about using Technology to have a positive social impact.

If you listened to our last episode you would have heard from special guest Arielle Tye.

Arielle is Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services.

She’s back for an interview where you get to hear less nonsense from us, and more good stuff from Arielle. We’ll be talking about her work in the Digital youth space, and upskilling the Welsh Third Sector in Digital.

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Basically just a bunch of cool people talking about all the cool stuff that all the cool kids love. We’re super popular and have happy and fulfilling lives.

In this episode we’re talking about how the world has gotten a little more accessible. And we’ll be talking about spies. But apparently not in an exciting and fun way.

Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski

Our special guest is Arielle Tye, Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services.

Good story of the week

Great round of accessibility wins:

Greece makes nearly 200 beaches accessible with adaptive chairs - Independent.ie

And more wilderness will be accessible to wheelchair users thanks to this tank looking wheelchair:

These All-Terrain Wheelchairs Are Making Nature More Accessible (and Enjoyable) for Those With Mobility Issues - Nice News

And moving away from wheelchairs, the already brilliant 'Be My Eyes' is due for an AI upgrade:

Be My Eyes: Popular App Tests “Life-Altering” AI Tool to Help Visually Impaired People - Nice News 

Bad news story of the week:

The NSO and Pegasus story isn't over and it looks like the US government have been struggling to kill it because they keep buying it:

A front company and a fake identity: How the U.S. came to use spyware it was trying to kill - Japan Times 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil.

In this episode we’re joined by Thomas Young, Creative Director for Looking Glass Creative, a Partner of Flannel & Blade, the Director of Artistic Planning for ReThink Theatrical, and a Co-Founder of Vital Little Plans. 

On the agenda is the impact of AI on creativity and the art world at large.

Book mentioned: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, a podcast that is about doing good with tech, or… at the least,  doing less bad.

In this episode we talk about how old tech is helping Ukraine and how AI is screwing over writers. Cool cool cool. 

Bex is on hosting duties, and she is joined by Tech For Good Live team members, Fay Schofield, Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim

Good story of the week:

Ukraine war: How old tech is helping Ukraine avoid detection - BBC News 

Bad news story of the week:

Writers Guild and AI:

Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know - Aljazeera 

'Plagiarism machines': Hollywood writers and studios battle over the future of AI - Reuters

WGA Would Allow Artificial Intelligence in Scriptwriting, as Long as Writers Maintain Credit - Variety

As Writers Strike, AI Could Covertly Cross the Picket Line - Hollywood Reporter 

Hollywood screenwriters don’t want robots taking their jobs, either - NBC News 

Justine Bateman Tweet

And finally…

Mille’s mood ring: Oura Ring 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.

We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil.

In this episode, we have an interview with our old friend Mark Walker from AbilityNet, an accessibility consultancy.

We talk about what’s changed since we last spoke (pre-pandemic!) and also about their upcoming Tech4Good Awards.

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good live podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less terrible. This may be our 240th episode, which is very silly. In one we are talking about the news, including Internet Ninjas and Elon Musk doing something new involving AI. Oh, good.

Joining host Bex is Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski, and we are also joined by an old face/voice, Mille Vardheim.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

Internet 'ninjas' fighting misinformation on Twitter. But are they in danger of becoming the trolls they hunt:

The 'ninjas' fighting climate change denial on Twitter - BBC News 

Bad news story of the week:

After co signing the recent letter to demand a pause in AI development Elon Musk had started a project to develop his own competitor to ChatGPT:

Elon Musk plans AI startup to rival OpenAI, Financial Times reports - Reuters 

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Next week we have an interview with our old friend Mark Walker from Ability net, an accessibility consultancy. We’ll be talking about what’s changed since we last spoke (pre-pandemic) and also about their up and coming Tech 4 Good Awards. 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live a podcast about well, it does what it says on the tin right?

In this episode we have a chat with special guest Sarah Miguel, changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH.

If you listen to the podcasts in order (and why wouldn’t you?) then you’ll have already heard Sarah on last week's podcast chatting about the news, but this week we’ll hear more about Sarah's fundraising, lived experience, and of course, the government's response to refugees.

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live, a podcast about tech that does some good in this world…or is it where we complain about the bad stuff tech does? We don’t know anymore. Or maybe we’ve never known. In this episode we’re chatting about women starting businesses, who’d have thought it eh? We also talk about an unusual algorithm in Rotterdam.

Joining host Bex is Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski.

Our special guest this time is Sarah Miguel. Changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH.

Good story of the week:

More women than ever are founding their own businesses

The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship - Natwest Group

And the FTSE 350 hits 40% female representation on their boards

FTSE Women Leaders 

Bad news story of the week:

An algorithm used by the city of Rotterdam is having a huge impact on its citizens. Wired's investigation into the algorithm has discovered the usual ingrained biases

Inside the Suspicion Machine - Wired 

Lovely story of the week:

Psychedelic mushroom ruling!

Minds altered on psychedelics for mental health - Positive.news 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of Tech for Good Live! It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world. 

Joining host Bex is producer Paul and Greg Ashton.

In this episode, we speak to last week’s news guest in more detail. 

Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation talks to us about why the company was created and their mission to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology, with the telepresence robot AV1 and the one-button computer Komp.

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Tech for Good Live! It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world.

In this week's episode we are talking about ChatGPT because of course we are. 

We are also partying like it’s 2016 because we're discussing how elections are ripe for abuse.

Joining host Bex we have TFGL team members, producer Paul and Greg Ashton.

Our special guest this week is Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation, a Norwegian company founded in 2015 with an aim to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology.

Good story of the week:

Many many many years ago we talked about education needing to better adapt to students using Google. Now ChatGPT has presented an even more pressing need to adapt. This article shared by Karen presents some great discussions that are already happening:

Artificial intelligence: Are we smart enough? - NRK (Norwegian) 

In a weird turn, Bing's new version of ChatGPT has fallen in love with journalist Kevin Roose:

Creepy Microsoft Bing Chatbot Urges Tech Columnist To Leave His Wife - Huffington Post

Bad news story of the week:

It was something we all suspected. And now the Guardian and an international team of journalists have confirmed that not only are there organised efforts to sway elections through social media. But someone has turned it into a lucrative business:

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections - The Guardian 

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Come back for next week's podcast, where we’ll have more of a proper chat with Karen about warm technology, digital inclusion and much more. As a teaser to that, No Isolation created the AV1, one of the Tech for Good Live team’s favourite stories.. AV1 is a little robot who can enable children to get out and about when they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected] 

We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.