The CogX Podcast

Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, and Julie Hanna, Senior Advisor at X and Executive Chair of the Board of Kiva, discuss how to create value and scale radical ideas on a global level. The episode begins with an overview on the work done by X, promoting businesses and helping the world become great, despite not necessarily selling product to consumers. Astro Teller uses a variety analogies ranging from retrieving balloons to monkeys which provides an insight into the work done by X and how it benefits the world in the long term. The episode also touches on the issues surrounding diversity and inclusion in the sector with the further use of examples case studies giving a better perspective into the AI world.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, opens up the CogX festival by discussing the future of London’s technology sector, highlighting the fact that London is and will always be open to businesses. 

Mr Khan calls on the new prime minister to give developments in AI the attention that they deserve and insists that the public has the right to be heard and the right for democratic leaders to guide them along this delicate path.

During the Q&A with Tabitha Goldstaub, issues surrounding a lack of diversity in the world of AI are brought up, with The Mayor calling for more females working in the sector as well as more people from minority backgrounds.