Interactive experiences like Roblox are giving children the chance to explore their identity like never before. In this episode I speak with kids media consultant Jo Redfern about the intricacies of Gen Z’s digital identity, self-expression, and the power children have in the 21st century to shape their virtual personas.

We discuss the new Barbie movie and the intersection of merchandising and identity. As well as thinking about the future of education and the alternative the learning paths that gaming and digital platforms are revealing.

The Future of You is a finalist in the Independent Podcast Awards 2023.

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK (https://bit.ly/44ObTha) and US (https://bit.ly/3OlDxgk)

Jo Redfern's LinkedIn 

linkedin.com/in/joredfern

Kids Media Podcast 

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/kids-media-club-podcast/id1573404550

Future of Education 2050 Report 

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Cu0aisIbr_9c-UucelETT92cRUppubYm

Tracey in Daily Mail 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12513183/EXCLUSIVE-Former-Google-futurist-predicts-classrooms-future-look-like-include-virtual-reality-lessons-downloadable-knowledge.html

Tracey in the Mirror 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/future-education-technology-3d-virtual-30900376

Will brands have their own wallets for customers? Will customers have their own wallets that they give brands access to? How will digital wallets reshape the data we store? And what’s the difference between personal and personalised wallets?

In this episode of The Briefing I discuss all of this and more with Jamie Smith, founder of Customer Futures.

This episode also features an announcement about the future of this podcast. The Briefing will only be available to members in future. To find out more about the membership and how to join visit www.traceyfollows.com

The Discussion episodes continue to be available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Jamie Smith https://www.customerfutures.com/

Tracey’s deck, Identity Century: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFrapqZWbo/view?utm_content=DAFrapqZWbo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=embeds&utm_source=link

Accenture’s Tech Trends https://www.accenture.com/content/dam/accenture/final/accenture-com/a-com-custom-component/iconic/document/Accenture-Technology-Vision-2023-Full-Report.pdf

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK (https://bit.ly/44ObTha) and US (https://bit.ly/3OlDxgk)

In this episode of The Discussion I speak to Andrew Bud, Founder and CEO of iProov, the world leader in biometric face verification. We discuss the importance of keeping ahead of security in biometrics, the advantages of face biometrics over the iris or palm - and what he thinks about the future of anonymity.

I also speak with Bronwyn Williams, a futurist and economist based in South Africa. We discuss the issues that could arise from a single company becoming the centralised global infrastructure for digital identities ie Worldcoin’s World ID. 

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK (https://bit.ly/44ObTha) and US (https://bit.ly/3OlDxgk)

iProov

website https://www.iproov.com

Genuine Presence Assurance

 https://www.iproov.com/why-iproov/the-problem-we-solve/genuine-presence

Biometric Threat Report 

https://www.iproov.com/reports/biometric-threat-intelligence

Flux Trends website 

https://fluxtrends.com

Bronwyn's blog

https://whatthefuturenow.com

Bronwyn's book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Starts-Now-Insights-Technology/dp/1472981502

In this episode of The Briefing I talk with Ian Crocombe of Superheroic about the creation of TF14 (my “synthetic self”). We discuss how TF14 was made, the tools and platforms employed, and the use cases for  digital representations such as this.

I also talk about the launch of Worldcoin, the pros and cons of is-a-person solutions and explore security threats around biometrics.

BBC News article on the launch of Worldcoin https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111

Vitalek's essay https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/07/24/biometric.html

Tracey Follows, Forbes article on Synthetic Self https://www.forbes.com/sites/traceyfollows/2023/07/21/i-used-generative-ai-to-create-a-synthetic-self-and-you-can-too/?sh=1e97b2216dbd

Ian Crocombe Linkedin linkedin.com/in/iancrocombe

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK (https://bit.ly/44ObTha) and US (https://bit.ly/3OlDxgk)

Let’s dump the doomerism and take a positive look at AI. In this episode I’m speaking with audience expert David Boyle. As co-author of ‘Prompt’ David has quite literally written the book on how AI can be used to enhance the creation of all types of content across a variety of sectors. I also chat with Matthew Kershaw, VP of commercial strategy at D-id.com, about the rise in the creation of digital avatars, the anthropomorphism of digital assistance and what it means for our future digital selves.

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

David and Richard’s website https://prompt.mba/

David’s book https://www.amazon.co.uk/PROMPT-Brands-practical-ChatGPT-Practical/dp/B0C1JD7C32

Audience Strategies website https://www.audiencestrategies.com/

Matthew is at D-ID.com’s website https://www.d-id.com/

D-ID.com on linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/deidentification/

TF14 was built by https://thepeeps.xyz/ 

In this episode of The Briefing I consider how AI is impacting art and artists. We drop in on the Stanford event around Creativity in the Age of AI, we consider some of the news making headlines about China and AI. And we end up at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, in Warsaw, from where I spoke about AI and the Death of the Artist. 

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

China Inc. Shows How Generative AI Can Be Serious Business https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-Inc.-shows-how-generative-AI-can-be-serious-business

Is AI Killing Art? https://radii.co/article/ai-art-zhang-huan-xu-bing

Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Creativity In The Age of AI event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9wOvFihY74

Mateusz Szsiedlecki on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/mateuszsiedleckiphoto/

"'AI: The Death of the Artist?' is part of the Culture Tensions discussions curated by Manick Govinda and Agnieszka Kolek, commissioned by the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Poland”. 

Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Poland https://u-jazdowski.pl/en

In this episode of The Discussion I’m joined by Josh Muncke - Commercial Director, Retail & Consumer at Faculty and Sam Gregory -  Executive Director at Human Rights Organisation, WITNESS.

We cover generative AI models, what they are and how they're changing the customer experience. Testing and iterating as a process, and how the field of prompt engineering is going to evolve. Also shallow fakes versus deep fakes, the novel ability to create new media content from existing data, the need for safeguards and transparency. And of course, what's next for GPT, and the next generation of models.

http://faculty.ai

https://www.witness.org/

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

In this episode of The Briefing I’m joined by Chris Holmes, Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE. He gives me the inside track on digital ID in the UK, where it’s going and how it compares to approaches in other jurisdictions.

I also cover some new threats in biometrics and give you a sneak peek into the next episode on Generative AI, where we debate the implications for both consumers and citizens.

https://chrisholmes.co.uk

http://faculty.ai

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/05/22/generative-ai-identity-verification-video/

https://venturebeat.com/security/forrester-predicts-2023-top-cybersecurity-threats-generative-ai-geopolitical-tensions/

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202305/iproov-biometric-threat-intelligence-report-2023

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

00:47 Trends in generative AI
4:30 Josh Muncke, of Faculty, on AI
5:56 Chris Holmes on Digital ID
8:40 The UK’s plans for Digital ID
22:44 The role of the new Department of Science, Technology and Innovation
26:51 The contrast to the EU approach
32:21 Big tech and Digital ID

In this episode of The Discussion I’m joined by Commercial Director, Europe, Digital Trust Services at Gen, and all-round Digital Wallet and Innovation expert Andy Tobin for a detailed conversation about digital wallets.

We go deep into what the European identity system (eIDAS) is, how it works and why we need it. We cover the difference between identity cards and digital wallets and the role of verifiable credentials. We also explore why digital credentials are more secure than paper documents, the spectre of big tech and the future of credentials in general. 

Gen website  https://www.gendigital.com/

Links to Andrew’s eIDAS articles on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobinandrew/recent-activity/posts/

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

In this episode of The Briefing we cover several news topics around technology of identity and the digital self, primarily focusing on voice tech; voice design,re-voicing and voice cloning. We look at digital wallets and digital credentials in Europe with the EU ID scheme, and we revisit the current status of theTwitter blue checkmark. I’m also joined by Nik Badminton to talk about his new book, “Facing Our Futures: How foresight, futures design and strategy creates prosperity and growth.” 

Grimes on Twitter 

Holly Herndon and Holly+
https://holly.plus
https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94

US Voice cloning scam: ‘I’ve got your daughter’

Voice cloning scammers

Section 4 on Twitter bluechecks 

Eleven Labs 

Voice over artists fight against AI copying speech tone

GBnews interview with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster

Nik Badminton
Chief Futurist at futurist.com
Nik's book “Facing Our Futures” published by Bloomsbury

Tracey's book 'The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st Century Technology?' available in the UK and US 

• 0min 40: Voice cloning
• 4min: Discussion with Sam Gregory, Executive Director at WITNESS about generative AI
• 5mins 45: ElevenLabs
• 5mins 58: Twitter verification
• 13mins 33: Digital wallets and digital credentials
• 15min: Discussion with Andrew Tobin about eIDAS and big tech
• 19mins 24: Discussion with Nik Badminton about his new book ‘Facing Our Futures’