Tech Tuesday: Elon's X Premium, AI Transparency, and Startup Success

Matt Armitage, Kulturpop

24-Oct-23 12:00

Tech Tuesday: Elon's X Premium, AI Transparency, and Startup Success

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Ad-free version of X’s premium subscription coming soon, says Musk; Research reveals AI model’s lack of transparency; Your startup’s success, told by your personality type; Ginkgo Bioworks’ collaboration with Google Cloud to explore the potential of generative AI in biotech; TikTok Music launched in Singapore; TikTok and Disney partnership in honour of 100-year anniversary; Facial recognition-based public search engine now blocks children’s face searches; And Amazon’s humanoid robot trial in their warehouse.

Produced by: Carol Wong

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: technology, culture, international

Tags: elon musk, ai, transparency, startups, founders, Chatgpt, tiktok, disney, facial recognition, amazon,

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11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

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12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

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1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) It's a review of the new, competitively-priced BYD Atto 2 in this week's episode. Tune in to hear Daniel's thoughts on this car.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Today, Rich Bradbury and Matt Armitage pose the most explosive question of all and ask: AI, ya basic?

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) We speak to Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul, Senior Expert at Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency, about his work on smart city projects across ASEAN and how technology, policy, and people’s needs can create greener, more livable cities.

4:00 PM

Bar None

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5:00 PM

BBC World Service

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