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,

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Eng Sheng Guan, CEO and Co-Founder of Fiuu, one of Malaysia’s largest B2B payment platforms, shares the company’s 20-year journey, from pioneering e-commerce shopping carts in the early 2000s as Razer Fintech, to processing over RM44 billion in transactions annually across eight markets today.

12:00 PM

Just For Kicks

(REPEAT) Kam and the JFK pundits relive that glorious UCL Semi-Final between Inter and Barcelona, the other European matches, and look ahead to the Matchweek 36 of the EPL.

1:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

(REPEAT) Kam and his two guests, Sheryll and Matt talk about ChatGPT’s relationship with grammar and syntax, algorithm, and visible “broligarch”.

2:00 PM

Ringgit & Sense

(REPEAT) Kimberly Law, licensed financial planner and co-founder of Uno Advisers, talks about FOMO and how bad it can be for your bank balance, if you’re not careful.

2:30 PM

The Property Show

(REPEAT) How do you keep cockroaches out of your house? Experts, Regine Lim from the Malaysia Pest Management Association, and entomologist, Lim Say Piau, show us how we can fight back.

3:00 PM

Best of The Bigger Picture

(REPEAT) We speak to Dr Vilashini Somiah about her work, getting elected to chair the Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), the challenges faced by marginalised communities in the region and so much more.

4:00 PM

Best of Evening Edition

(REPEAT) Should (and could) we eradicate mosquitoes? Dr. Ong Song-Quan joins us to discuss the ecological role mosquitoes play and how we can protect ourselves from these pests.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

BFM presents the BBC World Service, which provides in-depth coverage of issues from around the world.

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