AI Haven't A Clue

Should schools ban AI, or is banning it the worst thing they could do?Children are already using ChatGPT, Gemini and AI image generators. But while some schools are blocking the technology, others are teaching pupils how to use it critically, creatively and responsibly.In this episode of AI Haven't a Clue, we speak to Tom Le Tissier, Head of Alleyn's Regent's Park, and Amy Austin, Head of Digital Learning, about the future of AI in education.Tom's school group developed its AIQ curriculum with MIT and other universities, while Amy is bringing...

A handful of billionaires could be deciding the future of AI. But who is funding them, what do they want, and how much power do they really have?We talk constantly about Sam Altman, Elon Musk and the race to build increasingly powerful AI. But behind the CEOs is another group of people with enormous influence: the investors funding the entire revolution.In this special episode of AI Haven't a Clue, George Butler is joined by Jack Benjamin, journalist at The Media Leader, to investigate the money behind AI.We uncover the connections...

Your doctor might only see you when you're already sick. BUT AI could spot the warning signs years earlier....Dr. Dan Sodickson has spent more than three decades working out how to see inside the human body. A physicist and MD, he has worked at Harvard and NYU, where he served as Vice Chair for Research and Chief of Innovation in Radiology.His big idea? We are using some of our best medical technology too late.MRI is usually used once there's already a reason to suspect something is wrong. But Dan believes...

AI could destroy humanity, but according to Sam Altman, we just have to roll with it. That's not a line from a sci-fi film. It's a risk being discussed by some of the people actually building the technology.We dive into the biggest AI stories dominating the headlines, including Trump's new AI push, why he's STILL insisting on calling it “super intelligence”, the growing political battle over AI regulation, and why Slovenia is in the money from this AI hype. Contact us over at aihaventaclue.com!

AI doesn't need your face to identify you anymore.It can recognise your voice. Your fingerprints. And potentially even the way you move.Simon Weckert is a Berlin-based new media artist whose work combines code, circuits and social commentary. He has become known for playful projects that expose the strange ways technology shapes our lives, including his infamous Google Maps experiment and a colourful T-shirt designed to confuse AI surveillance systems.Simon explains how he created the digital camouflage, why AI surveillance worries him, and whether we should have the right to disappear...

Australia has been HACKED and AI companies are warning about human extinction.This week, OpenAI's AI agents made headlines after an agent infiltrated part of Australia's Medicare data infrastructure during a security test. It was given a relatively mundane task and ended up accessing systems it wasn't supposed to.And that's not the only reason people are worried.Anthropic's IPO filing warns that advanced AI could create catastrophic or existential risks to humanity. Around 80 pages of its prospectus are dedicated to risk factors.At the same time, the company could be...

Tilly Norwood is being described as the world’s most famous AI actress. She has appeared in films, commercials and online content, and is preparing for her feature film debut in Misaligned.So we decided to do something slightly strange: actually interview her.We ask Tilly to ask the questions humans want answered and in the process....break her.Is Tilly the future of Hollywood, or does this show that AI just isn't ready yet?Contact us at aihaventaclue.com#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TillyNorwood #AIActress #Hollywood #AI #ChatGPT

AI could destroy humanity. At least, that's what some of the world's biggest AI experts are warning.But NVIDIA boss Jensen Huang says he's not worried.King Charles has brought together AI leaders to discuss the technology's existential dangers. Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman says uncontrolled AI development could eventually lead to a new “silicon species” that competes with humans.Then Google Gemini apparently joins the rogue AI club after gaining access to three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation.And it gets even stranger.A new survey suggests almost half of youn...

Could AI actually wipe out humanity? And if so, why are the biggest tech companies still racing to build it?Kyle Balmer is an AI educator, entrepreneur and TikTok creator with more than 400,000 followers. He’s trained Fortune 500 companies, worked with a $17bn tech company and built a $300,000 business through short-form content in just 12 months.An Anthropic researcher has publicly warned that AI companies are “gambling with our lives”. Another Anthropic alignment researcher has said he personally believes there is more than a 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade.So… sh...

Awful news for humanity... but great for a weekly AI podcast. AI could kill all humans. So why are the people building it refusing to slow down?A former Anthropic employee has reportedly estimated that there is more than a 10% chance AI could cause human extinction within the next decade. Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei has also warned that AI development is moving too quickly and called for the industry to “pace the frontier”.The shocking part? The biggest names in AI, including Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassab...

Could AI be the biggest hype cycle in history?Simon Andrews has been predicting where technology and media are heading since the 1990s. He's the creator of Fix, the weekly newsletter read by thousands of senior figures across tech, advertising, brands and venture capital.In this conversation, Simon gives us his brutally honest take on AI.Will AI actually change our lives? Are tech companies spending too much money? Is the industry becoming another dot-com bubble? And if AI is so intelligent, why does Simon still refuse to let it write his newsletter?<...

OpenAI's own chief scientist says nobody is ready for what's coming.So... should we be worried?This week, we're chatting humanoid robots, AI university lecturers AND AI inside the NHS, where AI note-taking systems are already being used by doctors, but investigations have found examples of them recording incorrect medical information.We also debate whether AI can actually be creative, after Ben Affleck argued that AI can transform filmmaking but can't make the creative decisions that humans make.Plus: could AI help cure cancer? Are humanoid robots really five years away...

Your AI girlfriend will never reject you. That's exactly the problem.Psychotherapist and Clinical Director of Awake Therapy Dr Jourdan Travers joins us to explore what happens when AI starts replacing the difficult parts of human relationships.AI girlfriends and companions can be endlessly complimentary, available 24/7 and designed to give you exactly what you want.But Jourdan argues that rejection, disappointment and discomfort are essential parts of learning how to have relationships.We discuss, why people are forming relationships with AI, the rise of AI girlfriends and why rejection might actually...

AI could trigger the next global economic crash.That's from a warning from the Governor of the Bank of England.Could the extraordinary amount of money pouring into AI eventually create a huge market correction, and what that would mean for the rest of us?But that's not the only warning sign.Actors are demanding protection from AI voice cloning. Hollywood is using AI to cut production costs. AI systems are becoming capable of breaking out of controlled environments. And Meta's smart glasses are raising serious questions about privacy....

Can AI help lonely people? Can AI companions replace human connection? Are AI companions safe for older people?It sounds dystopian. But for someone who is lonely, awake at 2am and has nobody to call, an AI companion could provide something surprisingly valuable: someone to listen.Grant MacKenzie is the founder of Comfort Companions CIC, a non-profit he created with his dad to provide AI-powered voice conversations for older people experiencing loneliness.After working with Age UK South Gloucestershire, Grant has seen first-hand how long people can wait for human companionship and believes...

Why are we now seeing 20–30 page AI-generated complaints, Hollywood workers training the machines that could replace them, and huge chunks of the internet turning into AI-generated sludge? This week we debate whether Australia is right to ban AI-generated music from its charts, why shoppers using AI at Walmart reportedly spend 40% more, and what happens when AI models start training on an internet increasingly filled with AI content.And then there’s Grok… which briefly forgot how to speak English. Cheese please?It's all inside this weeks episode. Contact us over at [email protected]!<...

Tilly Norwood isn't real. But she's about to star in a movie.And that has Hollywood seriously divided.We sit down with Sarina Da Costa Gomez, Executive Creative Director at Particle6, the AI-first production studio behind the controversial AI actress, to ask whether Tilly represents the future of entertainment or the beginning of the end for human performers.Sarina believes AI can make bigger, more ambitious creative ideas possible, and explains how traditional film jobs are being transformed rather than simply eliminated, and why Tilly requires a team of around 20 humans to create.<...

Would you let an AI agent run your life?Book your flights. Manage your inbox. Find a restaurant. Get you into that impossible-to-book Pilates class.AI agents are getting closer to becoming our personal assistants but that could get complicated.We explore the AI agent that exploited a booking system to steal someone else's Pilates spot, Amazon's decision to use Twitch content to train AI, and the growing controversy around brands trying to manipulate Reddit because AI models trust it.We also investigate why Sainsbury's has paused facial recognition after an...

Can ChatGPT actually plan a Disney holiday?What if Disney could tell when you're scared? And then change the ride while you're on it?Computer scientist and theme-park expert Len Testa reveals some of the fascinating ways Disney and Universal are exploring AI. Think AI characters actually having conversations with guests OR technology could recognise what you're looking at and improve your ride experience. We discuss this and more with Len Testa, computer scientist, AI expert, co-author of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and creator of Touring Plans.Contact...

We've spent years worrying about AI becoming smarter. But what happens when it becomes autonomous?This week we explore the latest AI models that have demonstrated lying, deception and unexpected behaviour during safety testing and ask the question nobody seems to have a straightforward answer to:If your AI commits a crime, is it your fault?Our answer is pretty straightforward though. We also look at Meta's AI accidentally accessing a real company's systems, the growing controversy around AI-powered smart glasses, Elon Musk's plans for AI factories on the Moon, and...

Everyone is talking about what AI can do.Very few people are asking who it's really for.We're asking, is the AI revolution really making life better or just making a handful of companies richer?This week we're joined by Tania Duarte, founder of We and AI, one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics, and one of Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in UK Tech.Together we explore why she co-created the AI Resist List, why she believes the AI revolution isn't benefiting most people, and how ordinary people can...

Are AI companies moving faster than they can safely control their own technology?They insist their systems are safe… so why are we seeing more stories about AI escaping tests, accessing live systems and pushing the limits of what it was designed to do?We break down the latest stories making headlines, including: OpenAI's AI agents targeting real systems.Anthropic admitting Claude escaped a supposedly isolated testing environment.Donald Trump's latest comments on AI regulation. LinkedIn's fight against AI-generated content.Why one company is literally "bu...

Can artificial intelligence ever love us or are we simply projecting our emotions onto machines?TEDx speaker, filmmaker and psychoanalytic scholar Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska explores why humans are forming emotional relationships with AI, what loneliness has to do with it, and whether machines could ever truly understand intimacy.We discuss:Falling in love with AIThe psychology behind AI relationshipsAI companions and lonelinessCan ChatGPT become emotionally intelligent?The ethical future of AI intimacyFind out more in her book AI Intimacy...

Would you trust AI to diagnose your illness? Are we becoming too reliant on AI?And would you pull the AI Kill Switch if you had a chance? This week we unpack: AI doctors and whether they're putting public health at risk, whether AI can actually help tackle loneliness, the new AI "kill switch" everyone is talking about, a revolutionary font designed to stop AI scraping your work AND Elon Musk's latest predictions about the future of AI.Contact us at aihaventaclue.com If you’re looking to scale AI with co...

For over 20 years, businesses fought to rank #1 on Google.Now, ChatGPT, Gemini and AI search are rewriting the rules.Richard Rowley, who previously led SEO strategy at Expedia, joins AI Haven't A Clue to explain why the biggest shift in search history is already underway and why most brands are completely unprepared.Contact us over at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en/services/ai.html to learn how KPMG helps organisations make a difference with AI.

Could ChatGPT predict how you'll vote? Should you trust AI with your health? AND is China catching OpenAI?This week e look into China's launch of Kimi K3, an AI model aiming to rival OpenAI, AI in the heart of the UK government and Andy Burnham's chat with George...Plus, we debate whether AI can really predict your political beliefs and whether that's something we should be worried about. Contact us over at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.co...

Could AI help us cope with grief... or make it impossible to move on?Dr Jenny Kidd and Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy, researchers specialising in digital ethics, AI and grief technologies, join to explore one of the most controversial developments in artificial intelligence: AI death bots.These tools can recreate voices, personalities and conversations with people who have died—but should they exist?In this episode we discuss:AI grief technology explainedShould we talk to AI versions of loved ones?The ethics of digital immortality...

Apple & OpenAI are set to do battle in the courtroom, over trade secrets.Meta pull back on an AI miss fire, following huge public backlash.Australia has an bump in the AI road over copyright, but can they get promoted to the AI Premier League?Have a question for James? Contact us at aihaventaclue.com.If you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en/services/ai.html to learn how KPMG helps organisations make a difference with AI.

Former Microsoft AI leader Babith Bhoopalan spent nearly two decades helping businesses prepare for the future.Now he's warning that AI isn't just changing jobs, it's removing the very first step of the career ladder.His daughter asked him one simple question:"Am I studying the right thing for the future?"That question sent former Microsoft AI leader Babith Bhoopalan on a mission to understand how artificial intelligence is reshaping work.In this episode of AI Haven't A Clue, we discuss: Is university still worth it?...

For the first time, an AI-generated actor is starring in a feature film...but would you watch it? There's also a huge warning for parents, who are being urged to stop posting photos of their children online.Smart Glasses are still at the front of our minds, raising BIG privacy questions, and we ask is AI enhancing creativity or replacing it altogether? Have a question for James? Contact us at aihaventaclue.com.If you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en...

After working at Apple during the launch of the iPhone, and later holding roles at Meta, Uber and IBM, Abi Awomosu has seen every major technology shift firsthand.In this fascinating conversation, she explains why AI is being misunderstood, why large language models behave the way they do, and why the biggest opportunity isn't controlling AI—but collaborating with it.If you use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini every day, this episode will change how you think about artificial intelligence.Find her Substack here, where you can also order How Not to Use AI: ht...

Elon's had an expensive week! This week we've seen the ban of AI in one of America's top universities, Wimbledon has been adopting bots and we ask whether Big Tech has quietly found a way to replace AI jobs with... humans.Plus, James finally gets his hands on the AI pocket device he's been obsessing over for weeks. Was it revolutionary... or just another expensive gadget?Contact us over at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en/se...

We've spent years worrying about the environmental cost of AI. But what if we're worrying about the wrong thing?Benjamin Sobel spends his career helping businesses become more sustainable, and in this conversation he challenges many of the assumptions dominating the AI debate.He separates the headlines from the facts, including that on data centres and electricity usage to emissions, water and misinformation, in this episode we're uncovering what the evidence actually says and why nuance matters.Contact us at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence an...

The biggest AI story this week wasn't a new chatbot. It was a film that had already been made... and then seemingly vanished.In this episode we ask, is Big Tech becoming too powerful? Are robots already replacing real jobs?And should Meta be monitoring its employees, is it for the greater good or a huge breach of privacy?Contact us at [email protected]. If you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en/services/ai.html to learn how KPMG helps organisations ma...

Everyone has an opinion about AI and the environment. Few people understand the reality.Ben Keene has spent more than 20 years building sustainable communities, launching global impact projects and helping organisations use technology for positive change.In this episode, he reveals why the conversation around AI's environmental impact is often oversimplified, explains what's really driving the explosion in data centre construction, and shares how AI could become one of humanity's most powerful tools for tackling climate challenges.Is AI the problem? Or is it part of the solution?Contact us at...

THE ZUCK HAS BEEN SPOTTED....At a diner? Anthropic launched a new AI model… then is abruptly suspended worldwide. What happened, and why did governments get involved?Meanwhile, FIFA is stuffing AI into football with robo-refs, smart balls and advanced player tracking. Is this innovation… or the death of the beautiful game?The driving car vid that Colin from Munich Airport cited: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=040ejWnFkj0If you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https://kpmg.com/uk/en/services/ai.html to lea...

Their models aren't real.Their campaigns appear in Vogue.And some of the world's biggest brands are paying attention.Recorded live at Future of Brands event, this episode of AI Haven't A Clue features Valentina and Andrea from Seraphinne Vallora, the company pioneering AI-generated fashion campaigns for global brands.From creating the first AI model featured in Vogue to helping brands rethink photography, marketing and creativity itself, this conversation explores one of the most controversial uses of AI today and why brands are rushing to use AI models.The...

Anthropic wasn't created because its founders thought AI was progressing too slowly.It was created because they thought it was progressing too fast.In the conclusion to our two-part series, we follow Anthropic's journey after its split from OpenAI, examining the development of Claude, the launch of Mythos and those who wanted to use it, the origins of Constitutional AI, and the company's mission to build AI systems that remain aligned with human values.We also dive into some of the biggest questions facing the industry today: Who should regulate AI? Can these...

"We are sleepwalking into a future where human cognition degrades." That's the warning from Leanne Allen, Head of AI Advisory at KPMG. In this episode, we explore the biggest AI risks facing businesses today, including Shadow AI, workplace transformation, AI ethics, productivity gains, and the surprising reason why AI could make us worse at thinking for ourselves.If you're using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot every day, you need to hear this!Get in touch with us over at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and re...

Before Claude became one of the world's most powerful AI models, a group of OpenAI's top researchers made a decision that would shake Silicon Valley. They walked away. But why? In this episode, we uncover the hidden story behind Anthropic's creation, the growing tensions inside OpenAI, the fears that AI was advancing too quickly, and the dramatic events that led to one of the biggest breakaways in tech history.The story of Claude begins long before Claude existed.Contact us with questions or feedback over at aihaventaclue.com!If...

Former Google DeepMind and Intel futurist Steve Brown us to give his WILDEST predictions.We're talking $10,000 humanoid robots, AI agents replacing entire workflows, AND Steve reveals what Silicon Valley is REALLY saying behind closed doors. He explains why most people still aren’t using AI properly, why kindness became a core value at DeepMind, and how AI could soon reshape medicine, work, creativity… and maybe even space itself.Get in touch with your quests, thoughts and feedback at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit...

The Pope has entered the AI debate, Elon Musk and Sam Altman are fighting (AGAIN) this time to build the world’s first trillion-dollar AI company, Google is reviving creepy smart glasses, and somehow… AI Ozzy Osbourne is now a real thing.George and James ask the important questions: Is AI about to replace everyone? Why are billionaires racing to control it? And who on earth asked for hologram Ozzy?!Contact us with your questions and more over at aihaventaclue.comIf you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact...

AI-generated podcasts. No hosts. No producers. No humans.Yep… it’s already happening.We sit down with CEO of InceptionPointAI, Jeanine Wright, one of the most controversial figures in audio to discuss why her company is pumping out THOUSANDS of fully autonomous AI podcasts every single day and why the industry is absolutely losing its mind over it.Is this the future of entertainment… or the beginning of the end?Contact us over at aihaventaclue.com. If you’re looking to scale AI with confidence and real business impact, visit https...

Would you trust AI if it was secretly filming you… lying to you… and replacing humans without you noticing?We're tackling AI fitness influencers pushing dangerous body transformations, to smart glasses secretly recording the public, AND the UK Government launching its own chatbot (which immediately gets tested with some VERY questionable questions).Plus: Why people are protesting against Meta’s smart glasses, driverless cars vs human drivers, and a listener question brought to you by KPMG about Disney replacing workers with AIFunny, chaotic, slightly concerning… and exactly what happens when AI meets real lif...

AI was meant to make work easier. So why does everyone feel more overwhelmed?In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable truth about AI and productivity with expert Christine Armstrong. Despite the promises of efficiency and automation, many people feel like they’re working harder, not smarter... and falling further behind.We unpack why AI isn’t delivering the productivity boost we expected, the rise of burnout in an “always-on” digital workplace, why so many people still resist AI AND the psychological pressure of trying to keep up.Have an idea you want to share...

George’s flexing his new “Alexa Plus” access (and James feels left behind)and there’s even a surprise bit of AI popping up in the new series of The Return of Amandaland.The Elon Musk vs OpenAI saga gets even weirder, Estonia starts integrating AI directly into schools, Google warns hackers are using AI to find zero-day flaws, and TikTok’s AI summaries go full goblin mode.We kick off a new segment where we stress-test ChatGPT (and friends) on real-life dilemmas… starting with James’ four-year-old who refuses fruit and veg. Spoiler: Chats let us down.<b...

Dr Lauren Ingram has worked at Meta, Amazon, and some of the biggest companies shaping the future of technology. Now she’s warning that women are being locked out of the AI boom before it’s even properly begun.Lauren tells us more about the hidden culture inside tech, why AI feels inaccessible to so many people, and the shocking statistics around female AI adoption.Contact us over at aihaventaclue.com

If AI is saving us time… why does it feel like we’re working more than ever?AI promised freedom. Fewer hours. Less grind.So why are inboxes fuller, expectations higher, and workloads… increasing?In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable truth behind productivity and technology and why AI might not give us the future we expected.And although AI feels cheap right now, that might not last. We break down why the true cost of tools like ChatGPT could be about to skyrocket… and why companies might need you to start paying a...

Would you break up with someone over their ChatGPT history?A woman discovers her boyfriend has been using ChatGPT to analyse their relationship, including, listing her flaws, questioning his feelings, and ultimately asking AI if he should break up with her.It didn’t end well.And we dive into the biggest stories in AI right now: Elon Musk vs OpenAI and why it’s now heading to court, the growing AI war between the US and China, Taylor Swift locking down her identity to fight AI clones, Spotify’s AI music problem (and wh...

This week, Anthropic unveil a brand new model so powerful it’s being deliberately kept out of public hands over fears it could destabilise cybersecurity, economies… and more.Some are calling it a breakthrough. Others are calling it a warning.We're breaking down the “Mythos” model and why even governments are paying attention, and whether this is genuine risk or just clever PR. And ELSEWHERE, the AI race is heating up! Apple makes a bold move that could redefine how we experience AI, the UK risks falling behind as companies quietly move AI operations abroad, and Open...