Tech for Good Live

This week we are chatting about a robotic turtle funded by Nesta and the most evil people in tech (like every week!) and wondering if the government will ignore another piece of statistical evidence that they paid for... slow clap.

Sophie Walker is on hosting duties, she’s joined by TFGL team members Hera Hussain, Greg Ashton and Producer Paul.

And our guest this week is Christina McDermott

Christina is the Managing Director of Cattington, a social media and digital content agency based in Liverpool.

She’s worked in social media for over ten years and her career has encompassed everything from creating content for clients including Channel 4 and pretending to be the Green Giant on Facebook. (People asked him a lot of questions about poo.)

This week’s topics:

Stat of the week:

Half of veganuary participants stay vegan

Charity news of the week:

Tech ideas competition for children from Nesta has announced it’s semi-finalists:

A mention for Mental Health Foundation testing new app in Manchester

Tech news of the week:

Slate review of evil tech companies

A Rant or Nice of the week?

Priti Patel’s plan to tackle radicalised youth is so flawed it’s mad, says study

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Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.

In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It’s going as well as you’d expect.

NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI, when Sam Altman was still the CEO of OpenAI.

Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul.

Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer

Come back for next week's episode where we talk to Stuart in more detail about Manchester's Digital Strategy.

This week’s topics:

Good story of the week:

Given past experience, governments including our own have surprised us all by actually taking the challenges of AI serious:

Five takeaways from UK’s AI safety summit at Bletchley Park - The Guardian

Biden hails ‘bold action’ of US government with order on safe use of AI - The Guardian

Bad news story of the week:

More legislation couldn't come soon enough as tech bros use AI for that well known worthy cause - throwing shade:

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are arguing over whose bot is better - Fortune

And finally

Turns out if you buy a Cybertruck from Tesla and sell it in the first year they will sue you.

Want a Cybertruck? You're stuck with it for a year, says Tesla - The Register

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Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

We are past the halfway point of 2020, a year that has transformed much of our lives. In this episode Sophie Amono, Laura Griffin and Naomi MG Smith, discuss everything to do with design and technology, PR & Communications and how social media and tech can be used to further brand messages with a great ethos at the core of them.

Sophie Amono

Sophie is the founder of Edinburgh based social media agency Stuffs; a female led creative studio that produces social media campaigns for brands across the UK and Europe.

Laura Griffin

Laura Griffin is a creative thinker with a strategic mindset. An alumni of Edinburgh College of Art, her work experiences have taken her as far as Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York. She now specialises in creative strategy for brands with a focus in digital.

Naomi MG Smith

Naomi is a PR and communications professional.

Naomi is participating in the Jolt NAMBA programme, and has recently launched her new blog - CommsLabHQ which aims to inspire the next generation of Black, BAME and underrepresented PR practitioners.

To find out more about Black Lives Matter, to support the movement or to download helpful resources, visit www.blacklivesmatter.com.

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Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With...” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry.

In this episode, Bex is catching up with filmmaker, content strategist and idea-o-phile, David Dylan Thomas.

We're cheating a little bit, having made friends with David back at UX Copenhagen in 2018 but he's such a good guy that we thought we'd find out more about what he's up to at the moment, including his upcoming A Book Apart debut!

We hope you enjoy the episode. Please drop us a review on iTunes, and if you’d like to hear more interviews and conversations like this, let us know who you’d recommend we interview.

Send thoughts, suggestions and feedback on Twitter @techforgoodlive.

TFGL and the Circular Economy is back, in collaboration with our friends at Dsposal. .

In this second episode of Series Two, we talk to people who make beautiful cars and the people who recycle the metal in the cars.

And Tom's mind is blown, multiple times!

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Huge thanks to all this season's contributors:

Gaëlle Guillaume

Iain Gulland

Ken Webster

Marc Zornes

James Close

Andy Doran

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This podcast wouldn’t exist without Tom Passmore and Sophie Walker from Dsposal.

Hosted by Rebecca Rae-Evans

Produced by Paul Jakubowski and Jonny Rae-Evans and Rebecca Rae-Evans.

Music has been graciously provided by George Fell.

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You can find a full transcript of this episode on techforgood.live