Grok AI Scandal: should we treat Big Tech like Big Tobacco? w/ Rutger Bregman
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X has been firmly in the firing line after its Grok AI tool was used to create sexualised images of women and children. Elon Musk’s company could face a fine of up to 10% of its global earnings by internet regulator Ofcom, or a ban in the UK. He denies that the AI has done anything illegal and says users are responsible for the images they create.
How can we regulate AI? Nish and Coco speak to Rutger Bregman, historian and author who called out billionaires at Davos. He argues Big Tech should be treated like Big Tobacco, and gives his take on Iran, as thousands of protestors take to the streets, and what a radical policy platform looks like for the UK Left today.
Plus - what on earth is UKIP proposing as a terrifying rebrand?
*Update on Palestinian Hunger Strikers*: On 14th Jan Heba, Kamran, and Lewie collectively paused their hunger strike. They made British history, lasting 73 days.
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X has been firmly in the firing line after its Grok AI tool was used to create sexualised images of women and children. Elon Musk’s company could face a fine of up to 10% of its global earnings by internet regulator Ofcom, or a ban in the UK. He denies that the AI has done anything illegal and says users are responsible for the images they create.
How can we regulate AI? Nish and Coco speak to Rutger Bregman, historian and author who called out billionaires at Davos. He argues Big Tech should be treated like Big Tobacco, and gives his take on Iran, as thousands of protestors take to the streets, and what a radical policy platform looks like for the UK Left today.
Plus - what on earth is UKIP proposing as a terrifying rebrand?
*Update on Palestinian Hunger Strikers*: On 14th Jan Heba, Kamran, and Lewie collectively paused their hunger strike. They made British history, lasting 73 days.
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Rutger Bregman - Historian and Author of Moral Ambition, out in paper back on 15th Jan
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CREDITS
Liz Kendall MP, Technology Secretary - Parliament TV
Rutger Bregman - Publicae
Rutger Bregman and Tucker Carlson - Now This
Tehran protests - Shaparak Khorsandi/Instagram
Donald Trump - New York Times
Laila Cunningham - Daily Express/YouTube
Nadim Zahawi - Sky News
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