Burning Platforms

Burning Platforms dives deep into the common ground between national security and individual privacy with cybersecurity expert Miah Hammond-Errey, host of the Technology and Security podcast.   Also this week: * Bunnings wrapped over facial recognition * Trump’s crypto bonanza * and could the Social Media Ban have a silver lining?   Panelists: * Digital Rights Watch chair, Lizzie O’Shea,  * Health Engine CEO, Dan Stinton * and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis   Visit the Centre of the Public Square for more on our work around technology policy.   Support Miah at the TS podcast.   Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.

  The upcoming US Presidential elections will shape - and be shaped by - the Web3 community. We talk with Mark Monfort from the Aus De-Fi Association on what the moment means.   He joins our panel of Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton, digital rights advocate Kate Bower and Peter Lewis from Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.   Also this week: * The new front on chat-bot accountability * Is Emotional Intelligence the next killer app? * and has AI doomer-ism turned the corner?   Listen to Burning Platforms: https://tinyurl.com/3sck83b6   Warning - This episode mentions suicide. If you or anyone you know needs support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or at lifeline.org.au, or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or at beyondblue.org.au/forums.

As researchers are locked out of digital platforms, we contemplate a new era of control and secrecy, with responsible tech academic Gina Neff. She joins our panel of  Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie OShea, Choice’s digital campaign lead Rafi Alam and Peter Lewis from Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. Also this week: The Social Media Summit takeaways The eyes inside our cars And the Nobel Prize’s AI extravaganza Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast: https://the-town-crier-2.ghost.io/

Open AI's Sam Altman has launched a new product line with a new business model and a new philosophy. But do they all line up?  Lee Schofield from ‘Future is Now’ with our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton.   We also cover ·      The fallout from 7-Eleven’s privacy breach  ·      Misinformation and disinformation laws  ·      And  Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse glasses.   Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square.   Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast.