Burning Platforms

Burning Platform is back from its brief hiatus for a special live Virtual Town Hall, convened on July 6th, looking at the growing fight to resist the US tech behemoth, in partnership with Digital Rights Watch and GetUp!

Hosted by Per Capita's Peter Lewis, with speakers:
* DRW chair Lizzie O'Shea
* GetUp! campaigner Hayden Rodgers
* Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge
 
Show notes available at: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/p/your-palantir-primer

This week on Burning Platforms, we're joined by the head of the Local and Independent News Association, Clare Stutchbery, to get her insights on the importance of media diversity in an age of information hierarchies.

 

Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullin and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also explore:

 

Why has Trump blocked Anthropic’s latest model?

Is Google responsible for its AI news summaries?

Are Gina and Elon a match made in heaven?

 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The political strategist and author of ‘Angertainement', Ed Coper, joins the Burning Platform this week to discuss how social media outrage ruined everything and outlines his blueprint for harnessing the toxic information ecosystem.

 

Panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

is Anthropic really calling to hit pause? 

will Microsoft’s agentic AI play land safely?

can a government automate discretion? 

 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

This week on Burning Platforms we dive deep into Pope Leo’s XIV’s  encyclical with Dr Michael Walker from the Justice and Peace Office at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney .

 

Our panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC AI reporter Cam Wilson and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into:

AI’s Trust Deficit 

Amnesty International’s new report: Unlawful by Design

and Greenpeace’s new research on data centres ‘Energy Vampires’

 

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/

The founder of start-up Noizend on the challenges of scaling tech in Australia and how the real innovation is not running on the back of LLMs.

 

Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis also delve into: 

Why is Meta ditching End to End Encryption?

Will Google’s new IO break the internet?

And Elon Musk’s the SpaceX float take-off?

For background notes on these discussions go to Burning Platforms on Substack: https://burningplatforms.substack.com/