Social media ban for children and Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment
Should under-16s be banned from social media? After landmark US rulings against Meta and YouTube over addictive design features, pressure is building on Big Tech. Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott spea...
2 Apr 41min
Forget your employees – how hard is your AI agent working?
A new trend is emerging in Silicon Valley – engineers are using more and more of AI agents to do their jobs. At some companies like Meta, AI usage is reportedly being linked to performance. But it’s a...
27 Mar 42min
Will this AI actress be the next Oscar winner?
Conan O’Brien joked at the Oscars that he might be the last human to host the Academy Awards. It got Danny and Katie thinking about AI's influence on the creative industry – from Hollywood, podcasting...
20 Mar 41min
The $14 billion Nscale story and how founders succeed in Silicon Valley
British AI data-center company NScale has hit a $14.6 billion valuation after raising another $2 billion but its rapid rise is raising eyebrows. Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott examine the meteoric s...
13 Mar 39min
Bonus episode: Will quantum computing change everything?
Quantum computing has been called the next big technological revolution, potentially as transformative as AI. Governments are investing billions, banks are already experimenting with the technology, a...
9 Mar 30min
Anthropic vs Pentagon: How AI is changing war
An explosive fallout between AI giant Anthropic, OpenAI and the US Department of War has ignited a fierce debate in Silicon Valley about who gets to decide how artificial intelligence is used in defen...
6 Mar 39min
Inside Nvidia: The company powering the AI gold rush
Do Nvidia’s latest results confirm a tech boom or signal the makings of a bubble? Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott ask how a once-niche graphics chipmaker ended up at the centre of global tech, geopol...
27 Feb 35min
BONUS: Agentic AI explained – The next phase of artificial intelligence
This episode of The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by PwC.Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. It’s no longer just about chatbots generating text or analysing data. The next frontier is a...
23 Feb 26min
