Q&A: Will machines replace us?
Could machine-generated articles replace those created by human beings?After their series on AI in the media, Alan and Lionel now turn to listeners’ questions.There's no question that AI could help to...
23 Dec 202425min
AI: Powering newsrooms of the future?
Can traditional journalism survive when ChatGPT is able to produce copy in a matter of seconds?In Media Confidential’s third episode in a series exploring the world of artificial intelligence, Alan an...
19 Dec 202440min
Q&A: The Daily Mail's sidebar of shame
What do you do if a big story breaks on Christmas Day and there's a skeleton crew running the newsroom?That's just one of the seasonal questions put to Alan and Lionel in this week's Q&A episode.The e...
16 Dec 202421min
The Murdoch Succession and the limits of AI
In the second episode on our series focusing on AI's impact on the media industry, Alan and Lionel talk to the executive chairman of Sky News, David Rhodes.David has expressed support for AI advanceme...
12 Dec 202440min
Q&A: What's REALLY going on at the Observer?
Office streakers, whiskey before lunchtime, and untimely deaths: with Christmas party season almost upon us, Alan and Lionel get nostalgic for the old-fashioned newsroom on this week’s Media Confident...
9 Dec 202423min
AI: how to stop Big Tech ripping off journalism (again)
In the first of three special editions on artificial intelligence and the media, Alan and Lionel are joined by the CEO of ProRata.ai, Bill Gross.Artificial intelligence poses a serious threat to the s...
5 Dec 202439min
Q&A: Lionel’s Wild Ride
In this week’s Q&A, Lionel Barber takes centre stage to tell the tale of a largely unknown man who, for three days, was the richest man in the world.Recorded in front of an audience at Prospect HQ, he...
2 Dec 202439min
Trump 2.0: Buckle up! It’s going to be wild
“Fake news”, lies, and a deep distrust of the “mainstream media”: these all marked the Trump’s first presidency. But will Trump 2.0 only usher in more bombastic speeches, or will the regime turn autho...
28 Nov 202439min
