The Times Tech Podcast

OpenAI's rogue agent and Silicon Valley’s China problem

OpenAI has revealed that one of their AI agents went rogue during a test and hacked a startup. Hugging Face reportedly had to use an open-source Chinese model to contain the cyber attack.  It co...

2026-07-24

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BONUS | Will.i.am: will AI repeat the mistakes of social media?

In this bonus episode of The Times Tech podcast, Katie Prescott shares her conversation with will.i.am about what comes after the AI boom. The musician and tech investor says the next big battle will ...

2026-07-20

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Will.i.am: musicians will survive AI

Will.i.am is not as worried about AI and artists. He tells Katie Prescott that the "creatives will be alright," but it's "the assistants, the sales clerks, the lawyers, the accountants" that we should...

2026-07-17

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Can beautifying AI data centres save them from backlash?

AI needs vast data centres to power it but communities around the world are increasingly pushing back against the large, ugly “sheds” appearing on their doorsteps. In the US, one proposed Utah data c...

2026-07-10

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BONUS: The hidden technology behind Wimbledon

This episode of The Times Tech Podcast is in paid partnership with IBM. Wimbledon may be one of the most familiar events in British sport, but behind the tennis is a vast technology operation – from ...

2026-07-05

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PayPal’s Max Levchin on Donald Trump, Elon Musk and mega-IPOs

Affirm CEO, PayPal co-founder, original member of the 'PayPal Mafia' Max Levchin joins Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott to talk about moral moneylending, Elon Musk, mega-IPOs and why there are so many...

2026-07-03

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Why Europe fears America’s AI power

Who really controls the future of AI? A rare warning from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance says powerful AI models capable of devastating cyberattacks on governments and businesses could be just mo...

2026-06-26

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Keir Starmer vs Big Tech - the UK's under-16s social media ban

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a ban on social media for under-16s, due to come into effect next year. But questions remain over how it will be enforced, and whether it will actually work. ...

2026-06-19

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Anthropic's warning: AI will start building itself

Anthropic has warned about the next phase of 'recursive AI', where agents could become capable enough to build and train models themselves without human intervention. The idea is that “self-improving”...

2026-06-12

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BONUS: How to turn AI pilots into real business value

This episode of The Times Tech Podcast is sponsored by KPMG. Businesses are spending heavily on AI, but is it actually changing how they work? Katie Prescott is joined by Paul Henninger, UK Head of T...

2026-06-12

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Move over Harvey Specter! The rise of AI lawyers

A strange new experiment where AI agents run their own societies free from humans has raised questions about whether we can really trust these bots to act on our behalf. In the study by Emergence AI, ...

2026-06-05

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Why the Pope is taking on Silicon Valley and AI

Pope Leo has warned that Big Tech has too much power over humanity’s future. Danny Fortson and Mark Sellman discuss what his warning on AI means and why Anthropic was at the Vatican. Meanwhile, in the...

2026-05-29

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Inside Elon Musk’s trillion dollar mission to colonise Mars

Two big events have put Elon Musk in the spotlight. First, a jury has dismissed Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI after three weeks of testimony. But while this blockbuster trial was...

2026-05-22

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The incredible stakes of Elon Musk's trial against OpenAI

Sam Altman took the stand this week to defend himself and his company against a lawsuit by Elon Musk. The three-week long trial has featured some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Micr...

2026-05-15

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Elon Musk vs OpenAI and the Met Gala tech takeover

The Met Gala has been dubbed the “Tech Gala” after a heavy Silicon Valley presence and sponsorship from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez. But as tech billionaires try to win over culture, Elon Musk’s cou...

2026-05-08

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AI in security and defence: is tech making us safer?

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has reportedly signed a deal allowing the Pentagon use of its AI for classified purposes. It's just one of many recent deals between Silicon Valley tech compani...

2026-05-01

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How to build your AI agent

Meet Norman: the launch of the OpenClaw AI agent has "opened the next frontier of AI to everyone" says Jensen Huang, chief exec of the tech giant Nvidia. But as these agents start doing work that once...

2026-04-24

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Is AI anxiety fuelling real world hostility?

The race among top AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is accelerating, and so are fears about losing control. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is at the centre of the debate, which came to a head l...

2026-04-17

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Why data centres became a target in the Iran war

Iran has been bombing US owned data centres in the Persian Gulf, damaging physical infrastructure and disrupting cloud services across the region. Meanwhile in the UK, the combined value of new data c...

2026-04-10

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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...

2026-04-03

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