Burning Platforms

The tech industry is pitching data mining and new infrastructure as the key to national prosperity. But will it deliver? And if so, for whom?

Tech Council of Australia CEO, Damian Kassabgi joins r…

“I’m concerned that AI and big tech – well, big tech with AI – has gone into a full-court press… particularly on the federal system...I’m concerned that without thinking it through clearly enough, po…

New Federal industry and science minister Tim Ayres shares his take on industry policy, AI's opportunities and risks, and how we could steer through the latest wave of tech change.

With regular panel…

The Large Language Models are powered by stolen data but there are new and innovative ways to make the thieves pay. Professor Toby Walsh explains the tech-driven resistance to Big AI from data poison…

"I thought old people got scammed. And actually young people are at greater risk because they have more confidence in dealing [with things] online."

This week on Burning Platforms, the team learns ho…

Burning Platforms struggles to make sense of white genocide, design unicorns and the all-seeing Apple Eye.

E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant joins regular panellists Digital Rights Watch found…

Good things come in threes and this week’s Burning Platforms looks at the inspiration behind the new Pope’s decision to name himself Leo, the critical changes to the Labor Government’s front bench an…

On this week's episode of Burning Platforms, the gang looks at global efforts to force Big Tech to pay their share of tax with special guest Dr Mark Zirnsak from the Tax Justice Network.

With our r…

This week on Burning Platforms, we dive deep into a new initiative to understand the role of Trust in the relationship between society and technology with special guest, Professor Terry Flew.

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Burning Platforms is back for 2025.

With the tech overlords in the ascendant, particularly following the US election, we take stock of the impending inferno with our regular panel Per Capita’s Peter …

In our final episode of 2024 we unpack the recent Senate Report into the Adoption of AI in Australia with Committee Chair Senator Tony Sheldon.

We also look at:

• Woolworth's industrial dispute ove…

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.

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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 Lizzi…

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 R…

Listen to our live virtual town hall briefing to discuss the Federal Government’s much anticipated plans for privacy reform and the launch o the Privacy Now campaign - https://privacynow.org.au/.

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