From runaway AI to nuclear war

Dr Matt Boyd of Adapt Research deals with catastrophes on a day-to-day basis.

In episode 21 of The Business of Tech, Dr Boyd takes us through some of the big risks on his radar, both natural and man-made, and suggests how we can put in place the ”resilience infrastructure” to give us a shot at coping with a major global catastrophe that could see us isolated from our trading partners and left to fend for ourselves.

Also on The Business of Tech, Salesforce debuted Einstein Copilot, a generative AI version of its Einstein platform that allows users to instantly create sales and marketing content by entering prompts into a chatbot. Peter caught up with Hamish Miles, managing director of Salesforce NZ, to find out what the new developments mean for local customers like Xero and Fisher & Paykel.

Plus, Peter's thoughts on Walter Isaacson’s new biography, Elon Musk, and the insights it gives us into one of the most innovative and polarising figures of the 21st century.

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