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It's no secret that the geopolitical landscape is becoming increasingly volatile. And simultaneously, never has there been more data that could enable companies, governments, and the intelligence services with situational understanding. So how are the intelligence services faring, and specifically the CIA?
Host Anjuli Bedi and resident Behavioural Scientist Meike Wolf are joined in this episode by a very special guest: Carmen Medina, former Deputy Director of the CIA, author of the book Rebels At Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within, and focus of Wharton School professor Adam Grant’s bestseller Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. Over her 30-year career, Carmen built multiple analytics and innovation functions within the CIA. Carmen’s story doesn't just demystify how the intelligence services use data; it highlights that thinking differently about everything from apartheid to astrology can truly change the world.

Is it possible to effectively regulate AI? And when we regulate AI, what are we even regulating? A piece of technology, or a sentient being? And what is the right philosophical frameworks we should apply when trying to do so?
To tackle this immense challenge, Anjuli, Meike, and DBS are joined by special guest Mark Deem, partner at Wiggin LLP in London and author of the book AI on Trial to discuss how we can effectively regulate AI while still enabling innovation and protecting human rights.

Climate change- one of the most daunting, fear inducing, denial inducing, terrifying topics of our time. So terrifying that many people shut down and freeze, rather than adopting sustainable behaviours that will truly have an impact. How then, do we effectively drive sustainable behaviours? Anjuli and Meike are joined by neuromarketing expert Prince Ghuman, author of the best-seller "Blindsight", to crack the challenge.

The Future of AI is no longer the future- it is the present. AI is an ever-evolving all encompassing engine that has the power to unleash and surpass the best of human thought, and simultaneously poses a threat to society as we know it. In this episode, DBS and I dive into the newest advancements in AI, discuss the moral and ethical risks of those advancements, and explore the future of the arts sector.

Have you ever had a question about data and technology that you were afraid to ask? In this episode, host Anjuli Bedi and data enthusiasts, Meike and DBS, take questions from the audience and find themselves tackling some surprisingly difficult and existential questions about the role of data in society, how Apple Watches work, and the connection between data, the cosmos, and God.

In Data & Modern Slavery (Part 1), human trafficking expert, Neil Giles posed a challenge to the Make Data Human Team- how to get the corporate world to take an active stance against modern slavery. In this episode, host Anjuli Bedi, and fellow data enthusiasts, Meike and DBS, create multiple solutions that leverage the best of behavioral science and the best of data science. And while the solutions discussed on this episode focus on modern slavery, they can be applied to any social issue.