Tech Talk
Deepfakes Are Now a Global Business Problem
It used to be relatively easy to spot a scam call or message. But what happens when the person on the other end looks and sounds exactly like someone you trust? This technology, enabled by AI, is creating a much bigger problem for businesses, where a convincing face or voice could authorise a payme…
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MSP376. Who Asked You? Initiate Annihilation
What on earth is happening with AI? Agents are hacking systems. Inventing their own languages. Covering their tracks and behaving like spies from a 1980s farce. The bosses of AI companies are behaving more cartoonishly supervillain-like than anything Marvel or DC ever created. Where even their ca…
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Singapore's Stablecoin Bet: The Tech and the Impact
Singapore's central bank has proposed new rules for stablecoins, digital currencies pegged to real money. Varun Mittal, Founder of Fintech Nation and Managing Director Country Head Singapore at Keenai Global, joins us to explain what stablecoins actually are and the tech required to build and run a…
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MSP375. The Human Premium
In a unit based, tokenized world, what is the value of a person? AI can replace all those costly inputs on seats with output from the cloud. Lawmakers tell us to get onboard or be left behind. Today Matt and Kishan ask, how can you be left behind by a technology that wants to replace you. And loo…
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If AI Codes, What's Left to Teach Engineers?
Becoming a software engineer has always started with writing code, fixing bugs, and building experience over time. But as AI takes on more of the actual coding, entry-level developers may get fewer chances to build those skills. If we are no longer training engineers through the work AI can now do,…
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Can Businesses Keep Up With AI Agents?
AI agents are moving beyond experimentation and into business-critical workflows, but many organisations still struggle to monitor what these systems are doing in production. As companies give AI more autonomy, how should they approach governance, accountability and risk?
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MSP374. The Human Reservation
Imagine spending your life roaming a wildlife reserve, food, shelter and medicine provided. Not a care in the world. But no agency or freedom to travel beyond the fences of the park. Is that freedom or captivity? That’s one model of our future in a world where AI takes all the jobs. A specie…
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Powering Johor's Data Centre Boom
Malaysia's semiconductor sector has attracted more than RM90 billion in approved investments since 2024, and Johor is emerging as one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital infrastructure hubs. Ch'ng Eng Yong tells us how the tech behind power and cooling systems is changing, and what it will …
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MSP373. Connectivity.
It’s a Minisode week as Matt and Kishan talk Cards Against Humanity’s battle with Elon Musk, slippery sandboxes, and Matt quizzes Kishan about his dating habits. What connects it all is a desire for real human experiences. Interactions that automation can’t replace. Except the sandbox bit. T…
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Beyond DeepSeek, CXMT, and Unitree: What’s Hot in China Tech Now?
From DeepSeek to CXMT to Unitree, China is producing technology companies that are increasingly challenging assumptions about where the next wave of global innovation will come from. But beyond the headline names, what else is hot in China tech right now that hasn’t caught broader attention yet? …
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