We’re taking a trip to the weird side today as we explore the power of failure. Matt and Kishan discuss a failed experiment which is leading to new insights about the evolution of our brains, as well as opening pathways to treat conditions like ALS. 

Kishan’s lizard brain is put under the microscope as they talk about a brain implant that could help patients with motor and speech paralysis to communicate more naturally and fluently. And a bioresorbable battery with potential to broaden the field of electroceutical medicine.

We’re taking a trip to the weird side today as we explore the power of failure. Matt and Kishan discuss a failed experiment which is leading to new insights about the evolution of our brains, as well as opening pathways to treat conditions like ALS. Kishan’s lizard brain is put under the microscope as they talk about a brain implant that could help patients with motor and speech paralysis to communicate more naturally and fluently. And a bioresorbable battery with potential to broaden the field of electroceutical medicine.

Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

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MSP377 Weird Science. The Power Of Failure

Malaysia is about to get an AI Governance Bill, with its own regulator to enforce it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Digital's Personal Data Protection Department just started a two-week public consultation on AI and personal data protection. It looks like we will soon have two pieces of AI regulation.

We discuss:


Where things stand: How the AI Governance Bill might overlap with the PDPA, whether it applies to government use of AI as well as businesses, and if the national AI office, AI Malaysia Berhad, should remain a company once the Bill passes.


Inside the Bill: Who it actually addresses, the parts that matter most to local businesses, and how it can avoid becoming a “paper tiger”.


Real-world impact: How the Bill plans to address AI in hiring, algorithmic discrimination, AI agents acting on their own, and the areas that Johnson and Khai Yi think are must-haves.

Malaysia is about to get an AI Governance Bill, with its own regulator to enforce it. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Digital's Personal Data Protection Department just started a two-week public consultation on AI and personal data protection. It looks like we will soon have two pieces of AI regulation.We discuss:<ul><li>Where things stand: How the AI Governance Bill might overlap with the PDPA, whether it applies to government use of AI as well as businesses, and if the national AI office, AI Malaysia Berhad, should remain a company once the Bill passes.</li><li>Inside the Bill: Who it actually addresses, the parts that matter most to local businesses, and how it can avoid becoming a “paper tiger”.</li><li>Real-world impact: How the Bill plans to address AI in hiring, algorithmic discrimination, AI agents acting on their own, and the areas that Johnson and Khai Yi think are must-haves.</li></ul>

Inside Malaysia's Upcoming AI Governance Bill

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 payment, unlock a system, or extract sensitive information.

We get into:


The problem of deepfakes: How easy it is to fake and how hard it is to detect.


The alarm bells: What signals should make an employee stop and verify who they're actually talking to on a call.


The technology layer: What a system that detects deepfakes needs to be able to do, and how it can keep up with scammers operating on a global level.

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 payment, unlock a system, or extract sensitive information.We get into:<ul><li>The problem of deepfakes: How easy it is to fake and how hard it is to detect.</li><li>The alarm bells: What signals should make an employee stop and verify who they're actually talking to on a call.</li><li>The technology layer: What a system that detects deepfakes needs to be able to do, and how it can keep up with scammers operating on a global level.</li></ul>

Deepfakes Are Now a Global Business Problem

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 calls for a slowdown in AI development look self-serving. 

Meanwhile, people are worrying about their jobs, the future of their children and the encroachment of AI infrastructure project on their homes and communities. If it sounds like a job for SuperMatt, you’d be wrong. He’s nobody’s hero.

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 calls for a slowdown in AI development look self-serving. Meanwhile, people are worrying about their jobs, the future of their children and the encroachment of AI infrastructure project on their homes and communities. If it sounds like a job for SuperMatt, you’d be wrong. He’s nobody’s hero.

MSP377 Weird Science. The Power Of Failure

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