Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 285

Should AI be regulated, encrypted phone company busted and Hive takedown – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

Should AI be regulated, encrypted phone company busted and Hive takedown – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

Episode 285 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with yet more news around AI and the ever-interesting topic of ChatGPT. However, this time, the discussion starts with regulation and the CTO of Open AI believes that it’s inevitable. Moving to a more quirky story still involving AI, the team discuss a small team using AI to create a never-ending Seinfeld episode, streaming over on Twitch. Sadly at the time of writing, it appears to have been shut down, but it still raises interesting questions around content creation, human creativity and what AI will bring to (or take away from) the table.

Moving away from AI to more cybersecurity related news – the team discuss the closure of Exclu, an encrypted mobile phone company that enabled criminals to chat without fear of snooping, however the Dutch police were already inside the systems.

To wrap up, the team talk about a recent story around the FBI’s changing approach to ransomware with the recent Hive takedown.

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