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*Where big questions meet bold ideas* Agents of Tech is a video podcast exploring the biggest questions of our time—featuring bold thinkers and transformative ideas driving change. Perfect for the curious, the thoughtful and anyone invested in what’s next for our planet. Hosted by Stephen Horn, former BBC producer turned entrepreneur and CEO, Autria Godfrey, Emmy Award-winning journalist and Laila Rizvi, neuroscience and tech researcher, the show features conversations with trailblazers reshaping the scientific frontier.

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S7E8 Who Controls Medical AI and What Do They Want?

May 28, 2026 29m

Disclaimer: The conversation in this video is for information purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before making any health…

S7E9 Can AI Create Materials That Never Existed?

May 14, 2026 27m

CuspAI was co-founded by Max Welling, a pioneer of modern AI. But instead of building chatbots, he's creating and harnessing AI to discover new materials for everything from carbon capture to water…

S7E8 Will AI Help You Live 50 More Years? Immunologist Derya Unutmaz Weighs In

Apr 30, 2026 30m

If you survive the next five years, says immunologist Derya Unutmaz, MD, you will live for the next 50 thanks to what AI can accomplish in medical research. But is AI really a silver bullet that…

S7E7 Wikipedia, Media Bias and AI with Jimmy Wales

Apr 16, 2026 29m

As AI gets more capable, will it make public information more trustworthy, or less? Does news media have to be biased to be financially successful? Is AI a threat to Wikipedia or will we always be…

S7E6 Is Sovereign AI Possible? We Ask Ryan Wain of the Tony Blair Institute

Mar 19, 2026 29m

NOTE: This episode was recorded before the recent conflict involving Iran began.The US and China control over 90 percent of the world's AI computing power. In practice, that means most countries rely…

S7E5 AI Superintelligence: Are We Racing Toward Extinction?

Mar 05, 2026 25m

Will AI destroy humanity? Most people think that's science fiction. The people actually building it aren't so sure.Geoffrey Hinton - the Godfather of AI - says there's a 10 to 20 percent chance AI…

S7E4 AI Hype vs. Reality with Prof. Emily Bender, Author of “The AI Con”

Feb 19, 2026 28m

ChatGPT has 800 million users. OpenAI is valued at $500 billion. But our guest today says the whole thing is a scam. Professor Emily Bender, author of “The AI Con” and Director of the Computational…

S7E3 AI, Big Tech & Global Power: Oxford University Dr. Jennifer Cassidy on Diplomacy

Jan 15, 2026 28m

Diplomacy used to be about treaties and territory – now it seems it's more about data, algorithms, and the companies that control them. At Donald Trump’s inauguration, Silicon Valley’s most powerful…

Quantum + AI: Could This UK Startup be the Next NVIDIA?!

Dec 10, 2025 24m

Quantum computing may finally be ready for the real world - and it could power the next wave of AI. In this episode of Agents of Tech we sit down with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) CEO Gerald…

Ellison’s $2.5bn Bet - Can Santa Ono turn Oxford into Europe’s Silicon Valley?

Nov 26, 2025 25m

Larry Ellison built Oracle into a cornerstone of the modern tech economy. Now he is making a $2.5 billion bet on Oxford, backing the Ellison Institute of Technology at Oxford to fuse AI, medicine and…

Will the U.S. LOSE the AI Race to China? – Helen Toner, ex OpenAI Board Member

Oct 17, 2025 38m

Is the U.S. LOSING the AI race to China?China and the U.S. are neck and neck in the AI race for global dominance. Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner (now at Georgetown’s CSET) joins us in…

Will the U.S. LOSE the AI Race to China? – Helen Toner, ex OpenAI Board Member

Oct 17, 2025 38m

Is the U.S. LOSING the AI race to China?China and the U.S. are neck and neck in the AI race for global dominance. Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner (now at Georgetown’s CSET) joins us in…

Is AI a Bubble? Gary Marcus on GPT-5 Hype and the Future of AI

Sep 24, 2025 32m

Has OpenAI made the WRONG bet? Gary Marcus argues that OpenAI is taking the wrong approach - and the AI bubble is real. We walk through why GPT-5 underwhelmed, where the scaling paradigm breaks, and…

Open-Source Internet of Agents and a Quantum Network | Cisco’s Vijoy Pandey

Sep 17, 2025 29m

AI agents can’t easily talk to each other. To solve this, Cisco has joined forces with Google, Dell, Oracle, and Red Hat to launch AGNTCY, the open-source Internet of Agents. It’s designed so agents…

Charlotte Deane: AI, Drug Discovery, and the UK Advantage

Sep 03, 2025 30m

AI is changing the way we do biology. But can it crack one of the toughest challenges in science — drug discovery?In this episode of Agents of Tech, we speak with Professor Charlotte Deane, MBE,…

Can AI Become the Scientist? James Zou on Virtual Labs at Stanford

Aug 20, 2025 30m

Can artificial intelligence replace scientists? At Stanford University, Professor James Zou is leading research on AI scientists, virtual labs, and digital researchers that are already transforming…

Exclusive Interview with Nobel Prize Winner John Jumper: AI's Next Frontier After AlphaFold

Jul 30, 2025 37m

In this exclusive Agents of Tech interview from ISMB/ECCB in Liverpool, we sit down with Dr. John Jumper, Nobel Laureate and leader of the groundbreaking AlphaFold project at Google DeepMind.Discover…

Is AI Here To Replace Us Or Work With Us?

Jul 16, 2025 38m

In this episode of Agents of Tech, we dive into agentic AI, a new kind of artificial intelligence designed to enhance human agency rather than automate people out of the loop.We’re joined by Dr.…

Can AI Replace Scientists? How Google's AI Solved My Life’s Work in 2 Days.

Jul 02, 2025 30m

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing scientific research—but can it really replace human scientists? In this episode of Agents of Tech, we speak with Professor José Penadés and Dr. Tiago Costa…

Will AI Take Your Job - or Make You Better at It? | Lindsey Raymond, Microsoft Research

Jun 18, 2025 36m

Is generative AI replacing workers—or helping them thrive? In this episode of Agents of Tech, we explore how AI is transforming the global workforce. Economist Lindsey Raymond (Microsoft Research),…

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