🚨 Support our independence at https://CEORetort.com/Support 🚨🎉 Special thanks to our Partners & Supporters 🎉Ground News – Top Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news – Get 40% off their top tier for under $5 a month and stay informed without bias: https://check.ground.news/CEORetortSaily – Stay connected wherever you go around the world with secure eSIM data plans – Get 5% off 10GB and 20GB plans with the code: CEORetort5 at https://ceoretort.com/sailyNord VPN – Creating a safer and better internet! Special Offers for the CEO Retort community: https://nordvpn.com/ceoretortNebuli – Innovation-as-a-Service: https://nebuli.com/innovateNebuli Free AI Readiness Assessment (Under 3 Minutes): https://nebuli.com/ai-readiness-assessment💡 About Rachel Donald and Episode Citations💡Rachel Donald is an investigative journalist and the host of the podcast Planet: Critical – connecting the dots of science, art, language, politics, media, philosophy, and power to reveal the big picture. Her work reaches 30,000 subscribers in 184 countries, and her world exclusive investigations into climate corruption have been published in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Mongabay, The Intercept, Byline Times and the New Republic. All exclusives are now published on Planet: Critical.Full Profile and Citations: https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/04/17/rachel-donald-why-earth-is-in-crisis🚨 Subscribe to The CEO Retort Podcast 🚨YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort?sub_confirmation=1Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-geeks/id1767132889 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8?si=70f366dd89224bcd✨ Connect with CEO Retort ✨TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@CEORetortBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ceoretort.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CEORetortLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/CEORetort✨ Connect with Tim El-Sheikh ✨LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh❗️ Timestamp ❗️(00:00) – Preview(01:26) – Introducing Rachel Donald(07:35) – Why is Earth in Crisis?(12:09) – Greed is not the real problem!(14:40) – Failure in climate communication and reactionary reporting(24:59) – Rachel's personal journey and dangers faced by journalists(37:06) – Navigating entrepreneurship and personal growth(41:55) – The illusion of individualism in tech and business(52:02) – The Power of Collective Voices and removing ego(56:33) – corruption and political disillusionment(01:05:54) – The urgent need for systemic change(01:13:40) – Final Thoughts
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1:19:25
How Sports Can Transform Society | Prof Jo Maher
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1:10:06
Are AI Companies Lying to You about Copyright and IP? | Dr Ben Maling
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1:51:45
How Tech and AI Ignore Children's Rights | Professor Sara Grimes
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Sara is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy and a Full Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Her research and teaching are centred in the areas of children’s digital media culture(s) and children’s rights in the digital environment, with a focus on games.
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McGill University Profile: https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/people-contacts/faculty/sara-grimes
Sara's Book: Digital Playgrounds: The Hidden Politics of Children's Online Play Spaces, Virtual Worlds, and Connected Games (Digital Futures) – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Playgrounds-Politics-Childrens-Connected/dp/1442615567
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Timestamps
(00:00) Preview
(01:48) Introducing Professor Sarah Grimes
(08:31) The Current Landscape of Children's Tech Policy
(15:58) Do Children have any Rights Online?
(23:09) Lack of Regulation and Negative Political Influences
(34:58) Sara's Personal Journey into Child Advocacy
(44:47) Generative AI: Opportunities and Risks for Children
(53:41) Understanding Children's Behavior in Digital Spaces
(01:03:02) The Burden on Parents in Navigating Technology
(01:11:06) The Negative Impact of Tech's Profit-Driven Mindset
(01:15:03) Exploring Solutions for Education and Parenting
(01:24:52) Resources for Parents on AI and Children
(01:28:30) Children and Parents Co-Learning about Tech and AI
(01:34:42) The Impact of Social Isolation on Gen Z
(01:29:19) Understanding the Past to Shape the Future
(01:40:12) What we Need to do to Push for Change
(01:43:00) Sara's Book Discusses Children's Data Collection Pre-AI
(01:49:09) Final Thoughts
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1:57:34
BREAKING – China's Deepseek Won the "AI war" – Now what?
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💡 Citations 💡
The Sky News Report: https://news.sky.com/story/deepseek-us-tech-stocks-tumble-on-fears-of-cheaper-chinese-ai-13297788
The energy market, not mentioned, has been badly impacted: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-exposed-power-stocks-crushed-as-fears-about-deepseek-trigger-tech-sell-off-210706810.html
Nebuli's Nano AI Workspace that Tim mentioned: https://nebuli.com/nano/workspace/
Leaked Documents — OpenAI Has a Very Clear Definition of “AGI” — It’s Not Intelligence – https://ceoretort.com/journal/ai-insights/2024/12/27/leaked-documents-openai-has-a-very-clear-definition-of-agi-its-not-intelligence/
Generative AI is Damaging Children’s Mental Health and Safety in the Age of “Brain Rot” – https://ceoretort.com/journal/wellbeing/2024/12/12/generative-ai-is-damaging-childrens-mental-health-and-safety-in-the-age-of-brain-rot/
“Brain rot” is the 2024 Word of the Year — why is this bad news? – https://ceoretort.com/journal/mental-health/2024/12/09/so-brain-rot-why-is-it-bad-news/
Meta Destroys Closed AI Models with Llama 3.1 – https://ceoretort.com/podcast/solo/2024/07/26/meta-destroys-closed-ai-models-with-llama-3-1/
Can DeepMind’s Nobel-Prize Boost DeepTech Businesses? – https://ceoretort.com/podcast/solo/2024/10/15/can-deepminds-nobel-prize-boost-deeptech-businesses/
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Timestamps
(00:00) Introduction
(01:00) DeepSeek's Disruption in AI
(03:58) The Rise of Open Source AI
(06:36) Your Business Future with AI
(08:35) Market Reactions to AI Developments
(11:42) Innovation vs. Regulation in AI
(17:08) Prioritise Building your own AI Ecosystems
(19:58) The Future of AI and Financial Predictions
The CEO Retort is a thought-provoking podcast that inspires critical thinking, challenges conventional narratives, and explores the complexities of our world. The show brings leading experts and thinkers to examine how science, business, health, politics, technology, and AI shape our lives, industries, and societies.
Hosted by Tim El-Sheikh — a serial tech and AI entrepreneur since 2002, one of the first-generation AI pioneers at Google Campus London, biomedical scientist, and ex-pro athlete. He is currently at the frontier of human-centric Augmented Intelligence with his company Nebuli.com.
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