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Hunting Deepfakes
Giorgio Partini (Deeptrace, now Sensity) and Alex van Someren (Armadeus Capital) discuss how artificial intelligence is abused for the creation of “deepfakes“. The availability of images online has created the ability…
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New Rules for the Internet
Journalist Tanit Koch and Facebook’s VP of Communications, Nick Clegg, discuss Facebook’s measures to protect the U.S. 2020 election and monitor the spread of misinformation. “It is now possible for campaigns,…
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World’s First Ever Global Action Plan
In this passionate DLD20 talk, climate activist Marc Buckley discusses his global change manifesto and how society can reach the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations.…
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Tackling Turbulences in Tech and Society
All around the globe, major shifts are happening in society, politics and technology. In this DLD20 talk with Hannes Ametsreiter (Vodafone Germany) and Andrew McAfee (MIT Sloan), moderator Amy Wilkinson…
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What Are You Adding?
Clara Barnett of the UK’s Government Digital Service was the inspiration for the DLD Munich 2020 motto, “What Are You Adding?” She opened the conference with an analysis of the…
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Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech
“To what extent should our lives be governed by powerful digital systems, and on what terms?”, asks Jamie Susskind in this thought-provoking DLD20 talk. The author and researcher argues that…
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Tomorrows vs. Yesterdays
“We thought the Internet, when it was born, would create democracy and wisdom and freedom”, author Andrew Keen observes in his DLD20 talk. “The opposite is true.” The world is…
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The Age of Foolishness
“I am an increasingly concerned optimist.” That’s the message Siemens Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe opens his DLD20 speech with. Echoing the words of Charles Dickens, Jim Snabe declares the digital…
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The Coded Gaze: Bias in AI
In her DLD Munich 2020 talk, Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, paints an alarming picture of the racial, gender and class bias present in current AI systems.…
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More from Less
Human beings have drained Earth’s resources, polluted the planet, and we’re wiping out species of all sorts. In the face of these problems, Andrew McAfee (MIT Sloan) asked the audience…
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Green Energy’s New Dawn
U.K. startup Bulb is reinventing the energy market by making power from renewable sources cheaper and more accessible. DLD spoke with CEO Hayden Wood.
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Jeremy Rifkin: “The Fossil Fuel Civilization Is Collapsing”
In “The Green New Deal”, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that renewable energy can prevent the worst of climate change.
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DLD Nature Keynote Markus Söder
Markus Söder, the Minister-President of Bavaria, discusses how his state is addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. He highlights Bavaria’s investments in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and species protection initiatives. Söder also emphasizes the need for collaborative, technology-driven solutions that engage farmers...
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True Exponential: Building a Generative AI Company
Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque discusses advancements in artificial intelligence, the role of Stability AI, and the implications of AI on society with journalist David Kirkpatrick (Techonomy). Mostaque is one of the pioneers of generative AI. Stability AI focuses on creating open-source...
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