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Dec 30, 2025 Ben Lam, Chief Executive of Colossal Biosciences, dives into the future of de-extinction, revealing ambitious plans to revive woolly mammoths and thylacines while stressing conservation ethics. Zoe Kleinman, BBC’s tech editor, shares her experience at a royal event where AI pioneers were celebrated by King Charles III. The discussion touches on spatial intelligence innovations and how AI is reshaping education and social safety measures. Listeners also share personal tech breakthroughs that have impacted their lives in remarkable ways.
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De‑Extinction Aims Beyond Spectacle
- Colossal aims to reconstruct extinct species' DNA to restore lost biodiversity and ecological function.
- Ben Lam says projects (mammoth, thylacine, dodo) also generate conservation technologies for broader use.
Set Firm Boundaries For Biotech Work
- Do enforce clear ethical limits on biotech work to avoid human applications creeping in.
- Ben Lam says Colossal will not work on humans and will spin out human-benefiting tech under separate governance.
Spatial Intelligence As AI's Next Leap
- AI's next big frontier may be spatial intelligence to help machines see and interact with the world.
- Fei-Fei Li argues spatial AI could boost creativity, robotics, design and navigation capabilities.