
Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast
In this podcast, Bernard Marr explores the biggest trends and questions in business and technology
Latest episodes

Jan 21, 2022 • 33min
How Conversational AI and ML are transforming Retail and CPG (with Srini Vinnakota, Oracle)
In this session we explore the latest in conversational AI and look at how it is applied in retail and CPG businesses. My guest is Srini Vinnakota, Vice President, Product Management, Oracle Digital Assistant. For more, check out this report: https://www.oracle.com/explore/analyt...

Jan 19, 2022 • 20min
The Future of Flying Taxies
In this podcast we look at the future of flying taxies, in particular clean, hydrogen-powered urban passenger drones that can fly autonomously. To discuss this topic, I am joined by my guest Brian Morrison, co-founder of Alaka’i and inventor of the Skai vehicle.

Dec 24, 2021 • 46min
Accelerating Innovation with Deep Learning in Financial Services
As AI reshapes businesses, speed and scale to power ever-increasing complex machine learning models, innovative financial services firms are improving predictive analytics, customer experiences, fraud detection, and securing transactions. This session will continue our discussion on accelerating innovation for financial services firms with artificial intelligence. To do this, I am joined by Greg Pavlik, SVP, Data and AI Services, Oracle and Kevin Levitt, Global industry business development, Financial Services, Nvidia

Dec 22, 2021 • 25min
Sama Tea: Using AI To Launch A New Brand
In this conversation we explore the development and launch of a new brand with the input of artificial intelligence and machine learning. I speak to Sama Tea brand co-founder Radhi Devlukia-Shetty as well as the founders of 100.co who worked with Sama and brought the AI capabilities.

Dec 20, 2021 • 23min
The Current And Future State of AI - With Andrew Ng
In this conversation with Dr. Andrew Ng, Stanford University Professor, co-founder of Coursera, founding lead of Google Brain, founder of deeplearning.ai, former chief scientist at Baidu, Founder and CEO of Landing AI, we look at the current and future state of AI, explore the concept of data centric AI as well as the latest developments at Landing AI.

Dec 17, 2021 • 34min
Glenfiddich Sells $18,000 Super-Rare Whisky As NFTs
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are all the rage at the moment and often associated with the sale of digital goods. However, there is a huge potential that NFTs could transform the luxury goods market, too. Join me, Will Peacock, head of luxury at William Grant and Sons, as well as Dov and Sam Falic, founders of BlockBar, for our discussion on the potential of NFTs and blockchain technology in the luxury goods sector.

Dec 15, 2021 • 38min
Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data and Corporate Power (with Author Ari Waldman)
In this conversation, I talk to Professor Ari Waldman, author of the book 'Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data and Corporate Power' about how companies undermine our privacy and the challenges of data privacy and corporate power. While many claim that privacy law is getting stronger, Prof Waldman argues otherwise, showing that recent changes in privacy law are exactly the kinds of changes that corporations want and that even those who consider themselves privacy advocates often unknowingly commit corporate malfeasance.

Dec 13, 2021 • 12min
Using AI To Create Synthetic Speech with Tom Lee, CEO of LOVO
In this conversation with Tom Lee, CEO of LOVO, we explore how AI can now be used to create a synthetic or artificial version of anyone's voice. It also includes a pretty impressive demo of how it works.

Dec 10, 2021 • 50min
The Future Role of AI And The UK National AI Strategy
This is a conversation with Professor Mark Girolami, the newly appointed chief scientist of the Alan Turing Institute, we discuss the the ever-more important role of AI in society, digital twins, data-centric engineering, 3D printed bridges as well as the new UK National AI Strategy.

Dec 8, 2021 • 50min
How DHL Express Has Transformed Its People Management And HR
Join myself, Sarah Henry (Vice President, HCM, Oracle EMEA) and Jan Barz, (VP HR Systems DHL Express) whilst we will be discussing the wider transformation and the impact of the pandemic.We will look at the HR IT transformation journey at DHLE and explore the barrier and success factors.
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