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May is an award-winning journalist who led a large-scale investigation into the Tony Blair Institute’s (TBI) insidious relationship with tech multi-billionaire Larry Ellison, founder of the tech and data conglomerate Oracle.May is the editor at investigative newsroom Lighthouse Reports, where she coordinates teams of journalists and carries out investigative reporting to produce stories that are published in some of the world’s leading media outlets.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:04:32) – Insider revelations of how TBI pushes Oracle’s products onto governments(00:12:49) – The length of the relationship between Tony Blair and Larry Ellison(00:14:06) – Why should people be concerned about this relationship?(00:20:52) – How the TBI is influencing the current UK government’s obsession with American tech(00:28:13) – What was the trigger point that rang the alarm bells with May and her colleagues?(00:37:25) – TBI appears to be acting as Larry Ellison’s and Oracle’s dedicated sales operation(00:38:38) – How Tony Blair and many leaders obsessively believe in AI and tech, as if it’s religion!(00:42:54) – Can the obsessive reliance on AI and the addiction to AI companions ever be reversed?(00:58:42) – How May discovered the link between the tech sector and migration policies.(01:06:50) – The role played by big tech platforms in influencing migration narratives and policies(01:15:32) – How and why did May choose to become a journalist, and her advice to noobs like Tim!(01:25:11) – What is the future of the mainstream media and the public’s trust in journalism?Episode Notes & Citations:https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/10/27/may-bulman-tony-blairs-institute-turned-into-oracles-sales-and-lobbying-operation/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

A powerful discussion with the visionary entrepreneur and campaigner Cindy Gallop – founder and CEO of "Make Love not Porn" (MLNP) social platform. Our conversation delved into her unique entrepreneurial journey, the rise of toxic masculinity, and the critical role of human curation in content moderation.Cindy has turned her illustrious advertising career into a lifelong pursuit of changing the world, her way — one daring project after another. After all her success in the advertising world, Cindy resigned as chairman of BBH in 2005 to do something different.Today, she continues to work in branding and advertising as a consultant, but is also tending to some fascinating projects of her own. She launched MakeLoveNotPorn at TED2009, in an attempt to squash the myths of hardcore pornography and to begin a dialogue around how real people have sex.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:04:28) – Cindy’s entrepreneurship journey and discovery of the toxic sexual habits of young men(00:12:48) – Societies’ failure in teaching and understanding the meaning of good sexual values and positive behaviours(00:25:06) – Why is there such a taboo around sex, and how toxic masculinity shaped the tech sector(00:33:17) – How Cindy targets the right investors and her exit strategy with MLNP and her academy(00:40:45) – How Cindy faces down the current rise of toxic masculinity and the prospering online manosphere(00:50:43) – Why we need to urgently rebuild the future of the Internet through female and minority points of view(00:52:01) – Cindy’s AI project built on Algorithm for Consent on exclusive MLNP “LVM” training data(00:54:37) – The consequences of social media’s and BigTech’s failure to implement human-curation models to prioritise AI(00:58:14) – How positive tech can influence mass behavioural change and sexual attitude at scaleEpisode Notes & Citations:⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/10/20/cindy-gallop-ai-bosses-fuel-and-benefit-from-toxic-masculinity/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Angus Hanton is a British entrepreneur, economist, and investor with a career spanning over 40 years. He is the author of the groundbreaking book and bestseller, Vassal State: How America Runs Britain, based on his research that lays bare the extent to which US corporations own and control Britain's economy.Angus is also the co-founder of the Intergenerational Foundation (IF), a UK-based think tank focused on promoting the interests of younger generations.He is a self-described baby boomer who uses his background to analyse how government policies have transferred wealth and liabilities from older to younger generations.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:04:16) –The danger of the AI bubble powering 80% of the stock market(00:09:10) – How British tech sectors have become totally reliant on Silicon Valley(00:14:02) – What triggered Angus to write his "Vassal State" book?(00:24:48) – How and why have UK governments allowed a complete takeover by US corporations?(00:30:43) – The role of politicians and policy: Was it all by design or incompetence?(00:33:45) – Who is ultimately responsible for the British economic extraction by the US?(00:44:21) – Will the latest $200bn tech and AI investment pledged by the US kill British tech?(00:52:23) – Brexit and politicians' lack of business understanding made matters much worse(00:58:56) – Has the US takeover of Britain's economy made the UK richer or poorer?(01:03:37) – Why do British politicians put US interests first, while claiming patriotism?(01:09:47) – The negative impact of the current rise of AI on future employment and employers(01:15:50) – Is the UK the worst case scenario of a vassal state, or are there other vassal states?(01:23:21) – If US stock markets are overly dependent on the AI bubble, what will happen to the UK economy when it bursts?(01:32:49) – Can the UK ever rejoin the EU as America's vassal state?(01:36:20) – How should people and younger generations navigate the hype-up AI-driven future?(01:44:46) – The negative influences from thinktanks, lobbyists and weakening regulations(01:48:07) – Is the Vassal State book anti-American?(01:50:27) – What lessons should we learn from America to stop us from being a vassal state?Episode Notes & Citations:⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/10/13/angus-hanton-how-america-owns-britain-and-can-turn-countries-into-vassal-states/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

This special AMA episode marks our celebration of hitting just over 20,000 followers and subscribers across all platforms 🎉I delve into your questions, mostly around the challenges and misconceptions surrounding AI, the importance of expert voices, and the launch of my new non-profit initiative promoting socially responsible AI. And there are more announcements around the podcast itself and our plans.Thank you all for your amazing support, including those who do not necessarily agree with me, but you still engage positively. We all aim to learn from one another in a world filled with clickbait nonsense.Not here! CEOR's mission is to bring real experts and forward-thinkers out of the clickbait shadows for greater knowledge, purpose, and performance.Much love to you all ❤️

Serial deeptech entrepreneur, award-winning innovator, and author Henry Nash discusses AI's hype versus reality, explains why we must now focus on AI's ROI, and explores the future of quantum computing.Henry, who began his entrepreneurial journey in 1986, has worked on a range of tech startups, including Insignia Solutions and Transitive. He is currently involved in leading IBM’s startup programs that support companies scaling through the IBM ecosystem.Henry believes in bringing the business and technology groups of a company together to achieve the near-impossible. Immersive 3D VR chat rooms 25 years before Facebook Meta, horizontally scalable distributed infrastructure 10 years before cloud, the Queen’s Award for Technology and the Queen’s Award for Export, are just some of the things the companies he’s founded have achieved.This conversation was recorded in 2024, before I decided to launch the podcast. Yet the talking points are so relevant to today’s hype-driven AI world that I felt the episode needed to be revived and included in the CEOR debates. It also demonstrates the reality that AI has not really changed much. It’s my counterparts behind the technology who keep on moving the goalposts.Timstamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:05:43) – IBM's current approach to AI and why they're not in the conversation.(00:10:52) – Why businesses and enterprises perceive generative AI as high-risk.(00:14:15) – AI models work well in controlled environments, but struggle in the real world.(00:17:38) – Did the tech and AI sectors fail in educating and informing the public about AI?(00:20:34) – Henry's remarkable journey as a deeptech and innovation entrepreneur since 1986!(00:30:58) – How politics and Brexit severely damaged the UK's global standing in AI and deeptech.(00:35:16) – Where are we in the current AI hype cycle, and is it "real" innovation?(00:46:51) – The killer AI solution is the one that offers the real return on investment (ROI)!(00:54:09) – Can AI really replace humans, and who is actually driving this narrative?(01:06:11) – The role of AI in transforming education, prioritising soft skills and critical thinking.(01:25:10) – The upcoming excitement of quantum computing. Is it the new hype?(01:33:57) – The Impact of quantum computing on AI's future and data encryption.(01:38:39) – The other side of the AI hype: The nihilists, AI doomers and the ethics bros!(01:42:09) – How AI is perceived by some as a divine being and above humanity!(01:48:58) – The tech sector seems to prioritise AI's "rights" over human rights!(01:52:56) – Can regulation be used as a tool to prioritise safer and useful AI?(01:56:20) – The future of the current AI models and the end of the current bubble.Episode Notes & Citations:https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/09/29/henry-nash-forget-hyped-up-ai-we-must-now-focus-on-real-value-and-roi/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Bestselling author, Sal Naseem, is a former Regional Director for London at the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), where he spent many years working on policing oversight and within the police accountability framework in England and Wales.Sal has dealt with some of the most high-profile misconduct cases featuring the Metropolitan Police Service in its recent history.As the bestselling author of True North: A Story of Racism, Resilience & Resisting Systems of Denial, Sal is a policing expert and media commentator, using his platform to discuss male allyship as a necessity in the fight against male violence against women and girls, as well as broader issues related to inclusion.Join the conversation and be inspired by a true patriot who dedicated his life to public service through real actions and delivery. Not through empty and meaningless flag-waving platitudes.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:04:22) – Sal Naseem's background and mission(00:07:56) – The Stephen Lawrence case and police misconduct and racism(00:10:49) – Racism and Sal’s career challenges in public sector leadership(00:14:06) – Why racism and discrimination still exist and are getting worse in 2025(00:22:37) – Media’s negative influence and social media misinformation(00:26:50) – The current toxic political landscape and the rise of fascism(00:32:38) – Why you must keep up with politics as part of your strategy and general knowledge(00:40:34) – The need for moral courage in leadership to achieve positive change in toxic environments(00:50:31) – It’s not “the system”, it’s the people behind the system and cowardly leadership(00:58:39) – The real meaning of weak and risk-averse leadership and its consequences(01:05:42) – How extremist governments are great at communicating and how to challenge them(01:16:48) – The failure of educating kids about racism and the lack of personal responsibility(01:27:13) – The current wide influence of far-right politics throughout society(01:45:00) – How social media algorithms spread hateful content by design(01:50:27) – The role of business leaders in achieving positive social change, their need to speak outEpisode Notes & Citations:https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/09/22/sal-naseem-we-allowed-racism-to-grow/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NordVPN – Secure your browsing. CEO Retort community offer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ceoretort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nebuli ( @Nebuli-AI ) Innovation-as-a-Service: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nebuli.com/innovate/start⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this emergency episode of Misinformation Watch, in light of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I discuss how social media platforms, crypto bros, and the Trump family profited financially from the barrage of misinformation swirling around the event. Of course, artificial intelligence (AI) played the key roles as you may expect.As someone involved in AI as a deeptech entrepreneur and innovator for almost 25 years, specialising in AI recommendation systems (the AI models used by social media), and building language models to fight misinformation since 2012 at Google Campus London, I discuss how a relentless, AI-powered misinformation campaign around the assassination of Charlie Kirk caused mass anger and division.My key discussion points are based on the evidence presented to us over the past 12 months with my previous guests, who are experts in multiple areas around the media and tech sectors, and human rights.More alarmingly, I discovered that some entities that promoted this misinformation campaign have reaped significant financial gains worth millions of dollars, while the rest of us fight among ourselves.Join the conversation and learn how to battle against misinformation that is consuming our societies around the world. Above all, I hope you will see that we should not allow these entities to divide us, since it will make them richer and make the rest of us angry and depressed.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:00:30) – Misinformation and the Charlie Kirk assassination(00:04:03) – Similarities with the UK's 2024 Far-right summer riots and the key players(00:07:55) – The role of AI recommendation systems in spreading in manipulating behaviours(00:11:50) – Who actually benefits from spreading misinformation?(00:18:40) – Forget the politics and just step back and ask yourself: Why are you upset?(00:24:53) – Who has financially benefited from Charlie Kirk's assassination?(00:29:04) – Social media platforms use the "freedom of speech" excuse to spread the assassination video with intention, not accident!(00:35:13) – The consequences of mass misinformation on innocent victims and wrong accusations.(00:36:21) – How AI fueled false claims and conspiracy theories after the assassination event!(00:40:06) – Call to action for unity and not allowing those in power to manipulate us. It's in your hands!Episode Notes & Citations:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/solo/2025/10/16/misinformation-watch-who-profits-from-political-violence/Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NordVPN – Secure your browsing. CEO Retort community offer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ceoretort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nebuli ( @Nebuli-AI ) Innovation-as-a-Service: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nebuli.com/innovate/start⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In this engaging conversation, Dr. Jeffrey Funk, a retired professor and consultant with decades of experience in technology adoption and economics, exposes the looming crisis of the AI bubble. He delves into the disconnect between AI prices and infrastructure costs, highlighting an alarming 90-95% project failure rate. Funk critiques media myths driving inflated valuations, warns of overhyped generative AI, and shares invaluable advice for entrepreneurs: prioritize questions and real-world problems over trends. This insightful discussion sheds light on the financial risks that could unfold.

I sat down with the Leslie Fox Prize-winning mathematician, my mentor and friend, Professor Jeremy Levesley, questioning whether mathematical prowess equates to true intelligence and exploring how AI might bridge or widen societal divides.Jeremy is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leicester for over 30 years, and served as the Head of the Department of Mathematics for 10 years.His research in applied mathematics has focused on topics including radial basis functions, their applications in finance, and forensic applications like fingerprint analysis.This conversation was recorded in 2024, before I decided to launch the podcast. Yet the talking points are so relevant to today's hype-driven AI world that I felt the episode needed to be revived and included in the CEOR debates. It also demonstrates the reality that AI has not really changed much. It's my counterparts behind the technology who keep on moving the goalposts.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:03:37) – Despite being the son of a successful inventor and entrepreneur, Jeremy chose maths(00:07:43) – Jeremy's fascinating journey into maths and his education critique(00:16:52) – The power, beauty and universality of maths and the meaning of intelligence(00:27:21) – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and our limited understanding of human intelligence(00:34:55) – How humans construct their own intelligence through their own constructed realities(00:52:10) – Critique of the education system's draconian definition of students' intelligence(01:00:45) – The value of failure in learning at school, work and life(01:30:33) – AI's real potential to bridge knowledge gaps and break cognitive bias(01:38:45) – Modern capitalism's negative impact on innovation(01:47:52) – The urgent need for responsible capitalism and the role of regulations(01:57:47) – The role of government in facilitating innovation(02:04:02) – How to solve the technology sector's people problem!Episode Notes & Citations:⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/08/18/pat-de-brun-big-tech-is-harming-our-human-rights-and-safety⁠⁠Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NordVPN – Secure your browsing. CEO Retort community offer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ceoretort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nebuli ( @Nebuli-AI ) Innovation-as-a-Service: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nebuli.com/innovate/start⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ben is a podcaster of the Machine Ethics Podcast and one of the earliest and most avid advocates for digital ethics and ethical AI, long before it became fashionable in the current AI hype cycle.Ben runs the Ethical by Design consultancy, focusing on AI models. He makes games with his company, Nuclear Candy Games. He has also worked on web and app projects and has taught data science, design and coding with Cambridge Spark, Decoded and Ada College.This conversation was recorded in 2024, before I decided to launch the podcast. Yet the talking points are so relevant to today's hype-driven AI world that I felt the episode needed to be revived and included in the CEOR debates. It also demonstrates the reality that AI has not really changed much. It's my counterparts behind the technology who keep on moving the goalposts.Timestamps:(00:00:00) – Preview(00:03:41) – Ben's focus on AI and digital ethics for over a decade(00:07:24) – Is Apple moving in the right direction toward responsible AI?(00:13:21) – Ben's prediction of applied AI in everyday life, beyond generative AI(00:17:17) – Who is accessing your data?(00:23:31) – Wildly different definitions of AI from multiple AI experts since 2016(00:37:57) – The real definition of "smart" AI and why ethical AI is the smartest(00:44:57) – How capitalism and shareholders are killing AI and ethics(00:54:20) – Can AI ever be regulated to enforce ethics(01:04:32) – How Finland and the Nordics figured out ethical innovation(01:12:00) – Ben's future predictions with the EU AI Act and Big Tech's plateauEpisode Notes & Citations:⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/podcast/guest/2025/08/18/pat-de-brun-big-tech-is-harming-our-human-rights-and-safety⁠Support our independence by becoming a member:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://CEORetort.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our new YouTube channel, The CEO Retort Extra: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@ceoretortextra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sponsors & Offers:Brain.fm – Peak your productivity on demand with Neuromusic. Get an extended 30-day free trial without limits. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brain.fm/CEOR⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ground News – See how media bias affects news coverage. Get 40% off top tier: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://check.ground.news/CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saily eSIM – Stay connected worldwide. Use code CEORetort5 for 5% off 10GB & 20GB plans: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoretort.com/saily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NordVPN – Secure your browsing. CEO Retort community offer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ceoretort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nebuli ( @Nebuli-AI ) Innovation-as-a-Service: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://nebuli.com/innovate/start⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to The CEO Retort:YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@CEORetort⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ceo-retort/id1767132889⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5ytJdrSK0yGL2OZfTitnp8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with Tim El-Sheikh:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/timelsheikh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠