AI, Energy and Climate Podcast

Axios CEO and co-founder Jim VandeHei has spent more than a year using AI obsessively, finding it remarkably useful for writing and thinking. Yet he is deeply concerned about AI’s risks and the failure of leaders to prepare for the huge challenges created by AI. Join host David Sandalow as he and VandeHei discuss these topics and VandeHei's new book, Simplify, which offers practical advice on how to clarify priorities in a chaotic time.
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NVIDIA, the Silicon Valley-based company SPAN and a major homebuilder recently announced a partnership to deploy mini-data centers at homes around the US. By using existing grid capacity, the companies hope to close the speed-to-power gap by building networks of distributed compute capacity while cutting power costs for homeowners. Join host David Sandalow as he explores this exciting and innovative idea with Arch Rao, founder and CEO of SPAN.
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The landscape of AI policy is changing rapidly. From a one year data center moratorium in New York to sweeping new energy laws in Thailand, it’s clear that governments around the world are exploring radical new approaches to artificial intelligence. AI, Energy and Climate host David Sandalow and Siliconsciousness host David Rothkopf join forces to examine the far-reaching debate over AI policy to examine what’s working and what the future might hold.

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Can AI help deliver access to reliable, affordable energy in emerging economies? The team at ZOLA Intelligence believes the answer to that question is yes. According to the company's website, ZOLA's platform "is engineered to solve energy inequality for billions of people by asserting that true energy access requires intelligence, not just hardware." Join host David Sandalow as he talks with Bill Lenihan, CEO and founder of ZOLA Intelligence, about the challenge of providing reliable, affordable energy and the company's innovative work around the world. 

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Pope Leo sent some strong messages about AI in his 42,000-word essay last week. Is the Pope anti-AI? What risks and benefits of AI does the Pope highlight? What impact will the Pope's essay have, including with big tech companies? Join host David Sandalow as he explores these questions and more with Paolo Carroza, a Professor of Law at Notre Dame and Co-Chair of the Meta Oversight Board.

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