Episodes

  • 47: How global conflict affects where data is stored, and UK offers tax whistleblowers a 30pc cut

    47: How global conflict affects where data is stored, and UK offers tax whistleblowers a 30pc cut
    Apr 28 2026
    We explore the growing interest in the ‘sovereign cloud’ as governments try to keep their data out of other governments’ hands, and we hear how the UK tax authority’s bounty-sharing plans could be a big corporate tax evasion deterrent.
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    17 mins
  • 47: US, EU and UK AI training policy shifts, and UK financial ombudsman is overhauled

    47: US, EU and UK AI training policy shifts, and UK financial ombudsman is overhauled
    Mar 31 2026
    The US, EU and UK have finally made their positions clear on the balance between copyright holders’ interests and those of AI systems developers; and the UK will make the biggest changes to a financial consumer protection body in decades
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    21 mins
  • 46: The business impact of the Middle East conflict

    46: The business impact of the Middle East conflict
    Mar 17 2026
    As conflict spreads beyond Iran, the US and Israel in the Middle East we examine some of the immediate issues for businesses and assess what action can be taken now to reduce companies’ risks.
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    28 mins
  • 45: How 40 year old UN principles could help with protecting kids online

    45: How 40 year old UN principles could help with protecting kids online
    Mar 3 2026
    We hear about the fundamental principles laid out by the UN in the 1980s that could help steer governments through a crisis in children’s online safety.
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    14 mins
  • 44: We learn about the trade mark pitfalls of selling refurbished cookers, and discover what a UK Supreme Court ruling might mean for companies’ ability to patent AI systems.

    44: We learn about the trade mark pitfalls of selling refurbished cookers, and discover what a UK Supreme Court ruling might mean for companies’ ability to patent AI systems.
    Feb 17 2026
    We discover what a UK Supreme Court ruling might mean for companies’ ability to patent AI systems; and learn about the trade mark pitfalls of selling refurbished cookers.
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    21 mins
  • 43: Can new tool break UK’s IP vs AI deadlock? And rethinking Australian construction contracts

    43: Can new tool break UK’s IP vs AI deadlock? And rethinking Australian construction contracts
    Feb 3 2026
    Gill Dennis assesses whether a planned content exchange help the UK attract AI investment without alienating its thriving creative industries; and Lucy O’Dwyer outlines the benefits for Australian construction of using a different kind of contract.
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    20 mins
  • 42: Navigating sanctions as geopolitics heats up, and the EU law change that could suit AI developers

    42: Navigating sanctions as geopolitics heats up, and the EU law change that could suit AI developers
    Jan 20 2026
    As international relations get more complicated and tensions rise Stacy Keen guides us through the spider’s web of sanctions laws, while Malcolm Dowden explains why an upcoming EU law change could release more data for the training of AI systems.
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    22 mins
  • 41: COP30’s limited achievements; and rental laws in England overhauled

    41: COP30’s limited achievements; and rental laws in England overhauled
    Nov 25 2025
    The COP30 climate conference has just finished and it managed some achievements despite the absence of leaders from the world’s biggest economies says Michael Watson, while Natalie Harris explains the impact of renter-friendly English law changes.
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    21 mins