Episode 39: Lithuania's Linas Linkevičius — Artificial Intelligence — Naughty MEPs

EU Confidential

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4.4 • 175 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Russia, artificial intelligence and MEPs who are famous for the wrong reasons all feature in this week’s episode. Host Ryan Heath talks to the foreign minister of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, about how the EU should handle Moscow, following Vladimir Putin’s re-election and the Salisbury nerve agent attack. Ryan also chats with Janosch Delcker, POLITICO’s recently appointed AI correspondent. The first such correspondent at a major media outlet, Janosch talks about POLITICO’s AI Summit and how artificial intelligence and big data will change the world. Which Members of the European Parliament have made our naughty list? Ryan discusses some of his choices with regular panelists Lina Aburous and Ailbhe Finn, who choose their own favorites. They also talk over some EU WTF moments from the week. Thanks so much to the many listeners who took part in our recent survey. We’re always keen to hear your feedback — you can reach us at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.9	Hey everyone. Welcome back to EU confidential, the number one EU news and politics podcast. I'm your host, Ryan Heath,
1:28.3	the political editor of Politico Europe. The pace just never slows down in European and global
1:33.7	politics these days. This week, we've got data and democracy scandals involving Facebook
1:38.3	and Cambridge Analytica. We're going to talk about that with Politico's artificial intelligence
1:42.8	reporter Janosj Delka, and also with the panel at the end of the show. The panel is going to talk about that with Politico's artificial intelligence reporter Janos Duelka,
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