The Loop Talking Tech
The Loop Talking Tech
Podcast Description
Talking tech explores current business challenges and opportunities faced by the tech and media businesses and supporting industries. Brought to you by the head of technology at RSM UK, Ben Bilsland, this series features discussions with industry experts who bring practical experience, offering essential knowledge and insights to keep you competitive.
Around the table, discussions will range from taking UK tech global, and the latest media trends to the economic forces behind the need for business transformation.
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The podcast covers a range of topics including the globalization of UK tech, the latest trends in media, and the economic implications of technological advancement. Episodes such as 'Why do we need smart cities?' explore the benefits and challenges of smart urban living, while episodes like 'Does tech matter to the UK economy?' delve into the role of technology in shaping national economic trends and government initiatives.
Talking tech explores current business challenges and opportunities faced by the tech and media businesses and supporting industries. Brought to you by the head of technology at RSM UK, Ben Bilsland, this series features discussions with industry experts who bring practical experience, offering essential knowledge and insights to keep you competitive.
Around the table, discussions will range from taking UK tech global, and the latest media trends to the economic forces behind the need for business transformation.
Within weeks of releasing our first episode on the importance of the technology industry to the UK economy, a Chinese AI start-up called ‘DeepSeek’ released DeepSeek-R1, a generative AI model. Its release hit financial markets, stock prices, and is now poised to influence the global economy and the speed that AI can change the way our world operates. Why? Because ‘DeepSeek’ was created at a fraction of the cost of previous models. Filmed in March, we asked our host Ben Bilsland and Tom Pugh, RSM UK’s Chief Economist, to sit down again to unpick what this means, not only for the geopolitical consequences but also to ask whether this is a ‘game changer’ moment or rather just the natural process of innovation. And whether it’s a kind of innovation UK tech businesses will be able to replicate.
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Watch Ben and Tom's first episode
For more insight from Tom on the economy read our 'Economic Voice'
📖 chapters
Introduction 00:00:00 – 00:01:28
Why was DeepSeek revolutionary? 00:02:29 – 00:04:46
Why did the market react in the way they did to DeepSeek? 00:04:47 – 00:09:37
Can UK tech firms catch up in the AI race? 00:09:38 – 00:12:18
Does DeepSeek change the impact of AI? 00:12:19 – 00:15:29
Can the UK government encourage AI development? 00:15:30 – 00:19:16
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