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This uncanny moment: AI has us all lurching between hype and hysteria, but what are the real risks and opportunities?

aired Jul 30, 2026 · 40.0m
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Summary

Hello, and welcome to a bonus episode of Solve for X. So today we are going to explore, okay, I'm going to think of the best way to describe it.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, think, it's, including: I'm Sarah Liss, one of the editors here, and I'm filling in for host Manjala Salvaraja.

Key takeaways
  1. 01That's a program run by venture capital firm Pillar with the UK government
  2. 02They give funding to AI researchers who are, in their words, building what matters
  3. 03It was just a massive realization that the type of interventions you could do really drastically changed when you had public-private partnerships
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