Topics discussed in this episode include: How Big Tobacco used it's wealth to obfuscate the harm of tobacco and appear socially responsible The tactics shared by Big Tech and Big Tobacco to preform ethics-washing and avoid regulation How Big Tech and Big Tobacco work to influence universities,...

China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. While the US still leads in absolute terms, China appears to be making more rapid progress than either the US or the EU, and central and local government spending on AI in China is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.