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Digital Ceasefires & DeepSeek’s Breakthrough: How Peace and Science Are Redefining Our Digital Future
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A Ceasefire for the Digital Age
When war moves online, civilians and critical infrastructure become targets in new ways. In this episode, we unpack Access Now’s call for a digital ceasefire — a bold demand to protect human rights in cyberspace. What would it mean to declare peace in networks, servers, and code? And how do we hold governments and companies accountable in this invisible but devastating battlefield? Giulio Coppi, senior humanitarian officer author at Access Now and Marwa Fatafta, co-author of the recent report, Digital Ceasefire: The Path to Peace Goes Online are on the show.
The Science Behind DeepSeek’s Success
China’s DeepSeek R1 AI model has stunned the tech world — not just for its performance, but for how it was built. With no billion-dollar budgets and no shortcuts, the team leaned on efficiency and innovative training methods that are rewriting the rules of AI research. In this episode, we explore the science behind their success and what it reveals about the future of innovation and global competition in AI.
The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ania Lichtarowicz.
More on this week's stories:
Digital Ceasefire: The path to peace goes online
The secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper
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Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz
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When war moves online, civilians and critical infrastructure become targets in new ways. In this episode, we unpack Access Now’s call for a digital ceasefire — a bold demand to protect human rights in cyberspace. What would it mean to declare peace in networks, servers, and code? And how do we hold governments and companies accountable in this invisible but devastating battlefield? Giulio Coppi, senior humanitarian officer author at Access Now and Marwa Fatafta, co-author of the recent report, Digital Ceasefire: The Path to Peace Goes Online are on the show.
The Science Behind DeepSeek’s Success
China’s DeepSeek R1 AI model has stunned the tech world — not just for its performance, but for how it was built. With no billion-dollar budgets and no shortcuts, the team leaned on efficiency and innovative training methods that are rewriting the rules of AI research. In this episode, we explore the science behind their success and what it reveals about the future of innovation and global competition in AI.
The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ania Lichtarowicz.
More on this week's stories:
Digital Ceasefire: The path to peace goes online
The secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper
Production Manager: Liz Tuohy
Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz
For the PodExtra version of the show please subscribe via this link: https://somewhere-on-earth-the-global-tech-podcast-the-podextra-edition.pod.fan/
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Production manager: Liz Tuohy
Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz
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