{"podcast":{"title":"Crashed","slug":"crashed-7542126","podcast_index_feed_id":7542126,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/crashed","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1760700774961-cd2f6012-99f8-449a-8fa6-3a0e8b296f42.jpeg","author":"Alex Hudson","episode_count":49,"summary":"In the Crashed podcast, the tech podcast about everything else, hosts Alex Hudson (@alexhuds) and Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) delve into the complexities of technology and its implications on politics, business and wider society. It’s smart, it’s nerdy and it’s two journalists trying to make sense of a complex tech landscape in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T14:23:14.783224+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126"},"episode":{"title":"The death of British science, innovation and technology (department)","slug":"the-death-of-british-science-innovation-and-technology-department","published_at":"2026-07-23T05:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/the-death-of-british-science-innovation-and-technology-department","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126","url":"https://shows.acast.com/crashed/episodes/does-corrupt-ai-corrupt-absolutely","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68f22ac7ca0e7f7545c5ecea/e/6a6157067d20badb28ce621d/media.mp3","summary":"In a week of a new prime minister, an OpenAI agentic “hack” and France banning social media for under-15s, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker have a lot to get through. They’re joined by investigative journalist Ben Smoke, who has spent the last 18 months investigating alleged corruption in AI policy and the Labour government.  This episode delves into the transparency, conflicts of interest, and societal impact of current AI strategies. And talks about Fast and the Furious as an academic pursuit. Subscribe to Ben's Substack: https://wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/ Or follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bencsmoke/?hl=en Keywords: AI policy, UK government, industry influence, transparency, AI growth zones, AI minister, political accountability, tech industry, public interest, AI regulation Key topics: UK AI policy and government restructuring; Influence of tech industry and vested interests; transparency and conflicts of interest in AI policymaking; AI growth zones and local economic impact; Role of the AI minister and cabinet dynamics To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast Follow: Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker  / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In a week of a new prime minister, an OpenAI agentic “hack” and France banning social media for under-15s, presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crashed-7542126/episodes/the-death-of-british-science-innovation-and-technology-department/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashed-7542126/the-death-of-british-science-innovation-and-technology-department.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}