What do royal banquets, AI startups, and the world’s best crisps have in common?

The UK plays host to them all - at least if Trump’s latest feast goes to plan…

The sands are shifting in the tech world, and our special guest Chris Baker is guiding us through the UK’s potential as a hub for AI companies, and changing trends in how consumers now purchase.

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• The UK’s ‘Goldilocks Moment’, and whether Britain can seize its chance to become a global tech and AI powerhouse
• How visa changes and international investments are reshaping where the world’s top tech minds and startups go
• The rise of experience-driven, story-focused consumer behaviour
• How social commerce, digital communities, and influencers are rewriting the rules of marketing and brand loyalty

Matt Webster:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/

Chris Baker:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbaker19/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

Would you trust AI with your career choices?

LinkedIn is hoping that you wouldn’t, while OpenAI takes on the old guard in the talent market with its new jobs platform…

The prospect of LinkedIn’s timely death makes for light reading for Jen Campbell, while Felina, Jason and Jag take us through ‘dumb phone’ apps, social media bans, and the dead internet theory rearing its head once again!

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• OpenAI disrupting the job market and upstaging LinkedIn
• The questionable authenticity of online content, with bots and fake accounts running amok on social media
• Digital minimalism, and the ironic advent of ‘dumb phone’ apps
• The role of YouTube and other social media platforms in education vs their influence on youth culture

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

What’re your plans for 10,000 years’ time?

Short of finding a cure for aging, Jeff Bezos has made his plans very clear with the 10,000 year clock, while Elon seems to be creating a new business every 10,000 minutes…

Take a journey into the future with us on Disconnected, as we break down Microsoft’s new competitor ‘Macrohard’, Bezos’ latest art project, and the fallout from the streaming wars…

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• Jeff Bezos’ 10,000 Year Clock, and whether it’s a symbol of long-term thinking or a glorified art project
• Elon Musk’s latest foray into AI-created software with ‘MacroHard’
• The streaming wars, subscription fatigue, and whether the golden age of streaming will ever return

Matt Webster:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

The Metaverse is back, and its saviour is… McDonalds?

AI, SEO and the Metaverse: you’d be forgiven for thinking this is an episode from 2022, but we are a LONG way ahead of the game from 3 years back.

SEO is now AI-first, so if you want to be discovered in a world where machines curate our lives, we’ll need the expertise of our special guest this week, Katy Howell.

Join us to pick apart our new search habits, how AI influences them, and the questions we need to ask of ourselves with any new AI tech - all on this week’s Disconnected!

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• The metaverse’s tentative resurgence, and the questionable McDonald’s collaboration
• Social search becoming primary sources for information and product discovery, especially among younger users
• AI fundamentally changing how content is curated, discovered, and recommended
• SEO for AI, and the new age of digital content hygiene
• The critical questions that boardrooms need to ask about AI’s role in businesses

Katy Howell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyhowell/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

When AI models become the new norm, who writes our beauty standards?

An advert for Guess in Vogue has prompted a deeper look at how exactly it’s been made, and what it means for the world of fashion and beyond from our very own Jen, Jason, Matt and Jag.

Join us on Disconnected this week, as we also peer into the UK’s new game of VPN Whack-a-Mole, and how Brazilian football is hanging by a thread…

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• The ethics of AI models, beauty standards, job displacement, and mental health risks
• How people are reacting to (and circumventing) the UK's Online Safety Act
• Brazilian football's heavy reliance on gambling
• ChatGPT's new study mode representing a positive application of AI

Matt Webster

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

AI can clone your accent, or replace it. Is this the point that we start to lose authorship over humanity?

Fake bands, automated sports officials and dialect-shifting technology are all at the heart of an existential episode of Disconnected this week, so join Jag, Jen, Jason and Felina to explore the preservation of dying languages and controversial content revolutions.

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• How AI technologies can preserve regional accents, or homogenise them
• The emergence of AI-created music and the balance between tech innovation and human creativity
• Wimbledon's shaky implementation of automated line calling
• Switzerland's new transparent, multilingual LLM which hopes to democratise AI access

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

The internet as you know it is dying - let’s hope what replaces it is good for humanity…

With bots abundant on the web, Meta and Google in an AI employment war, and AI generated content harder to spot, it’s more important than ever to know where to look for something REAL.

Don’t miss the very real Jag, Jen, Jason and returning Matt Webster on Disconnected, as they prepare you for an almost-fully automated future, for better or worse.

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• The Dead Internet Theory rising in prevalence with AI's growing dominance
• OpenAI and Meta’s tech talent war
• Google’s AI-powered search summaries disrupting the ‘blue link economy’
• Elon Musk's move to ban hashtags from ads on X
• The challenge of advertising with such a high percentage of bot traffic

Matt Webster

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/

AI agents will be our coworking companions, but what happens to your newfound superpower when you change jobs?

The world of work, and how exactly you brand yourself to get the jobs with such perks, is forever changing - don’t get left behind, as we explore the future of your career with Jag, Jen, Jason, and a returning Matt Webster!

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• How AI agents could exacerbate the divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’
• The role of personal branding in the digital age
• Whether the likes of Apple and Google should do more to prevent phone theft and protect users
• The potential for companies to own AI agents that can replicate your skills and knowledge

Matt Webster

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/