After The Magic

Universal opt-out signals (e.g., Global Privacy Control) have gained momentum on both sides of the Atlantic, with California, Colorado, or Connecticut enforcing them and the EU recently endorsing them, but they do not solve for consent opt-in requirements still applicable in many cases. Meanwhile, privacy policies and notices remain cryptic and challenging for anyone to read or understand. They pa...

The Agentic AI revolution is marching forward at full speed. What should humans invest in in the face of some much change? How do we discern reality? Why do we get the impression that the role of the “AI Ethicist” is in fast decline? Dr Joanna Michalska is a strategic advisor, researcher, and senior executive who works with boards and executive teams on how AI-enabled systems are reshaping how org...

An improvised exchange covering a wide range of topics, including: the pace of technology, Agentic Commerce, bias, AI judges, Empowerment Tech, MyTerms, AI Ethics and the environment. With Gam Dias and Sergio Maldonado References: * EU Commission opens antitrust investigation into Meta’s new policy regarding AI providers’ access to WhatsApp * MyTerms Agreement - PDC AI , Iain Henderson This is a p...

Is it possible that, for all the talk about AI adoption and its impact (despite a few good studies proving the opposite), organizations are not at all able to cope with any of it until we solve essential structural issues? Could it be that optimizing for efficiency and effectiveness proves to be the wrong model as we move forward? Tony Fish is an investor, author and self-confessed maverick. He ha...

Jason Rebholz was born and raised in incident response, where he spent over a decade responding to cyber attacks from nation-states, hacktivists, and financially motivated criminals. After hanging up his IR hat, he was the CISO at Corvus Insurance for four years, where he ran internal security, threat intelligence, and risk services that built innovative ways to protect tens of thousands of policy...

How will AI Agents affect Ecommerce and the Retail sector? Have LLMs reshaped keyword-based product search? How can leading retailers ensure proper governance of their AI stack while maintaining their competitive advantage? We have asked Angel Maldonado Angel Maldonado is founder and CEO at Empathy Holdings, home of Empathy. AI, MotiveMarket, VisiblePrivacy and the Search & Discovery products Moti...

What is the gap between the hype and reality? Are we merely rebranding basic workflows as ‘agentic’ simply because we’ve added a layer of LLM outputs? In this episode, Gam and Sergio speak to Eduardo Ordax, Generative AI Lead at Amazon Web Services. With Eduardo, we have tried to understand what companies in the real world are doing about Agentic AI today. We have also discussed practical steps to...

In this first episode Gam and Sergio will introduce the concept of the Model Context Protocol, which they believe is an essential first step to understanding AI Agents. They will also lay the groundwork for the conversations that will follow. References: * Anthropic: Introducing the Model Context Protocol * Gam Dias: Agents Unleashed (Masters of Privacy, April 2025) This is a public episode. If yo...