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Is Technology Contributing to a Better Humanity?

Priya Lakhani OBE is joined by Given from UWC Atlantic College, Wales, to discuss how technology, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence might be a reason for hope in building toward a better humanity and what we can all do to play our part!

Priya Lakhani OBE is joined by Given from UWC Atlantic College, Wales, to discuss how technology, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence might be a reason for hope in building toward a better humanity and what we can all do to play our part!

Priya Lakhani OBE is the Founder CEO of CENTURY Tech, the award-winning artificial intelligence education technology company. In 2008, Priya left her career as a barrister to launch a successful cooking-sauce business. Through its charitable foundation, it provided millions of meals and thousands of vaccinations to the underprivileged in India and Africa and funded several schools. Priya was awarded Business Entrepreneur of the Year by the Chancellor in 2009 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2014. She was a business advisor to the UK’s coalition government, was appointed to the UK government’s AI Council in 2019, and is a regular commentator on global news for the BBC. In 2018, Priya co-founded the Institute for Ethical AI in Education.

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