Jaron Lanier: the social media model is a threat to us all

Building a smart city: Turin, the smart mobility testing ground

Turin, birthplace of Italy’s beloved Fiat 500, prides itself today on being a fertile ground for innovation, allowing nascent tech companies to test and develop ideas for the cities of the future. Intesa Sanpaolo supports this, having paired with Techstars, a specialist in the nurture of nascent tech companies, to form the Techstars smart mobility acceleration programme. Hear from participants in the programme and the head of Techstars on how Turin is leading the way on smart city development.

How AI can superpower finance

At the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center’s AI Lab, the team has developed proprietary software that superpowers market risk assessment. Listen to the podcast to find out more about the department and the project, plus what AI can do for business and finance.

Jaron Lanier: the social media model is a threat to us all

Jaron Lanier helped to create virtual reality, so he’s no technophobe. Yet today he wants to spread the word that social media in its current form is harming all of us – from individual mental health all the way up to plurality in politics and healthy competition in business. In an interview following his virtual Novathon appearance, Lanier discusses his ideas for a positive future in social media, arguing that it all starts with changing the business model.

Banking in tough times: climate change, Brexit and Covid-19

2020 has thrown a lot at the world generally – and business and finance are no exception. Covid-19 has stalled business investment and Brexit looms over the eurozone. But the issue of climate change eclipses all of this. Stefano Del Punta, Intesa Sanpaolo’s chief financial officer, explains how using finance to change things for good is a big part of the bank’s identity, as well as the future post-Brexit and Covid-19, in the most recent instalment of the Intesa Sanpaolo Talks.

Artemisia Gentileschi: great painter revealed

Despite deep personal challenges, Artemisia Gentileschi became a master painter in 17th-century Europe, a storyteller who brought a unique angle to her subjects, getting under their skin to bring them to life in paint. A new exhibition, sponsored by Intesa Sanpaolo, explores Gentileschi’s life and work for the first time in the UK. Artemisia at the National Gallery fulfils the underlying objective of Intesa Sanpaolo’s ‘Progetto Cultura’ – to promote Italy’s artistic heritage beyond its national borders, in Europe and the rest of the world. Listen to the podcast to hear art critic Alastair Smart, National Gallery curator Letizia Treves and Laurence Aliquot, Director of Promotion, Marketing and Cultural Partnerships at Intesa Sanpaolo, discuss highlights from Artemisia, the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the UK.