Press & Conferences
In the press
2024
John Maytham from Cape Talk's Afternoon Drive interviewed our founder Paul McNally about AI and self-driving cars.
Our founder Paul McNally is interviewed about his work with AI and podcasting for March’s PodCircle by DW Akademie.
Our founder Paul McNally was interviewed on The BBC World Service about AI and its technical problems with race and sentience.
Kyle James at DW Akademie interviewed Paul McNally about “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” of AI and podcasting. Thanks to Podnews for also featuring the article.
2023
Power FM interviewed Paul McNally about AI news presenters on the 20th of October 2023.
Podnews featured our podcasting creation app (and the podcast itself) on the 17th of October 2023.
Our podcasting creation app was featured in the October 2023 issue of The Podcast Sessions.
Paul McNally wrote in October 2023 for the African Journalism Educators’ Network on why we need to make sure AI doesn’t leave African media behind.
Conference appearances
2024
At Radiodays Asia in Malaysia in September Develop AI gave a full workshop on Leveraging AI For Podcasting. Thanks to Public Media Alliance for their support.
At the Africa Media Perspectives conference in South Africa on the 22nd of June our founder Paul McNally hosted a panel that delved into AI’s transformative nature on journalism. He was joined by Dr Clare Cook, Head of Journalism and Media Viability at International Media Support, Mungo Soggot, CEO of Scrolla.Africa and Mallick Mnela, founder of iHubOnline in Malawi.
2023
At The Egypt Media Forum on the 26th of November 2023 we were on a panel talking about about what journalists should be learning in the age of AI.
We presented at Brave New Media Forum & Innovation Days in Serbia and talked about “AI in Podcasting: The Future of Audio Content Creation” on the 17th of November 2023.
We were at Radio Days Ethiopia in November 2023 talking about AI and podcasting to a packed audience of community radio people.
We were at Bloomberg’s conference for Africa Business Media Innovators 2023 in November 2023. Founder Paul McNally was talking about "Building a Data-Driven and Technology Focused Newsroom".
We were at the Media Freedom Festival from the 18th to the 20th of October 2023. Founder Paul McNally presented on “AI Unleashed: Empowering Minds in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”.
We were at Jamfest (an African media and information festival) on the 17th of October 2023. Founder Paul McNally presented on AI Journalism in Africa at Tshimologong in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Judging AI competitions
2024
Our founder Paul McNally judged the Best Use of AI in the Newsroom category for the WAN-IFRA Awards.