Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek

In a major leap forward for responsible AI development, IBM has joined forces with Singapore’s IMDA to launch Project Moonshot. This groundbreaking initiative tackles a critical hurdle: ensuring the safety and security of large language models (LLMs) - the powerful AI systems driving many cutting-edge applications. Anup Kumar, Distinguished Engineer, CTO Data & AI, Head Client Engineering Asia Pacific, IBM joins us to explore how the project paves the way for a safer future of AI, understand IBM’s specific role in its development and gain insights into how the company is integrating responsible AI practices across its products and services. 

Dave Sekera, Chief US Market Strategist at Morningstar Research Services shares his insights on how markets are reacting to the first in-person showdown of the 2024 campaign between President Joe Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. He also talks about current consumer patterns and where some investors might be looking to rotate to beyond tech. Presented by: Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)  Photo credits: CNN/ John Nowak

Recently, some researchers have discovered new amazing animal abilities. This goes beyond just intelligence, but other things they've been found capable of doing. Scientists have compared the intelligence of crows to that of a seven-year-old human child, and according to a new study by researchers in Germany, they’ve found these birds can vocally count up to 4. And if you've uttered the phrase, "blur like sotong", turns out sotongs are not that blur!  Audrey and Ryan talk about the wonders of these animals on today's Breakfast Bites. Presented by Audrey Siek and Ryan Huang Edited and Produced by Audrey Siek Music and photo credits: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors 

Mark Matthews, Managing Director & Head of Research Asia, Julius Baer shares his insights on the optimism in the markets currently, a lookahead to the second half of 2024, and how the upcoming Union Budget might impact global market dynamics. Presented by: Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)  Photo credits: Express Photo

The H5N1 bird flu cases among animals is continuing to rise, as US officials warn about the role of humans in spreading the virus. As far as public health authorities know so far, the outbreak in dairy cattle has spilled over to three farmworkers in the United States, all of whom have had mostly mild symptoms.  There are now 102 herds in the US with H5N1 cases, though given the prevalence of inactivated virus in commercially available pasteurised milk, experts believe the true number may be even higher. In New York, the bird flu virus is not yet spreading among people, but the city is already preparing as if it could.  The virus has worried epidemiologists for its pandemic potential even before the first human patients were detected in Hong Kong back in 1997. In the years since then, it has spread through migratory birds and periodically torn through chicken farms. Fewer than 1,000 people are known to have been infected in the past 20 years, but slightly more than half of those infected have died. On this episode of Morning Shot, Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, University of New South Wales, Sydney shares her insights on  what a bird-flu pandemic in people might look like. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Graphics credits: Charlie Neibergall/ Guadalupe Pardo/Associated Press

As the hospitality industry embraces a greener future, sustainability leader Ascott takes centerstage. We explore how their lyf one-north Singapore achieved top eco-friendly honours, how they achieved 50 green certificates across properties in their portfolio in 2023 and delve more into their impactful sustainability framework. Beh Siew Kim, Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer, Lodging, CapitaLand Investment and Managing Director, Japan and Korea, The Ascott Limited sheds light on their strategies en route to achieving the green leadership in the built sector. Presented by Ryan Huang This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) She produces Mind Your Business, Biz-How-To and Breakfast Special segments on the Breakfast Show. Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Startups, Health-tech, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech and trending businesses in town.

With Southeast Asia's green economy projected to create 30 million sustainability-linked jobs and $1 trillion in annual opportunities by 2030, educational institutions, businesses, and organisations are collaborating to groom the next generation of eco-conscious leaders. We speak with two industry leaders leading the charge, June Ng, Director, J’s Salon & Kelvin Tan, Head, Sustainable Finance and Investments, HSBC. Presented by Ryan Huang This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) She produces Mind Your Business, Biz-How-To and Breakfast Special segments on the Breakfast Show. Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Startups, Health-tech, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech and trending businesses in town.

Ross Gerber, President & CEO, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management shares his insights on labour market resilience, what's driving market sentiments and investors towards Nvidia and Apple, and whether there's a sense of FOMO among investors and fund managers strapping up the tech rally. Presented by: Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)  Photo credits: AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Generation X is entering the home stretch towards retirement, with just six months left before the first Gen Xers turn 60 - but 3 in 10 are worried that they’ll never retire.   That’s according to recent surveys by Natixis Investment Managers which have found that almost half of Gen X (48%) say it’s going to take a miracle to retire securely. To get there, they are saving an average of 17% from their annual income but half of them say they are burying their heads in the sand and avoid thinking about retirement altogether. Two critical issues seem to be shaping Generation X’s thinking about retirement - inflation and debt. In the short term, they are coming to grips with the reality of inflation. Overall, 83% of Generation X investors say the recent bout of inflation has revealed just how big a threat rising prices are to their retirement security. Nearly seven out of ten (69%) say inflation has hurt their ability to save for retirement and more than half (55%) report that they are saving less due to higher everyday costs. On this episode of Morning Shot, Dave Goodsell, Executive Director at the Natixis Centre for Investor Insight shares more. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Graphics credits: planadviser

Gina Martin Adams, Chief Equity Strategist & Global Director of Equity Strategy at Bloomberg LP shares her insights on approaching the AI space, what's a better entry point for AI names and what's holding back the small caps. She also touches on investors' sentiments surrounding the G7 leaders' focus on China and the war, against a backdrop where the US Presidential Election is just a few months away. Presented by: Ryan Huang Producer: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)  Graphics credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors