<p>If your phone seems impossible to put down, that's because it's intentional. So how can we break our addictions?</p><p>Also on the show, <a href="https://theconversation.com/australia-doesnt-have-online-voting-for-federal-elections-and-we-should-keep-it-that-way-180865">how safe is online voting</a>? With our traditional political system in a bit of a chaotic state at the moment, it's safe to say we're lacking trust in our politicians. But Australians are still very trusting in our electoral processes. Will <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/sa-election-lines-because-of-technical-glitches/106481952">changing to online voting</a> jeopardise that?</p><p>And, more Australian artists have identified <a href="https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/revealed-the-aussie-songs-books-and-movies-stolen-by-ai-20260619-p608fh">they have been caught up in AI model training</a> without permission. <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/darren-hayes-slams-ai-firms-for-stealing-every-song-he-has-ever-written/news-story/1da7a009fff894952c205143e16731af">And they're not happy about it</a>! Cate Blanchett has just launched the <a href="https://gizmodo.com/cate-blanchett-launches-human-consent-registry-to-help-protect-your-likeness-from-ai-industry-scraping-2000776268">Human Consent Registry</a> as one way to combat this. Is there an end in sight?</p><p>GUESTS:</p><ul><li>Professor Vanessa Teague, CEO of <a href="https://thinkingcybersecurity.com/">Thinking Cybersecurity</a> and Adjunct Professor at <a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/vanessa-teague">UNSW</a>.</li><li>Professor Michael Cowling, Professor of Educational Technology at <a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/c/michael-cowling">RMIT</a> aka <a href="https://thecreatelab.com.au/">Professor Tech</a>.</li></ul><p>------------</p><p>This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.</p><p>------------</p><p>Get in touch:</p><p>We'd love to hear from you! Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p>Find all the episodes of Download This Show on the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.</p>