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Carl Miller
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Decode digital power with Carl Miller, cybercrime and AI keynote speaker. Carl works with global organisations to unpack disinformation, digital geopolitics, and online crime, drawing on his number one podcast Kill List and AI lab CASM Technology.
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Carl Miller is an investigator, author, and TED speaker who combines immersive first-person storytelling with data and evidence to reveal how technology is transforming power, crime, and society.
He is best known as host and writer of Kill List, the ten-award-winning podcast that reached number one in seven countries, including the UK and the US. His investigation into a murder-for-hire site on the dark net led to 28 convictions and over 180 years of prison time, and his debut book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, won the 2019 Transmission Prize.
Carl founded the AI lab CASM Technology in 2013, now a team of 25 natural language processing engineers working with the World Health Organization, the European Commission, NATO, Ofcom, and BBC Monitoring to fight terrorism, radicalisation, hate, and autocratic influence online. He also coined the term SOCMINT, social media intelligence, with the former Director of GCHQ.
He has spoken in Parliament and delivered keynotes for Oxford University, DEFCON, Google, and Shell. Onstage, Carl draws on dozens of long-term investigations, from police cyber-crime teams to fake news merchants, spies, and digital ministers, showing audiences who really controls AI, how crime has transformed, and how disinformation actually works.
Book Carl for a first-hand account of the hidden forces reshaping power, delivered by the investigator who uncovered them.
Topics, sessions and talks
Information spaces are now theatres of war, with state-aligned hacktivist groups coordinating attacks against Western infrastructure. From AI models and hyperscalers to TikTok's algorithm and internet protocols, technology has become a strategic asset in the geopolitical arena. Carl Miller has been at the forefront of democratic responses, delivering keynotes at NATO summits and leading tech teams to counter disinformation. He maps this new terrain, its rivalries and alliances, and what it means for global risk and businesses navigating it.
Carl Miller led a four-year secret investigation into a network of organised criminal sites, resulting in 34 arrests, 28 convictions, and over 180 years of prison time. The case became Kill List, the global number one podcast and Guardian Podcast of the Year. Carl reveals how scam networks operate, build social trust, and recruit, then charts an emerging wave of scams powered by AI-generated manipulation, cryptocurrencies, and state sponsorship, showing where the threat is heading and how to prepare.
AI is reshaping power sociologically, politically, and economically. Chatbots are changing relationships, models can summarise video across languages, and prompting may be the only future-proof skill left. From watching criminals use AI to dissecting addictive technology, Carl Miller has tracked the hidden ways technology shapes our lives and businesses. Fresh from his five-part exploration of power and AI with Intelligence Squared, Carl charts the shifting power dynamics, how AI is redistributing power, and what we can do to reclaim it.
Carl Miller brings a unique blend of firsthand investigative experience and cutting-edge research on the digital world's impact on society, making him an invaluable asset for teams and businesses looking to navigate the complexities of online life and technology. His engaging storytelling, drawn from immersive explorations and critical analysis, offers profound insights into the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. Booking Carl as a speaker will equip your team with the knowledge and strategies to thrive in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
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Carl Miller structures his sessions around immersive first-person investigative accounts, drawing on long-term undercover research — including a four-year investigation into criminal networks — to ground analysis of technology, power, and disinformation in documented, evidence-based findings.
Carl Miller speaks on digital geopolitics and state-aligned cyber threats, organised cybercrime and AI-powered scam networks, and the redistribution of power driven by artificial intelligence. His headline credential is founding CASM Technology, an AI lab of 25 natural language processing engineers whose clients include NATO, the World Health Organization, and the European Commission, alongside hosting Kill List, a podcast that reached number one in seven countries and resulted in 28 convictions.
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