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Podcast explores diplomacy and AI with ambassador and professor

digital · 2026-04-27

The podcast "Contemporaneamente" by Mariantonietta Firmani features an interview between Italian ambassador Stefano Ravagnan and Michela Milano, director of ALMA AI. Ravagnan discusses his diplomatic career spanning Bosnia, Turkey, Morocco, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Syria, while Milano explains AI's role in decision support and document analysis for policy and healthcare. The episode highlights that ChatGPT does not understand what it says. The podcast is disseminated by Artribune.com and Parallelo42.it.

Key facts

  • Podcast: Contemporaneamente by Mariantonietta Firmani
  • Guests: Stefano Ravagnan (ambassador) and Michela Milano (AI professor)
  • Ravagnan is Italian ambassador and minister plenipotentiary
  • Ravagnan worked in Bosnia, Turkey, Morocco, Russia, Kazakhstan, Syria
  • Milano is professor of AI at University of Bologna, director of Alma AI
  • Milano received Google Faculty Research Award in 2016
  • AI can support decision-making and document analysis for policy and healthcare
  • ChatGPT does not understand what it says

Entities

Artists

  • Mariantonietta Firmani

Institutions

  • ALMA AI
  • Artribune.com
  • Parallelo42.it
  • University of Bologna
  • DISI
  • EurAI
  • AAAI
  • Google

Locations

  • Italy
  • Bosnia
  • Turkey
  • Izmir
  • Morocco
  • Rabat
  • Russia
  • Moscow
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Syria
  • Padua

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