Carl Miller
Presenter on BBC flagship technology programme, Click and host and writer of the smash hit podcast Kill List
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About Carl Miller
Carl’s podcast series tells the story of how he uncovered a secret murder-for-hire kill list on the dark net, targeting hundreds of innocent people. When law enforcement initially failed to act, Carl found himself in a race against time to warn those in danger and expose those responsible. His investigation ultimately led to 28 convictions and more than 180 years of prison sentences.
Carl is a TED speaker who addresses global audiences on how the digital revolution is reshaping and destabilising traditional power structures. He has spoken in Parliament, NATO, Oxford University, DEFCON, the Hay Festival, the British Academy, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Wired, Google, Shell and to the Mayor of London, and has delivered keynotes across Chicago, Bangkok, Berlin, Vienna, Oslo, San Francisco, Prague and Ottawa.
His debut book, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab, explores how digital power is disrupting politics, business and media. It won the 2019 Transmission Prize and draws on immersive investigations spanning political technology communes, information warfare bases, fake news networks, hackers and assassination markets on the dark net.
In 2013, Carl founded CASM Technology, an AI research lab pioneering new ways to analyse and protect the digital world. Now a team of 25 Natural Language Processing engineers, CASM works with organisations including the World Health Organization, European Commission, NATO, Ofcom and BBC Monitoring, tackling terrorism, radicalisation, hate and autocratic influence online. He also coined the term “SOCMINT” (social media intelligence) alongside the former Director of GCHQ.
Carl combines immersive first-person storytelling with rigorous data and evidence, helping audiences understand how technology is transforming crime, AI, geopolitics, journalism, democracy and business. His talks explore who truly controls AI, how disinformation operates, how power is shifting online, and why organisations today sit on a knife-edge between risk and opportunity in the digital age.
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CyberCrime: Fifteen years ago, Carl founded the think tank Demos. More recently, he led a four-year-long secret investigation into a sophisticated network of organised criminal sites, which resulted in 34 arrests, 28 convictions and over 180 years of prison time. This became the basis of the global #1 podcast Kill List (Wondery), winner of the Guardian Podcast of the Year and the Broadcasting Press Guild Best Podcast of 2025. In this talk, Carl will show how scam networks work, create social trust, and recruit. Carl will highlight an emerging wave of criminal scams bolstered by AI-generated manipulation, cryptocurrencies, and state-sponsored support. Carl will portray how the threat is changing, where it is heading, who it will target and how we can best prepare.
Digital Geopolitics: Information spaces are now treated as theatres of war where state-aligned hacktivist groups have emerged, coordinating attacks against Western infrastructure. From AI models and hyper-scalers to TikTok’s algorithm and internet protocols, technology is now a strategic asset in the geopolitical arena. Carl has been at the forefront of democratic responses, delivering keynotes at NATO summits and leading tech teams to counter disinformation. In this keynote, Carl will explore this new geopolitical terrain, the rivalries and alliances it has created, and what this theatre of war means for global risk and businesses navigating it.
AI and Power: AI is reshaping power in all manners of life; sociologically, politically and economically. Chatbots are reshaping relationships, models can seamlessly summarise videos across languages, and prompting AI is perhaps the only future-proof skill left. From watching criminals using AI to dissecting addictive technology, Carl has tracked the hidden ways that technology is used to shape our lives and business. Fresh from his 5-part exploration of power and AI with Intelligence Squared, Carl will chart and diagnose the shifting power dynamics in today’s world, how AI is redistributing power and what we can all do to reclaim it.
Client Feedback
"Carl Miller is a very impactful and inspiring speaker, able to engage with a very senior audience on topics they are unfamiliar with. Participants love Carl’s style and expertise."
Marc Guyon, Shell
"The audience was blown away. The combination of fascinating ideas about power and bizarre personal adventures were a perfect fit for our event."
Alexander Mouret, Director, Brave New World Festival, Leiden
"Carl opened a really important conference we were hosting, with a multi-national audience of senior executives and experts. His presentation was excellent – well thought through, colourful, and meaningful – and his delivery was truly engaging. He brought real insight and challenge"
Senior Cabinet Office Official
