During the 2026 edition of VivaTech, Hamilton Mann sits down for a conversation with Patrick Pugh, PwC's Global and US Alliances & Ecosystems Leader, to explore a critical question for the future of AI: Can machines be designed to demonstrate integrity? As AI systems take on increasingly complex and high-stakes roles, they examine what integrity means in the context of AI and how it can be embedded, evaluated, and governed in the next generation of AI models.

Hamilton Mann received the Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award 2025, in partnership with VAR Group, at the Thinkers50 London Summit & Awards Gala.

The acceleration of technological advancement – particularly AI – is rapidly and fundamentally reshaping the business landscape. The Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award applauds a visionary whose work illuminates the complex implications of our evolving digital reality. It celebrates thought leaders who translate the technological revolution into practical management frameworks.

In a courtroom in Los Angeles, a young woman’s life, her initials, K.G.M., was reduced to evidence. Hours spent scrolling. Nights without sleep. A mind drawn, again and again, toward a glowing screen that never asked her to stop. Meta and YouTube were found liable for negligence in protecting a minor, with damages awarded for the psychological toll of systems that plaintiffs argued were engineered to be addictive and exploit their developmental vulnerabilities.