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MIT Technology Review Narrated
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Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated, the home for the very best of our journalism in audio. Each week we will share one of our most ambitious stories, from print and online, narrated for us by real voice actors. Expect big themes, thought-provoking topics, and sharp analysis, all backed by our trusted reporting.
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What’s next for AI in 2026
Jan 1400:13:47Tap to summarizeOur AI writers make their big bets for the coming year—here are five hot trends to watch. This story was written by Rhiannon Williams, Will Douglas Heaven, Caiwei Chen, James O'Donnell, Michelle Kim and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.
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In Machines We Trust: That's a wrap!
Aug 14, 2023Tap to summarizeThree years ago this week we launched this podcast on a mission to show the world how AI touches our everyday lives. It's been our great honor and privilege to make it through three seasons, a global pandemic, an unbelievable nineteen (19!!) award nominations, and a whole lot of tests and demos.Goodbyes are very hard to say, so instead we'll leave you with some of the show's highlights and an invitation to follow us as we continue our journey with a new show called SHIFT. Sign up for updates at shiftshow.ai and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.Credits:This series was created by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens with the support of Gideon Lichfield and Michael Reilly. Its producers have been Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. The editors have included Gideon Lichfield, Michael Reilly and Mat Honan with support from Karen Hao and Tate Ryan Mosley. You can thank Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski for the original music and excellent sound design. The weekly art was from Stephanie Arnett with album art from Eric Mongeon. Thanks for listening.
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In Machines We Trust: The Chip War (Live)
May 3, 2023Tap to summarizeThis episode, we get an insider's look at the ongoing chip war from the person who wrote the book on it, Chris Miller, professor at Tufts University and the author of Chip War. Join us for a live conversation from the MIT Media Lab at Tech Review’s Future Compute conference.Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork from Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: Concerning AI ethics
Apr 12, 2023Tap to summarizeThe best definitions of AI are vague, largely lack consensus and represent a huge challenge for lawmakers and legal scholars looking to regulate it. But back to back breakthroughs and rapid adoption of generative AI tools are making it feel a lot more real to everybody else. We examine how it’s possible that alone might be enough to push conversations about ethics further into focus.We Meet:MIT Technology Review Senior AI Reporter Melissa HeikkiläMozilla President Mark SurmanIBM Chief Privacy Officer Christina MontgomeryUnited Nations AI Advisor Neil SahotaSounds:Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns - PBS NewsHour via YouTube https://youtu.be/l5nTlHeqYOQHe loves artificial intelligence. Hear why he is issuing a warning about ChatGPT - CNN via YouTube https://youtu.be/THJysHMi81c Credits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens and Melissa Heikkilä. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: Generating creativity
Apr 5, 2023Tap to summarizeThis episode we meet people building next generation tools for creativity who are thinking about how these AI models should be trained and deployed in order to be both useful and fair to artists.We hear from:Artist Holly HerndonAdobe CTO Digital Media Ely GreenfieldSoundful CEO Diaa El AllLinks:https://www.ted.com/talks/holly_herndon_what_if_you_could_sing_in_your_favorite_musician_s_voicehttps://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/03/1067786/ai-models-spit-out-photos-of-real-people-and-copyrighted-images/https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/16/1065247/artists-can-now-opt-out-of-the-next-version-of-stable-diffusion/Credits: This episode was produced by Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Jacob Gorski.
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In Machines We Trust: AI enters the dogfight
Feb 22, 2023Tap to summarizeLate last year the US Department of Defense successfully ran a dozen flight tests in which AI agents piloted an experimental fighter jet. We explore the program that got it there and what this milestone means.We Meet:Chase Kohler, Edwards Air Force BaseSue Halpern, The New YorkerPaul Scharre, Center for a New American SecurityAdditional sources and sound:DARPA's AlphaDogfight Trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdhIA2S35wThe Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots: Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/24/the-rise-of-ai-fighter-pilotshttps://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/3297083/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-fighter-jet/Credits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: Aging with robots
Feb 15, 2023Tap to summarizeA look at how artificial intelligence is starting to be used to support the elderly.We Meet:Dor Skuler, Intuition RoboticsGreg Olsen, New York State Office for the AgingMarie DefrancescoCredits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang, and Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: Automating Agriculture (Live)
Feb 1, 2023Tap to summarizeWe're joined on stage by two startup founders working to bring automation to smaller scale farms. A live conversation from Lisbon, Portugal taped at one of the world's largest tech conferences, Web Summit.We meet:Praveen Penmetsa, CEO of Monarch TractorBarry Lunn, CEO of Provizio AI Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork from Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: House training a robot
Jan 25, 2023Tap to summarizeA Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?This episode we go behind the scenes of an investigation that uncovered how sensitive photos taken by an AI powered vacuum were leaked and landed on the internet. Reporting:A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on FacebookWe Meet:Eileen Guo, MIT Technology ReviewAlbert Fox Cahn, Surveillance Technology Oversight ProjectCredits:This episode was reported by Eileen Guo and produced by Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was hosted by Jennifer Strong and edited by Amanda Silverman and Mat Honan. This show is mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.
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In Machines We Trust: Exploring AI's evolution (Live)
Jan 11, 2023Tap to summarizeA panel of luminaries join us live on stage at MIT Technology Review’s flagship conference, EmTech MIT, and discuss the path forward for AI research.We Meet:Will Douglas Heaven, Senior Editor of AI at MIT Technology ReviewAshley Llorens, Vice President & Managing Director at Microsoft ResearchRaia Hadsell, Senior Director of Research and Robotics at DeepMindYann LeCun, NYU Professor, VP & Chief AI Scientist at MetaCredits:This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts with special thanks to Will Douglas Heaven, Amy Lammers and Brian Bryson. It was produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green, directed by Erin Underwood, edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang.
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