How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime
Tokelau is a group of three isolated atolls strung out across the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand (of which it’s an official territory) and Hawaii. Its population hovers around 1,400 people. Reachin...
4 Sep 202426min
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
An AI startup created a hyperrealistic deepfake of MIT Technology Review’s senior AI reporter that was so believable, even she thought it was really her at first. This technology is impressive, to be ...
28 Aug 202429min
It’s time to retire the term “user”
Though “user” seems to describe a relationship that is deeply transactional, many of the technological relationships in which a person would be considered a user are actually quite personal. That bein...
21 Aug 202415min
The search for extraterrestrial life is targeting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
We've known of Europa’s existence for more than four centuries, but for most of that time, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon was just a pinprick of light in our telescopes— a bright and curious companion ...
14 Aug 202428min
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.
Despite all their runaway success, nobody knows exactly how—or why—large language models work. And that’s a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial ...
7 Aug 202417min
How ASML took over the chipmaking chessboard
Moore’s Law holds that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every two years or so. In essence, it means that chipmakers are always trying to shrink the transistors on a microchip...
31 Juli 202420min
Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum
AI consciousness isn’t just a devilishly tricky intellectual puzzle; it’s a morally weighty problem with potentially dire consequences. Fail to identify a conscious AI, and you might unintentionally s...
24 Juli 202432min
In Machines We Trust: That's a wrap!
Three 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 ...
14 Aug 202327min
