Welcome to Curious Coincidence
This is a detective story that’s unsolved. Hosted by investigative reporter Antonio Regalado, Curious Coincidence dives into the mysterious origins of Covid-19 by examining the genome of the virus, th...
16 Helmi 20224min
Welcome to The Extortion Economy
This week we're sharing another tech show we made that we think you're going to love. It's called The Extortion Economy and it's a five-part series about the ransomware epidemic produced with ProPubli...
2 Helmi 202223min
In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder (Encore)
Computers are ranking the way people look—and the results are influencing the things we do, the posts we see, and the way we think. Ideas about what constitutes “beauty” are complex, subjective, and b...
20 Tammi 202222min
In Machines We Trust: What’s behind a smile (Encore)
Researchers have spent years trying to crack the mystery of how we express our feelings. Pioneers in the field of emotion detection will tell you the problem is far from solved. But that hasn’t stoppe...
5 Tammi 202224min
In Machines We Trust: Attention shoppers, you’re being tracked (Update)
Cameras in stores aren’t anything new—but these days there are AI brains behind the electric eyes. In some stores, sophisticated systems are tracking customers in almost every imaginable way, from rec...
23 Joulu 202127min
In Machines We Trust: How AI is giving a woman back her voice
Voice technology is one of the biggest trends in the healthcare space. We look at how it might help care providers and patients, from a woman who is losing her speech, to documenting healthcare record...
8 Joulu 202122min
In Machines We Trust: What is AI? We made this to help.
Defining what is, or isn’t artificial intelligence can be tricky (or tough). So much so, even the experts get it wrong sometimes. That’s why MIT Technology Review’s Senior AI Editor Karen Hao created ...
24 Marras 20217min
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Facebook put profit over safety
In this episode, we meet Sophie Zhang—a former data scientist at Facebook. Before she was fired, she had become consumed by the task of finding and taking down fake accounts that were being used to sw...
10 Marras 202114min
