Is your doorbell using AI to spy on you?

Ring’s new AI “lost dog” feature promises to reunite missing pets with their owners using doorbell camera footage. But could this same technology be used to build a far more sinister surveillance network? Our hosts take a closer look at Search Party, announced in an ad during this year’s Super Bowl, and explore why this seemingly feel-good function is sparking privacy concerns.

Also on The Interface this week: Why does the TikTok takeover in the US affect you, even if you've never touched the app? And how did one ad campaign at the Super Bowl reveal the fierce rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic?

The Interface is your weekly guide to the tech rewiring your week and our world. Hosted by journalists Tom Germain, Karen Hao, and Nicky Woolf, each episode unpacks week-by-week the unfolding story of how technology is shaping all of our futures. No guests. No jargon. Just three sharp voices debating the tech stories that matter - whether they shook a government, broke the internet, or quietly tipped the balance of power.

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Episoder(21)

Is tech ruining the World Cup?

This week on The Interface: is World Cup tech taking the human magic out of football?For our season finale before the summer break, Karen, Thomas and Nicky start with the World Cup - and ask what happ...

25 Jun 37min

Teens banned from social media - what next?

This week on The Interface: the UK’s under-16s social media ban - is America next?The UK is preparing to go further than almost any other country on children and social media: under-16s will be blocke...

18 Jun 36min

Why is AI burying my CV?

This week on The Interface: is AI quietly sending your CV to the graveyard?Karen starts with the growing role of AI in hiring and why it may be far more powerful, and more worrying, than most jobseeke...

11 Jun 37min

What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?

This week on The Interface: the horrifying world of the TikTok Farlands.Tom and Nicky head deep into the TikTok Farlands - the semi‑mythical place you supposedly reach if you scroll too far, too late,...

4 Jun 42min

Can Pope Leo save us from AI?

Google is changing up its search engine. At its recent developer conference, among a host of new AI tools, it announced the biggest changes to Google Search in its history. What will we see now? An in...

28 Mai 46min

Are we entering a world without screens?

Karen Hao’s away this week — but it’s a special episode: Thomas and Nicky welcome their first ever guest, senior reporter at MS NOW, Brandy Zadrozny, to decode the tech stories rewiring your week and ...

21 Mai 42min

Is AI harvesting your knowledge on the cheap?

AI is coming for your job — but not in the way you think.Karen says the real shock isn’t mass replacement (yet). It’s that AI is already reshaping work into something more precarious, more fragmented,...

14 Mai 42min

Who is really paying the influencers?

Who is paying for the influencer campaign making you fear Chinese AI? A new report alleges a coordinated influencer marketing campaign urging audiences to back “American AI” while quietly stoking fear...

7 Mai 38min