Israel-Hamas: verifying truth in the fog of war
The Israel-Hamas war has proven to be a particularly fraught conflict on social media.Finding out what’s happening on the ground has been complicated by a number of issues: the divisiveness of the deb...
20 Des 202334min
AI's inequality problem
The world grows ever more dominated by artificial intelligence. We’re promised huge productivity gains and streamlining benefits to make our lives easier, but there are significant drawbacks. The data...
11 Des 202342min
The small town newspaper raided by police
When Eric Meyer answered the door to the home he shared with his mother on August 11, 2023, he couldn’t have expected what was waiting on the other side.The editor and proprietor of a small Kansas new...
27 Nov 202339min
The artist suing AI giants
Generative AI is overhauling the way we work and live - and giving superpowers to ordinary individuals to create smart copy and stunning images in fractions of a second, but at whose expense? In this ...
13 Nov 202337min
Chat GPT and the fake Guardian article
Generative AI can do a lot of useful things: summarise text, spark inspiration and analyse patterns and data. But it can also makes things up, including entire articles from The Guardian.In this episo...
30 Okt 202335min
Could you live without your phone?
Our mobiles are a gateway to the world, holding news and entertainment, personal details and banking account information, friendships - even romances start there. Phones are a treasure trove of inform...
16 Okt 202332min
Who controls Big Tech?
Who, if anyone, controls Big Tech? In this episode, Chris Stokel-Walker talks to David Auerbach, a former Microsoft and Google software engineer credited for bringing the first emoji to the world. Hi...
2 Okt 202332min
The journalist tracked by TikTok
It's a journalist's worst nightmare: your phone has been tracked by rogue employees from a major Chinese tech company, tapping into your sources. That's what happened to Financial Times tech reporter ...
17 Sep 202337min
