MIT Technology Review Narrated
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 144
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
In Machines We Trust: Exploring AI's evolution (Live)
A 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 A…
00:23:37 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
In Machines We Trust: How games teach AI to learn for itself (Update)
From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games. But that was never the ultimate goal. In this episode we dig into the symbiotic relationship between games an…
00:27:37 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
In Machines We Trust: Harvesting the future with AI and satellites
AI is used in farming in some ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of crops—from space. We travel from test farms to labs in the second installment of our series on agriculture, AI…
00:21:44 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
In Machines We Trust: The future of farming lies in space
AI is used in agriculture to precisely target weeds and optimize irrigation practices. It’s also being used in ways you might not expect, like for tracking the health of cow pastures—from space. We t…
00:17:54 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
In Machines We Trust: Optimizing for convenience
We’re in the middle of another major disruption in retail—one that’s been accelerated by the pandemic, and looks to take the convenience of e-commerce and apply it to physical environments. In this e…
00:15:37 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
In Machines We Trust: When Your Face is Your Ticket (Encore)
Face mapping and other tracking systems are changing the sports experience in the stands and on the court. In part-three of this latest series on facial recognition, Jennifer Strong and the team at M…
00:21:23 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
In Machines We Trust: How pricing algorithms learn to collude (Update)
Algorithms now determine how much things cost. It’s called dynamic pricing and it adjusts according to current market conditions in order to increase profits. The rise of ecommerce has propelled pric…
00:25:47 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will see you now. (Encore)
In the past, hiring decisions were made by people. Today, some key decisions that lead to whether someone gets a job or not are made by algorithms. The use of AI-based job interviews has increased si…
00:30:42 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
In Machines We Trust: Farming a war zone
Shortages of everything from seeds to fertilizer might accelerate the adoption of technologies that can help supplies go further in war-torn Ukraine.
We meet:
Roman Tarasevich, Farmer, Ukraine
Mort…
00:18:44 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
In Machines We Trust: What’s next for space research? (Live)
The International Space Station hosts scores of experiments that can’t be done on Earth. But it’s also showing its age—with repairs and safety concerns becoming increasingly common as it draws nearer…
00:24:20 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
In Machines We Trust: Decoding a future of fire
A look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the second of a two-part series.
We Meet:
Tricia Small, Television Producer, Small Fo…
00:20:12 |
Wed 02 Nov 2022
In Machines We Trust: How AI watches wildfires
A look at how AI and other tech is being used to help predict, detect, and pinpoint the location of wildfires in the first of a two-part series.
We meet:
Dustin Tetrault, Deputy Fire Chief, Big Sky…
00:17:59 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI replicated Darth Vader
I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing ha…
00:13:32 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
In Machines We Trust: AI finds its voice
Synthetic voice technologies are increasingly passing as human. But today’s voice assistants are still a far cry from the hyper-intelligent thinking machines we’ve been musing about for decades. In t…
00:28:05 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI mastered chess
I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing ha…
00:11:42 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
In Machines We Trust: Seeing double: AI births digital humans
Digital twins of humans capture the physical look and expressions of real humans. Increasingly these replicas are showing up in the entertainment industry and beyond and it gives rise to some interes…
00:19:21 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
In Machines We Trust: Real-Time Farming (Audio Postcard)
Who wants to take a walk around a California vineyard to explore how it’s deploying sensors and other forms of AI? Join us for a field trip as we do something a little bit different this week.
We me…
00:11:07 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
In Machines We Trust: How retail is using AI to prevent fraud
Retailers face an evolving landscape of fraud tactics each day. It’s why companies are increasingly turning to AI to try and catch threat patterns never seen before, and block attacks before they hap…
00:16:57 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI helped create a vaccine
I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing ha…
00:10:03 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
In Machines We Trust: How to craft effective AI policy (Live)
A conversation about equity and what it takes to make effective AI policy taped before a live audience at MIT Technology Review’s annual AI conference, EmTech Digital.
We Meet:
Nicol Turner Lee, dir…
00:20:53 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
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