AI Safety, from Big Companies to Single Pixels
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI form an AI safety group and MIT looks to protect your photos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 27, 2023•7 min
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Episodes
The Fact and Fiction of Life Beyond Earth
An astrophysicist who claimed to find alien tech may have done the science wrong and Congress holds a hearing on UFOs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 26, 2023•10 min
The World Keeps Shrinking
Amazon gets ready to expand broadband access and a start-up wants to connect remote areas with pilotless planes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 25, 2023•7 min
'Vision Zero' could help reclaim roads from American car culture
The plan's not perfect but still better than getting hit by a truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 24, 2023•9 min
Amazon’s Grip on the Market and Palm Payment
Amazon is bringing its palm-based payments to all Whole Foods Market stores and Jason Del Rey’s take on Amazon's unique 'threat' to digital commerce from his book Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart and the Battle for Our Wallets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 21, 2023•9 min
We’re Not Ready for Digital 'Immortality'
The future of digital ‘immortality’ is here, and we’re not ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2023•11 min
Net-Zero Construction and Really Long Tweets
What Brimstone's decarbonized cement means for Net-Zero Construction and Twitter's new publishing tools for long-form articles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2023•7 min
Avocado Robot and Striking Actors
What Chipotle's guacamole robot could mean for jobs and what striking actors have to say about the rejected “groundbreaking AI proposal." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2023•6 min
EVs for NASA and Space Travel and the Immigrant Experience
Electric vehicle startup Canoo's first shipment to Space Travel and the Immigrant Experience from “Scientists Without Borders: Immigrants in NASA and the Apollo Program” by Rosanna Perotti from the book After Apollo: Cultural Legacies of the Race to the Moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 17, 2023•11 min
Closer to Space Tourism and Looking Good
The Launch date for Virgin Galactic's first private passenger spaceflight and NASA expands developers' contracts for its next-gen spacesuits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 14, 2023•8 min
Lost in Launch and Found on Mars
Blue Origin investigates why a rocket engine exploded during testing, and researchers find evidence of organic matter on Mars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 13, 2023•7 min
AI in the Newsroom and the Courtroom
AI could help local newsrooms remain afloat in a sea of misinformation while Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta over copyright infringement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 12, 2023•11 min
Paper Pills and Memory Meds
Scientists make ibuprofen and other common painkillers from paper industry waste, and the first drug that slows Alzheimer's has finally received FDA approval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 11, 2023•7 min
Weaponizing Phones and Wiping Out Chemical Weapons
French Assembly passes a bill allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones for surveillance, and the US is using robots to destroy the world's last known chemical weapons stockpile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 10, 2023•7 min
Spectacles and Reflections
A giant LED video dome in Las Vegas changes the live performance experience, and researchers reconstruct 3D environments from eye reflections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 07, 2023•9 min
Kids on Climate and Rising Temps
Kids get a seat at the table with The Environmental Protection Agency and the reality of our recent record-breaking rising temperatures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 06, 2023•6 min
Social Regs On Both Sides of the Atlantic
Europe regulates Meta's ad sales, and a court stops the White House from talking content moderation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 05, 2023•7 min
Big Firsts for the Future of Travel on Land and Space
North America’s first hydrogen-powered train began traveling across the Canadian countryside and Virgin Galactic completes its first commercial spaceflight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 03, 2023•8 min
Cheers to Palm-Reading Tech to Buy Alcohol and the Future of NFC
Right now, you can use Amazon's Palm-Reading to buy alcohol in Colorado, and we’re on the fast track to the future of contactless NFC advancements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2023•6 min
All Hands on Deck for AI
The looming risks and advantages of generative AI have US Lawmakers calling for help from experts and creating committees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 29, 2023•6 min
Spaceflights and NASA's New Water-Saving Hack
Virgin Galactic will start commercial spaceflight as soon as June 27th, and NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 28, 2023•7 min
AI Policies on Capitol Hill to Space
Congress is reportedly limiting staff use of AI models while NASA is creating a ChatGPT-like assistant for astronauts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 27, 2023•6 min
Tiny Med Tech With Big Impacts
A synthetic heart valve that grows with the body, a remote-controlled pill-shaped camera, and what that means for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 26, 2023•7 min
The Life and Death of Bugs in Robotics
The surprising role of bugs in the latest robotics, from live woodlice for robot hands to an invasive species-killing machine to eradicate the spotted lanternfly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 23, 2023•8 min
Sending Cell Data and Solar Energy from Space
Data transfers, solar energy, and what that means for the future of space and of Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2023•7 min
AI Meets the Administration
Washington is stepping in, with both congress members and the president focused on what the future of AI regulation looks like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 21, 2023•6 min
The Future is Electric
The US jumps to second in EV sales and expands its battery production to electrify the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 20, 2023•6 min
Your Chance at a Space Flight is Here
Virgin Galactic is customer-ready and SpaceX is planning the next step. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 19, 2023•6 min
Saturn’s Moon Could Support Life and Other Discoveries
A moon of Saturn that could support life, a far-off planet covered in volcanoes, and what discoveries may lie in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 16, 2023•7 min
Can AI Compose the Next Hit?
AI powers a new music generator, a new Beatles song, and maybe the future of music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 15, 2023•7 min
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