Technology
The AI Accusations Shaking the Literary World
Tope Folarin and Tuhin Chakrabarty join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei on Global Insights to discuss the AI accusations shaking literary prizes, the stories African writers are expected to tell, and the reliability of detection software.
The Devil in the Machine
The AI Cassandras have the weight of the evidence behind them. The threat is real, even if it remains a potentiality for now. The vulnerabilities are too numerous to ignore.
How Elon Musk Fuses Rockets and Tech To Shape Modern Society
Quinn Slobodian joins Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss what Elon Musk reveals about a new era of digital capitalism.
Why the Internet Got Bad, and How To Fix It
Cory Doctorow joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss his new book “Enshittification” and how the internet got so bad.
AI’s Very Human Biases
New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai wonders if making AI models that are truly fair for all users and uses can be possible. Hilke Schellmann joins to offer insights from her book “The Algorithm.”
AI Is Transforming Geopolitics — with Bruno Maçães and Faisal Al Yafai
On this week’s episode of The Lede, philosopher, politician and New Statesman columnist Bruno Maçães tells New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai how the battle lines are being drawn in a virtual world, and how the builders of the strongest AI language models will be the true power brokers of the future.
Antitrust Action Against Google May Transform the Internet
The global battle against big tech has begun, and it could have ramifications far beyond the news. Both the U.K. and the EU are beginning to regulate big tech. U.S. prosecutors are taking on Google and hope for a favorable major verdict in May. As predicted, it’s getting geopolitical.