MIT Technology Review Narrated

MIT Technology Review

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.

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190 episodes
Updated July 29

Episodes190

Newest first

Aug 28, 2024 · 29 min
An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary
Synthesia's new technology is impressive but raises big questions about a world where we increasingly can’t tell what’s real.
Aug 21, 2024 · 15 min
It’s time to retire the term “user”
The proliferation of AI means we need a new word.
Aug 14, 2024 · 28 min
The search for extraterrestrial life is targeting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will travel to one of Jupiter's largest moons to look for evidence of conditions that could support life.
Aug 7, 2024 · 17 min
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.
Why figuring out how and why LLMs do what they do matters for the future.
Jul 31, 2024 · 20 min
How ASML took over the chipmaking chessboard
The CTO of the Dutch company explains how it become one of the most important businesses in the world.
Jul 24, 2024 · 32 min
Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum
Philosophers, cognitive scientists, and engineers are grappling with what it would take for AI to become conscious.
Aug 14, 2023 · 27 min
In Machines We Trust: That's a wrap!
Farewell to In Machines We Trust
May 17, 2023 · 32 min
In Machines We Trust: When AI hears a problem
An deep dive into vocal biomarkers from MIT Technology Review
May 10, 2023 · 20 min
In Machines We Trust: Harvesting the future with AI and satellites (Encore)
Part two of a miniseries
May 6, 2023 · 40 min
In Machines We Trust: A conversation with Geoffrey Hinton (Live)
A live taping from EmTech Digital, our signature AI event, in the MIT Media Lab
May 3, 2023 · 21 min
In Machines We Trust: The Chip War (Live)
A conversation taped before a live audience.
Apr 26, 2023 · 13 min
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI reached a crossroads
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
Apr 19, 2023 · 27 min
In Machines We Trust: When AI watches the streets
A look at how smart city tech is being used in ways we didn't predict.
Apr 12, 2023 · 21 min
In Machines We Trust: Concerning AI ethics
The best definitions of AI are vague, largely lack consensus and represent a huge challenge for lawmakers and legal scholars looking to regulate it.
Apr 5, 2023 · 18 min
In Machines We Trust: Generating creativity
How should generative AI models be trained and deployed in order to be both useful and fair to artists?
Mar 29, 2023 · 19 min
In Machines We Trust: AI births digital humans (Encore)
Digital twins of humans capture the physical look and expressions of real humans.
Mar 22, 2023 · 16 min
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Robots Learned to Run
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
Mar 15, 2023 · 22 min
In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder
A look back at our reporting on beauty filters.
Mar 8, 2023 · 27 min
In Machines We Trust: In the cockpit with AI
The second of a two-part series
Mar 1, 2023 · 21 min
In Machines We Trust: Who watches AI watching students?
An encore edition from season four