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A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school's software was watching.While schools commonly use AI to sift through students' digital lives and flag keywords that may be considered concerning, critics ask at what cost to privacy.We Meet:Jeff Patterson, CEO of GaggleMark Keierleber, investigative reporter at The 74Teeth Logsdon-Wallace, studentElizabeth Laird, director of Equity in Civic Technology at Center for Democracy & TechnologySounds From:"Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist" from the band Ramshackle Glory's 2011 album Live the Dream."Spying or protecting students? CBS46 Investigates school surveillance software" from CBS46 in Atlanta, GA on February 14, 2022."Student Surveillance Software: Schools know what your child is doing online. Do you?" from WSPA7 News in Greenville, SC on May 5, 2021."Spying or protecting students? CBS46 Investigates school surveillance software" from News 5 in Cleveland, OH on February 5, 2020.Credits:This episode was produced by Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens with reporting from Mark Keierleber. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Michael Reilly, and mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/12/school-surveillance-dragnet-suicide-attempt-healinghttps://www.the74million.org/contributor/mark-keierleber/You can support our journalism by going to http://www.techreview.com/subscribe.

Late last year the US Department of Defense successfully ran a dozen flight tests in which AI agents piloted an experimental fighter jet. We explore the program that got it there and what this milestone means.We Meet:Chase Kohler, Edwards Air Force BaseSue Halpern, The New YorkerPaul Scharre, Center for a New American SecurityAdditional sources and sound:DARPA's AlphaDogfight Trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzdhIA2S35wThe Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots: Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/24/the-rise-of-ai-fighter-pilotshttps://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/3297083/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-fighter-jet/Credits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.

A look at how artificial intelligence is starting to be used to support the elderly.We Meet:Dor Skuler, Intuition RoboticsGreg Olsen, New York State Office for the AgingMarie DefrancescoCredits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang, and Jacob Gorski. Art by Stephanie Arnett.

We asked ChatGPT to summarize this episode and this is what it wrote:"In the episode, the host discussed the increasing use of AI language models like ChatGPT in newsrooms. The host explained that ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, is being used to automate tasks such as data analysis and writing, freeing up time for journalists to focus on more in-depth reporting. The host interviewed experts in the field who highlighted the benefits of using AI technology in newsrooms, including increased efficiency and consistency, as well as the potential to improve the accuracy and speed of reporting. However, the experts also discussed the challenges that come with using AI in journalism, such as issues around bias and accountability, and the need for human oversight to ensure ethical and accurate reporting. The episode concluded by exploring the future of AI in journalism, and how it will continue to shape the way news is produced and consumed."The episode was written by people.Links:https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/31/1067436/could-chatgpt-do-my-job/https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/27/1067338/a-watermark-for-chatbots-can-spot-text-written-by-an-ai/We meet:Mat Honan, MIT Technology ReviewJonah Peretti, BuzzfeedSayash Kapoor, Princeton UniversityFrancesco Marconi, Applied XLCredits:This episode was produced by Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens, and edited by Jennifer Strong and Mat Honan. It was mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.

We're joined on stage by two startup founders working to bring automation to smaller scale farms. A live conversation from Lisbon, Portugal taped at one of the world's largest tech conferences, Web Summit.We meet:Praveen Penmetsa, CEO of Monarch TractorBarry Lunn, CEO of Provizio AI Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. We’re edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork from Stephanie Arnett.

A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?This episode we go behind the scenes of an investigation that uncovered how sensitive photos taken by an AI powered vacuum were leaked and landed on the internet. Reporting:A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up on FacebookWe Meet:Eileen Guo, MIT Technology ReviewAlbert Fox Cahn, Surveillance Technology Oversight ProjectCredits:This episode was reported by Eileen Guo and produced by Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was hosted by Jennifer Strong and edited by Amanda Silverman and Mat Honan. This show is mixed by Garret Lang with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.

Our reporting about farming, AI and satellites turned into three episodes of this podcast, which you can find linked here in the show notes, and as part of this reporting we also toured a satellite factory in downtown San Francisco, called Planet Labs. This week we bring you along for one of our audio postcards to hear how these satellites are built and tested.We meet: Jacob Stern, director of test engineering at Planet LabsCredits:This episode was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Anthony Green and Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Art direction by Stephanie Arnett.

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 AI at MIT Technology ReviewAshley Llorens, Vice President & Managing Director at Microsoft ResearchRaia Hadsell, Senior Director of Research and Robotics at DeepMindYann LeCun, NYU Professor, VP & Chief AI Scientist at MetaCredits:This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts with special thanks to Will Douglas Heaven, Amy Lammers and Brian Bryson. It was produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green, directed by Erin Underwood, edited by Mat Honan and mixed by Garret Lang. 

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 and AI. We meet the big players in the space, and we take a trip to an arcade.We Meet: Julian TogeliusWill Douglas-HeavenDavid Silver David Fahri We Talked To: Julian TogeliusWill Douglas-HeavenKaren HaoDavid Silver David Fahri Natasha ReganSounds From:Jeopardy 2011-02:The IBM Challengehttps://archive.org/details/Jeopardy.2011.02.The.IBM.Challenge/Jeopardy.2011.02.16.The.IBM.Challenge.Day.3.HDTV.XviD-FQM.avi Garry Kasparov VS Deep Blue 1997 6th game (Kasparov Resigns)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsMk1Nbcs-s Attack Like AlphaZero: The Power of the Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0JK5Fa3AqI Miracle Perfect Anti Mage 16/0 - Dota 2 Pro Gameplayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KnNcU9iKc DOTA 2 - ALL GAME-WINNING Moments in The International History (TI1-TI9)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcNbuASl-Y Credits:This episode was reported by Jennifer Strong and Will Douglas Heaven and produced by Anthony Green, Emma Cillekens and Karen Hao. We’re edited by Niall Firth, Michael Reilly and Mat Honan. Our mix engineer is Garret Lang. Sound design and music by Jacob Gorski.

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, and satellites. We Meet:Joseph Liefer, senior product manager of autonomy at John DeereJulian Sanchez, director of emerging technology at John DeereShely Aranov, CEO of InnerPlantRod Kumimoto, CSO of InnerPlantCredits:This episode was reported and produced by Jennifer Strong, Emma Cillekens and Anthony Green. It was edited by Mat Honan, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music by Garret Lang and Jacob Gorski. Artwork by Stephanie Arnett.