Podcast Episodes

Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI officially joins the browser wars

OpenAI released its new web browser, Atlas, in a bid to become our main conduit to the internet. Plus, we learned this week that Amazon may be planning to expand its use of robots and shrink its use …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The aerospace industry is betting on hybrid air taxis

The promise has been titillating: quiet, electric taxis taking off vertically, floating over urban traffic. The consulting firm McKinsey says in a matter of five years, flying taxi fleets could rival…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How Indigenous communities are adopting AI

Artificial intelligence holds a lot of promise for tribal nations — as a force multiplier for hard-to-staff departments, a tool to better serve tribal citizens, and even to aid in the revitalization …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?

AI chatbot adoption is moving rapidly. We can already ask the tools to help us find local restaurants, a good deal on an item we’re looking to purchase. And soon, we’ll even be able to buy products f…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

New CA law requires Uber and Lyft to bargain with drivers

California has enacted a law requiring rideshare giants Uber and Lyft to collectively bargain with their drivers. Because the drivers are technically independent contractors, they otherwise would not…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Bytes: Week in Review — Instagram to limit content for teens, Walmart lands OpenAI deal, and Apple rebrands streaming service

AppleTV+ ditches the plus in its name. Plus, Walmart announced an e-commerce deal with OpenAI so customers can shop through ChatGPT.

But first, Instagram announced what it called PG-13 settings for te…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Documents show ICE wants a nonstop social media surveillance system

Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to set up an around-the-clock social media surveillance network, according to public documents reviewed by WIRED magazine.

Under the proposal, ICE would partn…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

FCC cuts expansion to broadband, hotspot access

Before the government shutdown, the Federal Communications Commission voted to end funding for Wi-Fi on school buses and the lending of hotspot devices from libraries. Nicol Turner Lee, author of “Di…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Is surveillance technology a more humane alternative to detaining immigrants?

Countries all over the world use technology to keep track of immigrants released from detention centers. The idea is to allow people to live in communities while their cases are adjudicated.

But Petr…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

AI companies are eyeing your shopping cart and your data

Open AI has added a checkout feature to ChatGPT, partnering with Etsy and Shopify to let users purchase some items from select merchants. OpenAI says ChatGPT's answers are still organic and unsponsor…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago