Podcast Episodes

The difference between Grokipedia and Wikipedia

Grokipedia, the AI-powered encyclopedia launched by Elon Musk's xAI last month, promises to be an ideological alternative to Wikipedia. But the tool …

3 months, 1 week ago

This school trains the workforce behind China's automated factories

China recently came out with its latest five-year plan for growth, which will guide the world’s second largest economy through 2030. In it, top Commu…

3 months, 1 week ago

For politicians, what makes a successful TikTok?

One thing almost everyone can agree on about Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City: he's very good at vertical short-form video.

Love it or hat…

3 months, 1 week ago

Bridging the uncanny valley of lab-grown meat

About a third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from our food systems, and livestock production is a big part of that. Experts largely agree th…

3 months, 1 week ago

Bytes: Week in Review – Wikipedia urges AI companies to pay for its data, again

This week we learned the Japanese investment firm Softbank sold all of its stake in the juggernaut chipmaker Nvidia. We'll get into why on today's “M…

3 months, 1 week ago

How to train your humanoid robot

Tech firms are racing to develop robot assistants that can take over our dreaded household chores. But teaching machines to perform these deceptively…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are there enough workers to build geothermal energy networks?

Combatting climate change will likely require a multi-pronged approach to renewable energy generation. After all, it's not sunny or windy everywhere …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The old technique that could power future nuclear reactors

Some AI companies are turning to nuclear power to meet demand for electricity. But traditional nuclear plants can take decades to bring online.

Now s…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chocolate's high tech and climate-friendly pivot

Extreme weather caused by climate change is affecting agriculture and raising the cost of foods like coffee, olive oil and chocolate. Cocoa prices ha…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

On today's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we discuss federal cybersecurity cutbacks that affected this week’s elections and a caucus of Midwestern sta…

3 months, 2 weeks ago