Podcast Episodes

Possible: Alexis Ohanian on the future of online and offline communities

How do we build products and platforms that support a healthy, prosperous future? What will it take to “make the internet fun again?” Should kids be using AI? This week, serial entrepreneur and inves…

Published on 2 months ago

How Writer is helping Fortune 500 companies become AI-forward

As AI becomes a bigger part of the modern workplace, more companies are integrating agents into their workflows, redefining how employees and technology collaborate. At the forefront of this shift is…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How Google DeepMind is building AI that can help humanity

Google DeepMind is the powerhouse artificial intelligence lab behind Google’s AI assistant, Gemini. It’s also behind the groundbreaking AI tool, AlphaFold, that can predict a protein’s 3D structure. …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theories?

From deepfakes to fabricated news, AI has been shown to generate convincing deceptive images and videos, increasing the spread of misinformation. David Rand, a professor of Information Science and ma…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

How today’s AI giants mirror global empires of the past, with journalist Karen Hao

In her New York Times bestseller “Empire of AI,” journalist Karen Hao traces the rise of an intriguing and controversial tech giant: OpenAI. In years spent chronicling the company, she came to a theo…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

What humans get (and don’t get) from AI, with MIT’s Pattie Maes

Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is the next horizon that could match or surpass human thinking. Companies are investing billions in it, but not necessarily in projects to help humans with ou…

Published on 3 months ago

Possible: Latanya Sweeney on AI, trust, and privacy

How does the rise of AI impact our sense of what’s true? How can humans maintain a degree of individual privacy and unlock the benefits of AI while mitigating potential harms? In this episode, Reid a…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Elias Torres wants to reach unicorn status with just 100 employees

Founders and entrepreneurs today are racing to build companies with the leanest teams possible. Elias Torres, founder and CEO of Agency AI, a B2B company that delivers personalized, AI-powered custom…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Possible: Jane Goodall on hope, AI, and the natural world

What would it look like to keep all living creatures in the loop on the development of new technology?

Reid sat down for a wide-ranging solo discussion with Jane Goodall on that very subject – and mor…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

How to use AI to fight online image abuse, with Breeze Liu

AI is a powerful tool full of possibilities, but it also carries the potential for significant harm. One disturbing misuse is the creation of synthetic “revenge porn” through deepfakes, targeting any…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago