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Machines are making a lot of decisions that used to be made by humans. Computer-driven algorithms can determine everything from which friends we keep up with on Facebook, to the prices that we pay for goods and services, to which neighborhoods get more attention from political candidates. But how do we hold machines accountable for the decisions they make? What’s at stake...
Amazing discoveries are happening in the garages and high school science classes of young pioneers. A 17-year-old invented color-changing stitches, dyed with beet juice, to provide early warning signs of infection. A Time Magazine “Kid of the Year” is building a device to detect contaminants in the water supply and using AI to call out cyberbullying. Another teenager devel...
Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other hatreds are thriving today, and nowhere are they more rampant, vitriolic, and dangerously unchecked than in cyberspace. Learn how an innovative, high-tech initiative of the Anti-Defamation League and Omidyar Networks will take the fight against hate to the online arenas where it’s thriving, combining state-of-the-art technolog...
In this episode, you’ll hear from the nation’s new White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly.
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify in front of Congress Wednesday.
With many students returning to school from the comfort of their living rooms, educators are using this unique period to address long-standing problems of equity.
Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. Big tech companies may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Is it too late to change course and realize a human-centered future for a...
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
Associate Professor of Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY; Founding Member, Our Data Bodies Project