Last week, after failing to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), Hollywood Writers went on strike. Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) […]
AI Phone Scams Mimic Voice of Loved Ones for Money
Your phone rings one afternoon, and on the other end is the panicked voice of your grandchild. They say they’re in trouble with the law, and need money for bail. […]
Can we build and interact with AI ethically?
Artificial intelligence has slowly been making its way into our homes and work places over the last serval decades, but recent AI has come under fire for stealing and replicating […]
Enter the Metaverse
What is the metaverse and how is it changing the already-porous boundaries between the real and the virtual? For today’s show, Esty explores the metaverse and what it means for […]
Building a Better Tech World
Information and communications technologies have offered so much to the world—including WORT community radio and this very show! But it’s important that we bring a critical lens to the way […]
Big Tech and Democracy
The suspension of former Pres. Trump’s accounts on major sites like Twitter and Facebook last month has reignited a national conversation about what and how we communicate on the internet—and […]
