MIT Technology Review Narrated

Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated, the home for the very best of our journalism in audio. Each week we will share one of our most ambitious stories, from print and online, narrated for us by real voice actors. Expect big themes, thought-provoking topics, and sharp analysis, all backed by our trusted reporting.

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In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... AI re...
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
13 min
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In Machines We Trust: When AI watches the streets
A look at how smart city tech is being used in ways we didn't predict.
26 min
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In Machines We Trust: Concerning AI ethics
The best definitions of AI are vague, largely lack consensus and represent a huge challenge for lawmakers and legal scholars looking to regulate it.
20 min
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In Machines We Trust: Generating creativity
How should generative AI models be trained and deployed in order to be both useful and fair to artists?
18 min
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In Machines We Trust: AI births digital humans ...
Digital twins of humans capture the physical look and expressions of real humans.
18 min
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In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Robot...
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
15 min
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In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder
A look back at our reporting on beauty filters.
21 min
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In Machines We Trust: In the cockpit with AI
The second of a two-part series
26 min
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In Machines We Trust: Who watches AI watching s...
An encore edition from season four
21 min
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In Machines We Trust: AI enters the dogfight
Artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot fighter jet
19 min
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In Machines We Trust: Aging with robots
How artificial intelligence is being used to support the elderly.
22 min
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In Machines We Trust: The AI in the newsroom
We explore how journalists are using ChatGPT and other generative AI.
18 min
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In Machines We Trust: Automating Agriculture (L...
A conversation taped before a live audience.
18 min
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In Machines We Trust: House training a robot
An investigation of leaked training data from MIT Technology Review
15 min
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In Machines We Trust: How to test a satellite (...
We tour a satellite factory in San Franciso.
14 min
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In Machines We Trust: Exploring AI's evolution ...
A conversation taped before a live audience.
22 min
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In Machines We Trust: How games teach AI to lea...
Like humans, AI learns new skills through play. But unlike the natural world, AI can process years of training in a single day.
26 min
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In Machines We Trust: Harvesting the future wit...
Part two of a miniseries
20 min
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In Machines We Trust: The future of farming lie...
The first of a two-part series.
17 min
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In Machines We Trust: Optimizing for convenience
Retailers are rethinking the shopping experience.
14 min
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In Machines We Trust: When Your Face is Your Ti...
20 min
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In Machines We Trust: How pricing algorithms le...
Part-three of a series on automation and our wallets.
25 min
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In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will s...
Part-two of an investigation into automated hiring practices.
29 min
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In Machines We Trust: Farming a war zone
Shortages of farm supplies in Ukraine might accelerate the adoption of precision technologies.
17 min
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In Machines We Trust: What’s next for space res...
Astronaut Michael López-Alegría on the path forward for research in low Earth orbit
23 min