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.

Technology
Tech News
Science
151
Welcome to Curious Coincidence
A new investigative podcast from MIT Technology Review
3 min
152
Welcome to The Extortion Economy
Part 1: The Problem
22 min
153
In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder (E...
Machines are ranking the way people look—and the results are influencing the things we do, the posts we see, and the way we think.
21 min
154
In Machines We Trust: What’s behind a smile (En...
An introduction to emotion AI.
23 min
155
In Machines We Trust: Attention shoppers, you’r...
Revisiting our series on unexpected uses of facial recognition.
26 min
156
In Machines We Trust: How AI is giving a woman ...
Voice technology is one of the biggest trends in the healthcare space. We look at how it might help care providers and patients, from a woman who is losing her speech, to documenting healthcare records for doctors.
22 min
157
In Machines We Trust: What is AI? We made this ...
A radio play explainer.
6 min
158
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Faceb...
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
13 min
159
In Machines We Trust: How pricing algorithms le...
Part-three of a series on automation and our wallets.
24 min
160
In Machines We Trust: I Was There When... Face ...
An oral history project from the In Machines We Trust podcast
12 min
161
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
162
In Machines We Trust: Beating the AI hiring mac...
Part-four of an investigation into automated hiring practices.
30 min
163
In Machines We Trust: Playing the job market
Part-three of an investigation into automated hiring practices.
36 min
164
In Machines We Trust: Want a job? The AI will s...
Part-two of an investigation into automated hiring practices.
29 min
165
In Machines We Trust: Hired by an algorithm
Part-one of an investigation into automated hiring practices.
32 min
166
In Machines We Trust: When AI becomes childsplay
We examine the relationship AI has with kids.
21 min
167
In Machines We Trust: Land of a Billion Faces (...
Part-two of a series on police and facial recognition.
20 min
168
In Machines We Trust: Can AI fix your credit?
Part-two of a series on automation and our wallets.
18 min
169
In Machines We Trust: AI finds its voice
How machines learn to speak—and what it means for humans on the other end of the conversation.
27 min
170
In Machines We Trust: What’s AI doing in your w...
Part-one of a series on automation and our wallets.
18 min
171
In Machines We Trust: The AI of the beholder
"Let's just say I've never seen a culturally sensitive beauty AI."
22 min
172
In Machines We Trust: We're back with a new sea...
Trailer: Season Two
3 min
173
In Machines We Trust: Attention Shoppers: You’r...
Part-four of a series on unexpected uses of facial recognition.
28 min
174
In Machines We Trust: Timnit Gebru Tells Her Story
Ousted AI researcher reflects on her time at Google
21 min
175
In Machines We Trust: Your Face Could Be Your T...
Part-three of a series on unexpected uses of facial recognition.
21 min