It seems the world is in a new arms race, and firearms have nothing to do with it. Deputy Director of Emerging Tech Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, Nick Reese, explains how emerging technologies impact national security and change the geopolitical landscape.

We’ll discuss the challenges of cross-sector collaboration, information sharing in a compartmentalized environment, and passing a bill in congress.

Arushi Saxena was frustrated by misinformation memes in her WhatsApp chats, so she set out to do something about it. Learn some specific tips from her about what works to combat misinformation (especially in an Indian cultural context) and what YOU can do about it too.

What is the difference between a Hollywood actor and a trust and safety professional? Not much! In this episode Talha Baig interviews Hallie Stern on how Hollywood actors game the algorithm, and how the mass surveillance ecosystem incentives niche targeting which leads to the spread of misinformation.

Bias exists all around us, and unfortunately it is present in the technologies we use today. Professor Meredith Broussard explains how our present technologies are biased towards race, gender and ableism. We discuss the root cause of these biases and why the current paradigm of establishing and optimizing metrics leads to misaligned incentives in both technology companies and journalism.

Transparency is at the forefront of the discourse today with Tik Tok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifying in front of congress and GPT4 releasing a system card. Nima Mozhgani, an expert in transparency reports and  Talha Baig, a former Content Moderation Engineer, discuss one of the mechanisms of transparency – transparency reports: what they are, and how they can hold the powerful accountable.

Deepfakes have gained steam on video platforms including Tik Tok and Reels. For example, we hear Obama, Trump and Biden ranking their favorite rappers and even playing dungeons and dragons. Does this technology have potential harmful effects?

This episode features Claire Boine, an expert in AI law, in conversation with Integrity Institute member Talha Baig, a Machine Learning (ML) Engineer. 

Claire is a PhD candidate in AI Law at the University of Ottawa, and a Research Associate at the Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute and in the Accountable AI in a Global Context Research Chair at UOttawa. Claire also runs a nonprofit organization whose goal is to help senior professionals motivated by evidence and reason transition into high impact fields including AI.