OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT, join the show! In November 2022, ChatGPT upended the tech (and larger) world with a chatbot that passes not only the Turing test, but the bar exam.

In this episode, we talk with Dave Willner and Todor Markov, integrity professionals at OpenAI, on how they make large language models safer for all.

Turkey’s election is only 3 weeks away and, during the recording of this episode, the Turkish regime has detained 150 people including activists, lawyers, and journalists. Gürkan Özturan talks with the Integrity Institute’s Talha Baig about this context and Turkey’s fraught relationship with social media.

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.