How prepared for AI is Africa?

As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy ...  Show more

A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation.Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly a ...  Show more

Last month, some of the top voices in artificial intelligence put out a warning about the technology, saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.” How seriously should we take a warning like that? In today’s episode, we examine what’s behind cal ...  Show more

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used throughout the world to predict the future. Banks use it to predict whether customers will pay back a loan, hospitals use it to predict which patients are at greatest risk of disease and auto insurance companies use it determine ...  Show more

Wendell Wallach, Senior Fellow at The Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, and author of A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control, joins us to discuss all things Artificial Intelligence, including the risks, rewards, regulation ...  Show more

USA TODAY's Dalvin Brown joins Jefferson Graham to discuss his latest USAT story on the dark side of Artificial Intelligence. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/10/02/how-artificial-intelligence-bias-can-work-against-you/2417711001/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr ...  Show more