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Meet NEO, your robot butler in training | Bernt Børnich
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if doing your chores were as easy as flipping a switch? In this talk and live demo, roboticist and founder of 1X Bernt Børnich introduces NEO, a...
Everything you need to know about AI agents | Swami Sivasubramanian
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if you had an AI-powered assistant — that took initiative on its own? Technology leader Swami Sivasubramanian believes AI agents are the future...
AI's next frontier isn't where you might expect | Hardy Pemhiwa
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With a billion mobile phone users and a median population age of 19, Africa isn't catching up to the AI revolution — it's writing an entirely differ...
How we built Watch Duty, the lifesaving wildfire alert app | John Mills
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After finding himself alone in an unreported wildfire in the woodlands of California, John Mills decided to take matters into his own hands. Hear the ...
How satellites are supporting farmers across Africa | Catherine Nakalembe
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
More than 8,000 satellites orbit Earth, taking photos every day. Food security specialist and TED Fellow Catherine Nakalembe shows how she uses this i...
The best thing that could happen to the energy industry | Matt Tilleard
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
History has been written by whoever controls the dominant fuel of the era — until now, says renewables entrepreneur Matt Tilleard. He explains why, ...
How to pull the emergency brake on global warming | Mohamed A. Sultan
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Landfills across African cities are catching fire and releasing methane, an invisible greenhouse gas with more short-term warming potential than CO2. ...
Inside India's astonishing solar revolution | Kanika Chawla
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, the world’s second largest coal consumer made a bold promise: to increase its solar capacity from three gigawatts to 100 gigawatts in just ...
What Earth in 2125 could look like | Iseult Gillespie
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Faced with the realities of current crises, it’s easy to assume our world is headed in a bleak direction. But there’s good reason to be hopeful—...
Want to make change? Let young people tell their stories | Anshul Tewari
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager, social entrepreneur Anshul Tewari didn’t see young voices represented in the conversations that mattered. His solution? A simple blog...
What happens in your brain when you pay attention? w/ Dr. Sasha Hamdani | from TED Health
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Attention isn't just about what we focus on -- it's also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to foc...
What 2025 Taught Us—And Where 2026 Is Taking Us
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the ho...
Dr. Joy Buolamwini | from Design Matters
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a computer scientist and a poet of code who uses art and research to illuminate the social implications of artificial intelligen...
The multidimensional magic of modern maps | Peter Wilczynski
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maps have long helped us understand the world — now, they can help us shape it. Digital cartographer Peter Wilczynski introduces the Living Globe: a...
Is AI ruining music? | Dustin Ballard
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes music “real” — is it the instruments, the voice, the creator’s intention or something else entirely? Dustin Ballard, the creative f...
Tech Solutions (#4): How organizations can grow in a post-aid world (with Jacqueline Novogratz)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the Trump administration dismantled USAID, it was the beginning of a post-aid era, says philanthropist and social entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogra...
Tech Solutions (#3): How one of China’s biggest tech companies is tackling carbon removal (with Xu Hao)
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tencent is one of China’s biggest tech companies, running the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and the world’s largest video game vendor. Now,...
Tech Solutions (#2): How to balance the AI boom and environmental responsibility (with Juan M. Lavista Ferres)
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The environmental impact of AI is a growing concern. In this episode, Sherrell sits down with Juan M. Lavista Ferres, the Chief Scientist and Lab Dire...
Tech Solutions (#1): The affordable tech that will revolutionize farming (with Samir Ibrahim and Josephine Waweru)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When entrepreneur Samir Ibrahim asked farmers in Kenya what problem they most needed solved, the answer was simple: reliable access to water to irriga...
When AI Cannibalizes Its Data | NPR's Short Wave
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re featuring an episode from NPR’s science podcast Short Wave. In it, host Regina G. Barber talks to computer scientist Ilia Shumailov a...
The inside story of Notre-Dame's incredible reconstruction | Philippe Villeneuve
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a moment that stunned the world in 2019, the famed Notre-Dame in Paris went up in flames, threatening the future of the centuries-old Gothic treasu...
I’ll probably lose my job to AI. Here’s why that’s OK | Megan J. McArdle
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence could cost many of us our careers — but that doesn’t mean we should stop its development, says journalist Megan J. McArdle...
How Texas became America’s biggest producer of wind energy
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the surprising story of how Texas – rich in oil and gas – became America's biggest producer of wind energy. For our first episode, Ryan an...
Inside a dark web kill list | Carl Miller
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who pays for an assassin on the internet? Dark web researcher Carl Miller spent years tracking down the answer to this question. In this chilling talk...
Interview: The plant-based coating that is eliminating food spoilage | Jenny Du
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If food waste were a country, it’d be the third highest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions after China and the US, says Apeel Senior VP of Op...
How to build in space for life on Earth | Ariel Ekblaw
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is space the “final frontier” — or the perfect place to revolutionize life on Earth? Space architect Ariel Ekblaw reveals how self-assembling st...
The AI revolution is underhyped | Eric Schmidt
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The arrival of non-human intelligence is a very big deal, says former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt. In a wide-ranging interview with technolog...
The future of finding love with Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd | ReThinking with Adam Grant
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will dating look like in the age of AI? Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of Bumble, the popular dating app that has helped millions of p...
A concrete plan for sustainable cement | Ryan Gilliam
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cement is one of the most-consumed materials on Earth — second only to water — and it accounts for a whopping eight percent of the world's carbon ...
A survival guide for musicians in the age of AI | Harvey Mason jr.
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence can write a song in seconds, but does that mean human songwriters will become obsolete? Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr....
Why your phone battery gets worse over time | George Zaidan
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Almost all batteries, even single-use batteries, are theoretically rechargeable. That's because the metals and other chemicals are still there in the ...
Will AI make humans extinct? | Yoshua Bengio
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yoshua Bengio — the world's most-cited computer scientist and a "godfather" of artificial intelligence — is deadly concerned about the current tra...
Is AI your next hire? | Fixable
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when there’s too much work but not enough people to do it? Bring in some support! This week, Anne and Frances talk to a listener whos...
Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation | Tristan Harris
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligen...
Are we cooked? How social media shapes your language | Adam Aleksic
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gen Z slang is rife with new words like "unalive," "skibidi" and "rizz." Where do these words come from — and how do they get popular so fast? Lingu...
The best way to lower Earth’s temperature — fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's an invisible super-pollutant heating up the planet — but it's surprisingly easy to reduce, if we try. Revealing how methane contributes (way...
Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah...
Can AI companions help heal loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity’s final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an ap...
Why are we sending critical metals to the dump? | Jeff More
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world is heading toward a massive copper shortage that could derail the clean energy transition, says mining expert Jeff More. He shows how advanc...
Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | TED Health
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The po...
What a wolf’s howl can tell us about the future of AI | Jeffrey T. Reed
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Everybody likes nature, even though we’re watching it slowly degrade away. And that’s the big challenge of our time,” says linguist software ...
The best invention since sliced bread? | Rachel Yang
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial manufacturers spend a huge amount of energy generating heat to make everyday materials and objects, like cement, steel, and paper. And sinc...
How AI models steal creative work — and what to do about it | Ed Newton-Rex
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI is built on three key resources: people, compute and data. While companies invest heavily in the first two, they often use unlicensed cr...
How Substack is breaking down traditional media gatekeepers | Hamish McKenzie
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The whole Substack ecosystem is about more power because it’s based on those relationships between the publisher and their subscribers, or the vi...
Whitney Houston Hologram: The Zombification of an Icon | There Are No Girls on the Internet
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a feed swap with our friend podcast There Are No Girls On The Internet, hosted by Bridget Todd. She is an expert on tech cultu...
The food that fertilizes itself | Giles E.D. Oldroyd
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could the key to a sustainable food system already be growing in the world’s farms? Plant scientist Giles E.D. Oldroyd explores how a special quirk ...
Love, trust and marketing in the age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI chatbots become more personal and proactive, the line between tool and companion is beginning to blur, with some users even professing love for ...
Will AI make us the last generation to read and write? | Victor Riparbelli
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is changing our world — and how we communicate — at an astonishing rate. So much so that entrepreneur Victor Riparbelli predicts that a...
AI, “normies,” and ethical consumption algorithms with Julia Longoria | Good Robot
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot?” asks Vox’s newest miniseries, Good Robot. Join host Julia Longoria in conversation with ...
The magic intelligence in the sky | Good Robot
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of a feed swap from our friend at Vox’s Unexplainable podcast. Good Robot is a miniseries hosted by Julia Longoria.Today’s ep...
Have we reached the limit of computer power? | Sajan Saini and George Zaidan
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moore’s Law states that every 1 to 2 years the number of transistors that can fit on a given size computer chip will double. Thanks to this law, chi...
How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Software engineer Adam Munder is on a mission to break down communication barriers between the Deaf and hearing worlds. In a live demo, he introduces ...
The high-wire act of unlocking clean energy | Jason Huang
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we using tech from 100 years ago to deliver the world's electricity? Materials scientist Jason Huang shows how we could massively upgrade the ...
Can Europe win the age of AI? | Thomas Dohmke
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke discusses Europe's readiness to lead the next era of AI innovation, examining how the continent's tech ecosystems stack up ag...
How AI is saving billions of years of human research time | Max Jaderberg
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI compress the years long research time of a PhD into seconds? Research scientist Max Jaderberg explores how “AI analogs” simulate real-world...
Is AI progress stuck? | Jennifer Golbeck
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will progress in artificial intelligence continue to accelerate, or have we already hit a plateau? Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck interrogates so...
How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of “beauty” in the technological age (w / Elise Hu) | How to Be a Better Human
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have always been captivated by beauty, and for almost as long, we’ve been marketed products and new technologies to help us achieve certain b...
Can AI master the art of humor? | Bob Mankoff
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can artificial intelligence be funny, or is comedy a uniquely human trait? In this witty and insightful talk, cartoonist Bob Mankoff explores the art ...
How AI could hack democracy | Lawrence Lessig
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does AI pose a threat to democracy? Law professor Lawrence Lessig dissects how this emerging technology could influence democratic institutions, warni...
ReThinking with Adam Grant: Sam Altman on the future of AI and humanity
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Altman is the CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. He and Adam discuss AI's advances in creativity and empathy, its ethical ch...
How a worm could save humanity from bad AI | Ramin Hasani
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if AI could think and adapt like a real brain? TED Fellow and AI scientist Ramin Hasani shares how liquid neural networks — a new, more flexibl...
A sonic journey through the universe | Felipe Sánchez Luna
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an astounding sonic experience, creative director Felipe Sánchez Luna takes you on a journey through the universe as told in sound. Take a deep br...
The probe on a mission to touch the Sun | Nour E. Rawafi
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From its life-sustaining energy to its explosive geomagnetic storms, the Sun has many mysteries, says astrophysicist Nour E. Rawafi. He sheds light on...
ReThinking with Adam Grant: The art of invention with Nathan Myhrvold
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. Nathan Myhrvold may be the closest thing we have to a...
The growing megafire crisis — and how to contain it | George T. Whitesides
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Megafires, or fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, are becoming more frequent worldwide, wreaking havoc on landscapes and communities — and fire...
Fixable: Why is Amazon dragging its employees back into the office?
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode of Fixable, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. The evidence is clear that hybrid work is good for both people and organ...
The TED AI Show: How AI digital doppelgängers could change the way we communicate w/ Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As AI technology advances, it’s becoming harder and harder to distinguish between work done by humans and work done by computers. But is AI becoming...
Could we replace data centers with … plant DNA? | Cliff Kapono and Keolu Fox
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to meet the world's seemingly infinite demand for data storage while also caring for the natural environment? Biomedical researcher Keo...
The TED AI Show: Could AI really achieve consciousness? w/ neuroscientist Anil Seth
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Human brains are often described as computers — machines that are “wired” to make decisions and respond to external stimuli in a way that’s no...
5 ethical principles for digitizing humanitarian aid | Aarathi Krishnan
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last decade, humanitarian organizations have digitized many of their systems, from registering refugees with biometric IDs to transporting ca...
The TED AI Show: How AI robots learn just like babies — but a million times faster w/ NVIDIA’s Rev Lebaredian
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Computers have been outperforming humans for years on tasks like solving complex equations or analyzing data, but when it comes to the physical world,...
Who owns the internet of the future? | Ordinary Things
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of data-driven mass surveillance "is threatening to turn privacy into a relic of the 20th century," says the anonymous YouTube creator k...
How to stop doom scrolling – and have a better experience online with Jay Van Bavel (from ReThinking)
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s impossible to separate the way people engage with AI with the way they engage with the internet as a whole. This is an episode of ReThinking,...
How quadratic funding could finance your dreams | Kevin Owocki
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if your $1 donation could result in a $100 contribution to a cause you believe in? That’s the promise of quadratic funding: a new kind of crowd...
The TED AI Show: Building an AI creator community w/ Civitai founders Justin Meyer and Maxfield Hulker
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since generative AI tools like Midjourney became available to the public in 2022, curious users and AI fanatics alike have been experimenting wit...
What’s next for immersive storytelling? | Mark Grimmer
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"New possibilities for storytelling are emerging faster than at any other time in history," says film producer Mark Grimmer. With an immersive approac...
The TED AI Show: An AI chatbot that talks back w/ ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to preparing for an interview or making an important life decision, more and more people are turning to AI for advice. ChatGPT’s new v...
The sweet future of vertical farming | Hiroki Koga
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can strawberries grown inside a building taste sweeter than those grown in a field? Farming entrepreneur Hiroki Koga explores how his team is combinin...
The TED AI Show: How AI is changing national security w/ Kathleen Fisher
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve had conversations about AI’s online influence on politics, from deepfakes to misinformation. But AI can also have profound effects on hardwa...
Could we build a miniature sun on Earth? | George Zaidan
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stars have cores hot and dense enough to force atomic nuclei together, forming larger, heavier nuclei in a process known as fusion. In this process, t...
The TED AI Show: How open-source AI will reshape power dynamics in tech w/ Hugging Face CSO Thomas Wolf
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people associate innovation with secrecy—privately toiling away on a project until you're ready to share it with the world. While that may work...
Can AI preserve your most precious memories? | Pau Aleikum Garcia
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Memories are the architects of our identity,” says technologist Pau Aleikum Garcia, but they’re not permanent. Photos can be lost amid politica...
The TED AI Show: How AI is changing who gets hired – and who doesn’t w/ Hilke Schellmann
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From vetting resumes to screening candidates, many employers are using AI tools to identify top talent. But what happens when companies start relying ...
Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones | Amy Kurzweil
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if AI could bring the past to life? Cartoonist Amy Kurzweil shares how she helped train an AI chatbot on her late grandfather’s archives, allow...
The TED AI Show: How Meta wants to shape our digital future with open source AI w/ Ragavan Srinivasan
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Llama is Meta’s Large Language Model trained on over 15 trillion tokens of publicly available information. It’s available to anyone – from peopl...
The invisible networks shaping your everyday life | Deb Chachra
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The basic infrastructure that controls plumbing, electricity and more is vital to your individual agency, says engineering professor Deb Chachra. She ...
The TED AI Show: Is Google’s reign over? The future of AI search w/ Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whether finding a restaurant or fact-checking a new claim, search engines are one of the main avenues we use to navigate the world. So why are modern ...
The innovators building Africa's thriving tech scene | Peace Itimi
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“A new reality has emerged, one where ambitious Africans are writing their own stories as builders and as innovators,” says business storyteller P...
The TED AI Show: How AI will transform dubbing in Hollywood w/ Scott Mann
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever cringed at a poorly-dubbed film, you are not alone. That's why Scott Mann founded Flawless, a company that’s transforming the world o...
The missing piece of the clean energy transition | Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The clean energy transition has a major blind spot, says energy equity expert Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha: it ignores millions of people without access to ...
The TED AI Show: The UN is speaking up about AI — here’s what they’re saying
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI is shaping every aspect of our lives — but only a handful of tech giants are having a say in what this technology can do. So what’s going on wi...
The secret force for limitless energy? Lasers | Tammy Ma
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, physicist Tammy Ma and the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a scientific breakthrough decades in the making: fusion ig...
The TED AI Show: Humanity’s first AI election w/ WIRED's Vittoria Elliott
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
2024 is the biggest election year in modern history, with over 50 countries going out to the polls across the globe. And artificial intelligence has f...
The satellite helping slow climate change — right now | Millie Chu Baird
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet MethaneSAT: the satellite circling Earth right now to track global emissions from methane: a highly potent, short-term greenhouse gas. Environmen...
The TED AI Show: Can AI read your mind? The battle for your brain w/ Nita Farahany
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where your thoughts are no longer private – where employers, friends, and even companies can see, hack, or exploit your thinking. Ac...
Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler | Hartmut Neven
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum computers obtain superpowers by tapping into parallel universes, says Hartmut Neven, the founder and lead of Google Quantum AI. He explains ho...
The TED AI Show: Can AI predict (and control) the weather? w/ Dion Harris and Tapio Schneider
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cutting-edge technology and vast amounts of data are revolutionizing climate modeling with unprecedented accuracy. So could AI be the crystal ball we ...
AI that connects the digital and physical worlds | Anima Anandkumar
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While language models may help generate new ideas, they cannot attack the hard part of science, which is simulating the necessary physics," says AI pr...
The TED AI Show: Sal Khan says AI won’t destroy education -- but there’s a catch
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cheating has never been easier with the rise of AI like ChatGPT. It's definitely something to worry about, but what do we know about the upsides of AI...
Next up for AI? Dancing robots | Catie Cuan
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Would you tango with a robot? Inviting us into the fascinating world of dancing machines, robot choreographer Catie Cuan highlights why teaching robot...