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 somet...
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 philant...
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...
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...
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 ans...
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. B...
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, threate...
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...
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 produ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 arc...
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 S...
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, th...
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 f...
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 becom...
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 ...
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 intellig...
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! T...
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 ...
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 f...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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 q...
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...
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 an...
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 heav...
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 betw...
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, host...
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 scientis...
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 ...
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 t...
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 Rob...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Jas...
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, examini...
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...
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? C...
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...
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 insight...
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 technol...
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 ...
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 ...
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 thr...
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, say...
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. Nat...
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, wreakin...
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 ...
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 hum...
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 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 an...
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 register...
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 analyz...
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 2...
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 inte...
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...
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...
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 fil...
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 peop...
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 entrepre...
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 misinformatio...
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 nucle...
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 rea...
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’...
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 tale...
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 c...
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 info...
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 ag...
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 avenue...
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...
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 Fla...
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...
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 wh...
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 scient...
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 a...
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 hi...
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 com...
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 fou...
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 unprecede...
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, whic...
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 ...
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 chor...
How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke and Vivek Kumbhari
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Would you swallow a micro-robot? In a gutsy demo, physician Vivek Kumbhari navigates Pillbot, a wire...
Your right to repair AI systems | Rumman Chowdhury
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For AI to achieve its full potential, non-experts need to contribute to its development, says Rumman...
How AI could save (not destroy) education | Sal Khan
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greate...
How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former ...
12 predictions for the future of technology | Vinod Khosla
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Techno-optimist Vinod Khosla believes in the world-changing power of "foolish ideas." He offers 12 b...
Entertainment is getting an AI upgrade | Kylan Gibbs
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI has the power to bring your favorite fictional characters to life, says technologist Kylan Gibbs....
The TED AI Show: Is AI just all hype? w/ Gary Marcus
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are we mistaking the remarkable skills of tools like ChatGPT with genuine intelligence? AI skeptic G...
With AI, anyone can be a coder now | Thomas Dohmke
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could code just by talking out loud? GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke shows how, thanks to AI, t...
The TED AI Show: Will AI “eat software” — and what’ll happen to coders? w/ GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping software development so much that someday soon, anyone will be able to build an app ...
What is an AI anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to artificial intelligence, what are we actually creating? Even those closest to its d...
The TED AI Show: AI therapy is here. What does it mean for you? w/ Dr. Alison Darcy and Brian Chandler
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We may think the complexities of the human mind can only be understood by other humans. Yet research...
What if buildings created energy instead of consuming it? | Ksenia Petrichenko
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Buildings are bad news for the climate -- but they don't have to be. While our structures are curren...
The TED AI Show: Your next best friend may be 100% AI w/ Purnendu Mukherjee
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Non Player Characters --NPCs for short-- have always been a huge part of what makes video games enga...
How AI is unlocking the secrets of nature and the universe | Demis Hassabis
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI help us answer life's biggest questions? In this visionary conversation, Google DeepMind cofo...