Category: Video

Writer Stephen Marche, in conversation with Andrew Yang, thinks of current large language models as “a pocket calculator of language.” The interview backgrounder says Marche has been watching and using generative language models since 2017. While acknowledging the difficulties of…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella describes how he sees ChatGPT and associated capabilities. The interview was at a Wall Street Journal event during the 2023 World Economic Summit. Davos | January 2023

A discussion on TV Ontario’s (TVO) The Agenda, hosted by Steve Paikin. Panellists: Toronto | January 2023

What might AI do for companies ahead? Washington Post AI and algorithms reporter Gerrit De Vynck discusses the prospects for innovation with October 2022

AI and education pioneer Andrew Ng proposes how the power of AI can be within reach for small businesses and start-ups. When emerging AI platforms replace the need for purpose-built AI models, Ng says the result will be a democratizing…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman foresees AI models to come and the value they will create. He’s interviewed by Reid Hoffman, a long-time Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor and currently a general partner at the venture capital company Greylock Partners. Silicon…

Runs 1:02:54 A virtual panel discussion presented by NYC Media Lab and Bloomberg News for MACHINES + MEDIA 2020. Introduced by Steven Rosenbaum, Executive Director, NYC Media Lab. NOTE: Introduction begins at 5:26. Moderated by Chris Collins, Senior Executive Editor,…

Runs 28:59 A conversation with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, at DAVOS 2020. He is interviewed by Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum that holds the annual event. Pichai says he’s encouraged…

Runs 55:02 Turing Award recipient Yoshua Bengio connects deep learning to concepts of cognition described in ‘Thinking fast and Slow,’ the book by Daniel Kahneman. Bengio says ‘System 1’ thinking is like deep learning’s current state: He suggests future deep…

Runs 33:22 Remarks by Professor Charlie Beckett at the launch of ‘New Powers, New Responsibilities,‘ a global study of AI in journalism conducted by POLIS, a journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics. Beckett heads POLIS and wrote the…

Runs 29:41 A panel of news leaders at the launch of the POLIS report on journalism and AI, News Power, New Responsibilities. Moderated by the report author, Charlie Beckett, a journalists and professor at LSE who heads POLIS, the school’s…

Runs 50:54 A conference presentation about the deepfake dilemma by the head of innovation projects at Deutsche Welle, the German international public service broadcaster. Wilfried Runde discusses how AI systems can be used to deceive, and also how AI can…

Runs 17:15 Talk by Alexa Head Scientist Rohit Prasad about next steps in voice interface using Amazon’s Alexa. He describes seven objectives: More transparency and control Learning from customers More knowledge More proactive More natural More fun More conversational LISBON…

Runs 1:04:57 Panel discussion at the Global Investigative Journalism Network annual conference with thought leaders from six countries describing the investigative journalism landscape ahead. Panelists talk about uses and implications of artificial intelligence, business models, infrastructure, disinformation, reporting autocracies, and…

Runs 34:45 2019 Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio discusses the role of intelligent agents, having AI machines understand causality, and how both relate to current limitations in deep learning research. The Turing Prize is the highest award given in computer…

Runs 1:31:50 Two of the principal architects of deep learning give their first-person account of its evolution and future. Geoffrey Hinton, Google Brain and Vector Institute – The Deep Learning Revolution (begins at 9:59) Yann LeCun, Facebook AI Research, NYU…

Runs 3:01 A text-on-video highlight package for the 2019 edition of the annual Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute. OXFORD, U.K. | June, 2019

Runs 29:34 Keynote talk by Google news founder Krishna Bharat at the 2019 Global Editors Summit. Bharat says journalism is the ‘immune system of democracy.’ AI tools will benefit the practice of journalism — and by extension, democracy — but…

Runs 32:19 Talk by John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, at the 2019 Global Editors Summit in Athens. He sees AI systems for journalism making a difference in four areas: Automation of repeatable events – for example, earnings reports. Of 5,000…

Runs 41:07 A panel discussion at the GEN SUMMIT 2019 about automated systems used in three newsrooms. Moderated by Trint founder Jeff Kofman. PANELISTS Monique White – Head of AI and Information Extraction, Bloomberg News Robin Govik – Chief Digital Officer, Mittmedia Peter Buhr – Technical…

Runs 15:16 A panel session at the Machines and Media 2019 conference in New York. Moderated by Chris Collins, Senior Executive Editor, Breaking News, Bloomberg. Panelists Nick Diakopoulos – Assistant Professor, Northwestern University; and Author, Automating the News: How Algorithms…

Runs 31:07 Presentation by Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist at the New York Times, at the REV 2 event in New York City. The organizers include a session summary and transcript. NEW YORK | May, 2019

Runs: 90m Discussion starts around 9:38, following introductions A wide-ranging conversation: ethics in society, hacking humans, free will, and more. Moderated by Nicholas Thompson, WIRED’s Editor-in-Chief The session was jointly sponsored by Stanford University’s Humanities Center, McCoy Family Center for…

Runs 34:07 A podcast discussion about using AI tools in newsrooms. Hosted by Peter Fray, co-director of the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology, Sydney. Guests Nick Evershed – The Guardian Australia Ben McNeil – Metafact NOTE:…

Runs 3:22 Clips from five journalists who presented first-person view of AI systems in journalism to students as part of the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s Innovation Series. The journalists are from: The Wall Street Journal Washington Post WIRED Dogtown Media Graphika…

Runs 47:50 A talk by Chris Collins, senior executive editor, breaking news, for Bloomberg, about uses and influences of AI technology and a look forward at a future newsroom. His talk was given at the International Journalism Festival. Perugia |…

Runs 54:59 A panel discussion at the International Journalism Festival 2019 about how AI is influencing publishing and ways newsrooms are experimenting. Panelists David Dieudonné – Lead Google News Lab France Patricia Georgiou – Head of partnerships, Jigsaw Perugia, April…

Podcast discussion with two journalism professors who specialize in AI and journalism. Hosted by Dan Loney. Runs 20:47 Meredith Broussard, assistant professor at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute Seth Lewis, chair in Emerging Media at the University…

Runs 27:35 Presentation by iFlytek, named by MIT in 2017 as the most innovative company in China and number six worldwide. Presenters: Zhang Wuxu, Introduction Xie Fei, General Manager of Fintech and Smart Service Business Unit Wang Wei, VP of…

Runs 23:31 Talk by John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, at the Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich. January 2019 | Munich