Jan 22

Tech in 2026: Silicon Valley’s power plays and players

How will Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures shape technology — and politics — in 2026? Last year, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg aligned themselves with Donald Trump. Where have these relationships left the industry today? The push to break up Big Tech appears to be fading, bu ... Show More

39m 51s

Jan 14

Tech in 2026: Inside the AI bubble

Is 2026 the year that AI hype meets reality? In a new mini-series from Tech Tonic, the FT’s tech editor Murad Ahmed speaks with the paper’s reporters about what they'll be watching.Do tech industry insiders think the huge amounts of capital that have driven the AI boom will conti ... Show More

40m 8s

Dec 31

Untold: Toxic Legacy, Ep. 1

Laura Hughes receives a tip that horses are dropping dead in Wales. As she investigates, she finds decades of academic studies researching the problem. She learns these aren’t isolated incidents. Something is spreading across the countryside. It’s undetectable to humans, nobody k ... Show More

42m 6s

Dec 2023

Superintelligent AI: can chatbots think?

Are generative AI systems such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT really intelligent? Large language models such as GPT 4 appear to use human-level cognitive abilities when they engage in legal reasoning, write essays or solve complex problems. Hosts John Thornhill and Madhumita Murgia speak ... Show More

29m 27s

Nov 2023

Geoffrey Hinton: ‘It’s Far Too Late’ to Stop Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has made headlines all year long, but the turn of events this week was extraordinary. OpenAI was thrown into chaos with the firing and eventual rehiring of CEO Sam Altman. There was a shakeup in the company’s board of directors and fierce debates about ... Show More

35m 59s

Jun 2023

AI Won’t Wipe Out Humanity (Yet)

The idea that machine intelligence will one day take over the world has long been a staple of science fiction. But given the rapid advances in consumer-level artificial intelligence tools, the fear has felt closer to reality these past few months than it ever has before. The g ... Show More

29m 51s

Jul 2021

Introducing Tech Tonic: You Can’t Always Get What you Quant

As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic episode 3, our FT audio deep dive into how AI is gaining a new edge in markets. If you enjoyed this episode, <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/TTS2?sid=NBE3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here< ... Show More

30 m

Mar 2021

Artificial Intelligence - Cade Metz

Cade Metz is an expert on Artificial Intelligence, writer for the New York Times and author of a new book on the rise of Artificial Intelligence called Genius Makers. In this episode, you're going to hear how AI impacts you both wittingly and unwittingly, where we currently are i ... Show More

37m 35s

Jul 2021

Introducing Tech Tonic: Trust me, I’m a robot

As a News Briefing special we present Tech Tonic, our FT audio deep dive into the promises and perils of artificial intelligence.  If you enjoyed this episode, <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/TTS2?sid=NB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click ... Show More

24m 36s

Sep 2023

Coming soon: Can AI help us speak to animals?

Subscribe now to the FT's Tech Tonic podcast: Some scientists believe that rapid advances in artificial intelligence may also hold the key to decoding animal sounds, allowing us to ‘translate’ them into human language. In a new season of Tech Tonic, FT innovation editor John Thor ... Show More

1m 9s

May 2023

How worried—or excited—should we be about AI? Recode Media with Peter Kafka

AI is amazing… or terrifying, depending on who you ask. This is a technology that elicits strong, almost existential reactions. So, as a Memorial Day special, we're running an episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka that digs into the giant ambitions and enormous concerns people ... Show More

54m 49s

Dec 2023

Michael Wooldridge on AI and sentient robots

Humans have a long-held fascination with the idea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a dystopian threat: from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, through to the Terminator movies.But somehow, we still often think of this technology as 'futuristic': whereas in fact, it's already woven in ... Show More

37m 55s

Oct 2023

Can artificial intelligence grow safely?

Economists expect that jobs growth in the US slowed again in September, and the recent sell-off in bonds might be starting to cool. Plus, artificial intelligence is cool and all, but can companies use this new tech in a way that isn’t toxic?  Mentioned i ... Show More

9m 31s

Coming soon: Superintelligent AI