Every time users talk to AI chatbots, their queries go to data centers, where stacks of computers do rapid, complex calculations in order to respond. This process requires significant amounts of electricity and water, and experts worry about the environmental cost of this rapidly growing technology. But what is that cost, exactly? And is there anything we ca ... Show More
Mar 3
How to Keep Your Parents and Grandparents Safe Online
Misinformation and online scams are incredibly common, especially among older adults in the US. And with the rise of AI and dependence on online tools for so many aspects of life, they are becoming increasingly difficult to identify. So, how can we keep our parents and grandparen ... Show More
27m 55s
Sep 2025
How can the grid help AI, and how can AI help the grid? Live from NYU at New York Climate Week, featuring leaders from Nvidia and Amazon | Energy Gang Live from Climate Week
<p>Recorded in front of a packed room at NYU’s Kimmel Center during Climate Week NYC, Ed Crooks and Amy Myers Jaffe moderate a debate on the high-stakes topic of AI and energy. They dig deep into the questions raised by the surge of investment in data centers: what it means for g ... Show More
1h 8m
Mar 2025
Why AI Voice Feels More Human Than Ever
<p>AI voice technology has been around for years — think Siri or Alexa — but the magic has been missing. That’s changing, and quickly!</p><p>In this episode, Anish Acharya, General Partner at a16z, and Olivia Moore, Partner at a16z, explore why AI voice is reaching a breakthrough ... Show More
43m 19s
Jul 2023
Tech and AI: 7. Where is AI Working Already?
Artificial Intelligence is already here. It's being used in products and services you already use, and is working behind the scenes in medicine, transportation, robotics, science, education, the military, surveillance, finance , agriculture, entertainment, retail, customer servic ... Show More
14m 24s
Oct 2025
When Will AI Make Scientific Discoveries?
Today’s AI Daily Brief asks when artificial intelligence will begin making real scientific discoveries. We look at Periodic Labs, which just raised more than $300 million to build AI scientists and autonomous labs for physics and chemistry, and Thinking Machines, which is creatin ... Show More
24m 25s
