For this episode, we talk to award-winning journalist Karen Hao about her path from working in the tech industry to critical tech reporting; her efforts to track down the environmental impacts of AI and data centers; her latest reporting on Microsoft's AI- and cloud-based entanglement with the fossil fuel industry; her current book project on OpenAI; and her work training other journalists to cover the tech industry critically for their own communities (recorded in October 2024). Karen's repo...
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For this episode, we talk to award-winning journalist Karen Hao about her path from working in the tech industry to critical tech reporting; her efforts to track down the environmental impacts of AI and data centers; her latest reporting on Microsoft's AI- and cloud-based entanglement with the fossil fuel industry; her current book project on OpenAI; and her work training other journalists to cover the tech industry critically for their own communities (recorded in October 2024). Karen's repo...
002. 'Surveillance all the way down' with Byron Tau
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002. 'Surveillance all the way down' with Byron Tau
For this episode, journalist Byron Tau joins the podcast to discuss his new book "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" and the current state of commercial and government surveillance in the US.
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For this episode, we talk to award-winning journalist Karen Hao about her path from working in the tech industry to critical tech reporting; her efforts to track down the environmental impacts of AI and data centers; her latest reporting on Microsoft's AI- and cloud-based entanglement with the fossil fuel industry; her current book project on OpenAI; and her work training other journalists to cover the tech industry critically for their own communities (recorded in October 2024). Karen's repo...
