New Machines Like Us Podcast episode is out today — Taylor Owen talks to Kate Crawford about the planetary and human cost of AI systems, the politics of training them, and much more. Listen now🎧

On the Machines Like Us Podcast podcast this week, Taylor Owen has a wide-ranging conversation with renowned media theorist Douglas Rushkoff about culture, AI, the history of the internet, and how to be on 'team human' in the digital age. Listen: theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/machi…

The full video of the new Machines Like Us Podcast episode is on YouTube, watch it here! ➡️ shorturl.at/RRRqq Taylor Owen has a wide-ranging conversation with media theorist Douglas Rushkoff about art, the history of the internet, and how to be on 'team human' in the age of AI.

From #Toronto's by-elections to weather events, a report on #ForeignInterference, and the #Oilers making it to the #StanleyCupFinals, June in Canada was eventful! 🇨🇦 — Our key highlights of our Situation Report on Canada's Information Ecosystem below 👉🏼 (shorturl.at/kL1ui)

And in Canada, new report by DisinfoWatch & Media Ecosystem Observatory on Canadian vulnerability to Russian narratives about #Ukraine find that most Canadians exposed to them believe or are unsure about their truth. Read more👉🏽 shorturl.at/gfre9

New Machines Like Us Podcast episode is out today, listen here ⏩ t.ly/81vy3 Taylor Owen chats with Rana Foroohar about how AI will impact our jobs, why she thinks we're in an economic 'bubble' and whether the AI boom will actually lead to more wealth creation.

New Machines Like Us episode out today! Taylor Owen chats with former Taiwanese Digital Minister ⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 about the future of tech-enhanced democracy, crowdsourcing policy, and yes, Leonard Cohen. Listen now: tgam.ca/tang

New brief by Media Ecosystem Observatory reveals that one year into #Meta's Canadian news ban, there’s been a dramatic decline in news reach and social media presence. Full brief here: shorturl.at/SYvn0

In case you missed it—new episode of Machines Like Us with Taylor Owen featuring ⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 is out now 🎙️

New episode of Machines Like Us Podcast with Taylor Owen out today, featuring Pulitzer-winning investigative tech journalist Julia Angwin 🖋️ Listen: tgam.ca/angwin

In the last 6 months, news organizations like Vox, the WSJ, and The Atlantic have signed content-licensing deals with #OpenAI. To Julia Angwin, this is a devil's bargain. Are journalists becoming content farmers for AI? Listen: tgam.ca/angwin

Full video is out today — watch Taylor Owen sit down with investigative tech journalist Julia Angwin for a wide-ranging conversation about Big Tech, AI, and journalism. Here ➡️ shorturl.at/bqPZB

The future of warfare is already here. Israel has been using an AI system called Lavender to target potential enemies for air strikes. But as war scholar and New America strategist Peter W. Singer argues, AI weapons don't alleviate human responsibility. Full episode out now:

In case you missed it last week — Taylor Owen's conversation with Peter W. Singer on the IDF's use of AI in Gaza, the role of human accountability in AI weapons, and what the chilling future of warfare could like. Listen: tgam.ca/singer

We welcomed Arif Virani at his alma mater McGill University this morning for a rich round table discussion on online safety and the Online Harms Act - a significant topic in the upcoming fall parliamentary session. Lisa Shapiro Sonja Solomun Aengus Bridgman (him/il) Skyler Wang Max Bell School of Public Policy Reihaneh Rabbany