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Latest podcast episodes about Meredith Whittaker

Perspective
Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging app Signal's president

Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 10:01


The president of Signal, a secure messaging app, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the urgent need to protect personal data. Meredith Whittaker highlighted how a handful of big tech companies collect vast amounts of information – often with little oversight and frequent misuse. She emphasised the need for structural change to regulate how companies handle user data. Signal is advocating for stronger privacy protections while defending freedom of expression. She spoke to us in Perspective.

TechStuff
The Story: Ask Lots of Questions w/ Meredith Whittaker

TechStuff

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 42:41 Transcription Available


Meredith Whittaker is the president of the Signal Foundation and serves on its board of directors. She is also the co-founder of NYU’s AI Now Institute. Whittaker got her start at Google, where she worked for 13 years until resigning in 2019 after she helped organize the Google Walkouts. She speaks with Oz about learning on the job, championing data privacy and being awarded the Helmut Schmidt Future Prize for “her commitment to the development of AI technology oriented towards the common good.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De Balie Spreekt
Meredith Whittaker on Signal, privacy and inequality in the tech industry

De Balie Spreekt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 72:41


Together with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, we explore the dynamics of tech, power and surveillance. We speak with Whittaker about her work establishing Signal, the challenges of navigating the tech industry as a woman and the possible effects of the recent American election on the tech sector.In today's digital age, technology companies wield unprecedented power over our personal lives, collecting vast amounts of data that fuel surveillance practices and shape our online experiences. Few understand these dynamics better than Meredith Whittaker, who co-founded Signal to provide a private, secure messaging alternative.Beyond her work on Signal, Whittaker made headlines with the Google Walkout, a large-scale protest against workplace harassment, gender inequality, and unethical practices in tech—a bold move in an industry that often prioritizes profit over ethics. Her experience navigating these spaces raises questions about the responsibilities of tech giants and the courage needed to challenge established norms.Together with Whittaker we'll explore the complexities of tech power, the importance of privacy in digital communication, and the ongoing struggle for equity and ethical accountability in Silicon Valley and beyond.The Techdenkers series is provided and broadcast by De Balie and is part of our partnership with Adyen.Check out the privacy notice on https://art19.com/privacy and the privacy statement of California on https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Meredith Whittaker: Revolutionizing Tech Privacy and Power

Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 41:03


In this episode of Remarkable People, join Guy Kawasaki for an illuminating conversation with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and former Google AI ethics researcher. Discover how she led the historic Google walkout, her vision for private communication technology, and her critical perspective on AI's impact on society. Whittaker shares insights on leadership, challenging tech industry norms, and building ethical alternatives to surveillance-based business models.---Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable.With his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy's questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing. If you love society and culture, documentaries, and business podcasts, take a second to follow Remarkable People.Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable.Episodes of Remarkable People organized by topic: https://bit.ly/rptopologyListen to Remarkable People here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guy-kawasakis-remarkable-people/id1483081827Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!Thank you for your support; it helps the show!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Masters of Scale: Rapid Response
Fighting for privacy, with Signal's Meredith Whittaker

Masters of Scale: Rapid Response

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 18:30


Who is listening in and tracking our digital activity? And is it really necessary? Recorded live at the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Rapid Response host Bob Safian sits down with Signal president Meredith Whittaker to discuss privacy, trust and digital surveillance, from governments and from companies. Whittaker argues that we should question what she sees as extreme data collection by big tech, and she rejects the notion that encrypted apps like Signal are responsible for enabling bad actors. Meredith also shares why she helped organize protests at Google, the philosophy that inspired Signal's founder Moxie Marlinspike, and more.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On with Kara Swisher
Signal's Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI

On with Kara Swisher

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 66:47


What do cybersecurity experts, journalists in foreign conflicts, indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Drake have in common? They all use the Signal messaging app. Signal's protocol has been the gold standard in end-to-end encryption, used by Whatsapp, Google and more, for more than a decade. But it's been under fire from both authoritarian governments and well-meaning democracies who see the privacy locks as a threat. Since 2022, former Google rabble-rouser and AI Now Institute co-founder Meredith Whittaker has been president of the Signal Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the app. Kara talks with Meredith about her fight to protect text privacy, the consolidation of power and money in AI and how nonprofits can survive in a world built on the surveillance economy.  Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Logbuch:Netzpolitik
LNP504 The politics of intellectual shame

Logbuch:Netzpolitik

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 124:19 Transcription Available


For this episode we made an exception and decided to record an interview in English. We are talking to Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, a non-profit company that's developing the Signal app that is world's most popular Multiplatform private encrypted messenger system. We talk to Meredith about her way into the digital realm, how she shook up Google by organizing walkouts and more or less erasing all memories to it's "don't be evil" motto, how Signal came to be and what its principles are, how she views Europe and the regulations policies of the EU and much much more.

Državljan D
103 Meredith Whittaker: Technology acts political and hides behind objectivity

Državljan D

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 26:42


How do we make the big privacy re-think happen?

Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News
Seriously, Use Encrypted Messaging

Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 36:53


Encrypted messaging is a godsend for mobile communications, whether you're just sending standard texts to your friends that you want kept private, or engaging in interactions that are better kept secret for safety reasons. Apps like Signal and Telegram offer users the ability to trade messages that can be read by only the sender and the receiver. Of course, people can also use that privacy as a way to conduct unsavory dealings without having to worry about their communications getting exposed.Encrypted messaging has been in the news for the past couple weeks, largely because of the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is being accused by the French government of failing to comply with law enforcements' demands to help catch some people who are using the app for criminal activity. Durov's arrest also casts a light on the rising profile of Signal, a fully encrypted messaging app that's always taken a stance against the collection of its users' data.This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED security writer Andy Greenberg joins us to talk about how encrypted messaging works, what can go wrong, and how while Telegram and Signal may seem similar, the ways they operate are different—and might affect what makes them liable for what users share on its platforms.Show Notes:Read Andy's interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker. Read Lily Hay Newman and Morgan Meeker's reporting on the arrest of Telegram's founder and its broader criminal investigations. Follow all of WIRED's coverage of Signal and Telegram.Recommendations:Andy recommends the memoir My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous by Barrett Brown. Mike recommends taking a ride in a Waymo, just to get an idea of the future of driverless cars that is coming. Lauren recommends The Ringer's story about the new baseball team, the Oakland Ballers.Andy Greenberg can be found on social media @agreenberg.bsky.social. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight@heads.social. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.

Haken dran – das Social-Media-Update
Musk, Durow und diese ärgerlichen Gesetze immer (mit Torsten Beeck)

Haken dran – das Social-Media-Update

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 69:09


Die französischen Behörden haben gegen Telegram-CEO Pawel Durow Anklage erhoben - die Vorwürfe klingen schwer: Mittäterschaft bei der Verwaltung einer Online-Plattform zur Ermöglichung illegaler Transaktionen durch eine organisierte Gruppe angeklagt, Beihilfe zu Straftaten wie der Verbreitung von Material über den sexuellen Missbrauch von Kindern, Drogenhandel und Betrug sowie wegen Verweigerung der Zusammenarbeit mit den Strafverfolgungsbehörden - ihm könnten bis zu zehn Jahre Haft drohen. Musk dagegen droht die komplette Sperre von X in Brasilien. Auch hier aufgrund der Verstößen gegen geltendes Recht. Dabei brüstet man sich doch immer so gesetzestreu - aber gelten Gesetze für manche immer nur dann, wenn sie gerade passen? ➡️ WSJ mit einer Analyse von Musks Verhalten auf Twitter: https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-politics-trump-social-media-267d34c8?st=qmkdrjkyk3ltt25&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink ➡️ WIRED über Signal und Meredith Whittaker: https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/ ➡️ Die CUII-Liste: https://cuiiliste.de ➡️ Mit der "Haken Dran"-Community ins Gespräch kommen könnt ihr am besten im Discord: [http://hakendran.org](http://www.hakendran.org⁠)

The 404 Media Podcast
Signal's Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors and AI

The 404 Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 50:30


This is a special interview episode with Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation. I'm sure you all know, and maybe even use, the Signal messaging app. Here we sat down with Whittaker to talk all about the state of Signal today, the threat of AI to end-to-end encryption, what backdoors actually look like, and much more. This is a wide-ranging discussion where one of the few journalists who has revealed new details about backdoors (Joseph) gets to speak to one of the most important people in the world of encryption (Whittaker). Definitely take a listen. Paid subscribers got access to this episode early by the way. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever Signal page on government data requests Microsoft Will Switch Off Recall by Default After Security Backlash Telegram CEO Pavel Durov interview Subscribe at 404media.co for early access and bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Technology and Security (TS)
Tech, AI, digital infrastructure and surveillance with Meredith Whittaker

Technology and Security (TS)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 41:07


In this episode of Technology and Security, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey speaks with Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal. The interview explores key contemporary issues in technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). They discuss the impact of AI in elections and democracies, including the need for stronger local media ecosystems and improved focus on the ‘mediating' role of social media platforms and the information ecosystem. They discuss the concentration of AI power and reliance of the business model on mass collection, including the need to write the tech stack for privacy, not surveillance. This episode also explores developing democratically focused public digital infrastructure without profit incentives and highlights the role of open-source libraries and systems as part of the core infrastructure of the technology ecosystem. This episode also covers the significance of autonomy and agency in neurotech applications. They discuss how to improve tech board governance, through increased personal liability, accountability and transparency. Also, how many downloads signal has actually had! Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal Foundation. She has nearly 20 years of experience in the tech industry, academia, and government and co-founded the AI Now Institute.   Resources mentioned in the recording: ·               Meredith Whittaker, link to talk·               Meredith Whittaker, link to reading ·               Meredith Whittaker, link to watching  ·               Meredith Whittaker, link to listening ·               Miah Hammond-Errey, 2024, Big Data, Emerging Technologies and Intelligence: National Security Disrupted, Routledge (20% discount code for book AFL04)·               Byte-sized diplomacy (column), The Interpreter, 3 July 2024, AI-enabled elections or deepfake democracy? This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people, and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Thanks to the talents of those involved. Music by Dr Paul Mac and production by Elliott Brennan. 

Table Today
Sind Frauen die besseren Unternehmerinnen, Frau Diem-Puello?

Table Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 29:19


Frauen in Vorständen – das ist immer noch selten in Deutschland. Auch Start-up-Gründer sind mehrheitlich Männer. Woran liegt das? Geht es doch nicht ohne Quote? Jedenfalls das Netzwerken haben Frauen gelernt: Im Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen haben sich 1800 Frauen zusammengeschlossen. Die neue Präsidentin, Christina Diem-Puello, im Gespräch mit Helene Bubrowski.Die NATO-Mitglieder haben zum vielleicht letzten Mal Milliardenhilfen für die Ukraine beschlossen. In der Abschlusserklärung wird der NATO-Beitritt der Ukraine als „unumkehrbar“ bezeichnet. Michael Bröcker berichtet direkt aus Washington vom NATO-Gipfel.Wie groß ist die Gefahr durch KI? Wie stark sollten KI und mit ihr die großen Digital-Player reguliert werden? Meredith Whittaker, KI-Forscherin und Präsidentin der amerikanischen Signal-Foundation, bezieht klar Position. Table.Briefings - For better informed decisions. Sie entscheiden besser, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Wir verschaffen Ihnen mit jedem Professional Briefing, mit jeder Analyse und mit jedem Hintergrundstück einen Informationsvorsprung, am besten sogar einen Wettbewerbsvorteil. Table.Briefings bietet „Deep Journalism“, wir verbinden den Qualitätsanspruch von Leitmedien mit der Tiefenschärfe von Fachinformationen. Professional Briefings kostenlos kennenlernen:table.media/registrierung. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wheeler Centre
Surveillance Technology and AI: Meredith Whittaker in Conversation

The Wheeler Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 62:54


Meredith Whittaker is not afraid to take on tech giants. In 2018, she led the famous mass staff walkout at Google over the company's laissez faire attitude towards sexual harassment allegations and the moral and ethical implications of its business practices. Now, as President of Signal, the not-for-profit encrypted and secure messaging app, Whittaker is one of the world's most respected experts on data surveillance and the future of big tech. She has advised the White House, the US Federal Trade Commission and many government and civil organisations on privacy, internet security and policy.  At this special Melbourne-exclusive event, Whittaker is joined by host Vanessa Toholka as they discuss data privacy, artificial intelligence, and technology's impact on democracy in this contentious and pivotal US election year. Hear from a leading global expert on a subject that has far-reaching implications for all of our futures. This event was presented in partnership with Igniting Change. It was recorded on Wednesday 26 June 2024 at The Wheeler Centre. Featured music is ‘No One There' by Ava Low.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7am
The woman who spoke out against Google on AI

7am

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 21:41


Meredith Whittaker turned her back on Google after raising concerns about the mass surveillance fueling AI, but she didn't leave tech entirely. The former AI whistleblower is now the President of Signal, a messaging app that keeps conversations encrypted – used by journalists, whistleblowers, drug dealers, militants and others who want to keep communications secure. So why did she blow the whistle on Google? Is privacy the answer to AI? Or does privacy cause just as much harm as surveillance? Today, President of the Signal Foundation Meredith Whittaker, ahead of her public appearance at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, on the tech giants who hold our future in their hands. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: President of the Signal Foundation, Meredith Whittaker

Monero Talk
LIVE from Monero Square at Porcfest! | Price, News & MUCH More! EPI 171

Monero Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 218:15


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Risky Business
Risky Business #753 – Congress and vuln researchers maul Microsoft

Risky Business

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 63:37


On this week's retreat special, the entire Risky Business team is together in a tropical paradise for the first time. The team takes a break from the infinity pool to discuss the week's security news: Microsoft recalls Recall, but why did it have to be such a mess And a Windows kernel wifi code-exec, really? Passkeys and identity are hard Scattered Spider bigwig arrested in Spain The pentagon runs a deeply flawed info-op Is it time E2E crypto nerds accept their place in the world? And much, much more. This week's show is brought to you by Corelight… Corelight's CEO Brian Dye will be along in this week's sponsor interview to make a really compelling case for something that shouldn't exist… which is NDR in cloud environments. Show notes Microsoft shelves Recall feature release after security uproar Microsoft's Recall puts the Biden administration's cyber credibility on the line | CyberScoop Microsoft's cybersecurity vulnerabilities endanger America US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks | Reuters Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack — ProPublica CVE-2024-30078 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows Wi-Fi Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Security bug allows anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails | TechCrunch Patrick Gray on X: "I was wrong about some things I said about iCloud accounts in this week's show and I'll tell you all exactly how I was wrong in next week's show" Passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator and Entra ID Hackers Detail How They Allegedly Stole Ticketmaster Data From Snowflake | WIRED MFA plays a rising role in major attacks, research finds | Cybersecurity Dive Luke Jennings on LinkedIn: saas-attacks/techniques/ghost_logins/description.md at main ·… Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider' Hacking Group Arrested – Krebs on Security EXPOSED: Identities of Iranian Hackers Targeting Israel and Other Countries Revealed | Matzav.com Ransomware attackers quickly weaponize PHP vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating | Ars Technica Windows flaw may have been exploited with Black Basta ransomware before it was patched Crown Equipment Corporation victim of a Ransomware attack | Born's Tech and Windows World City governments in Michigan, New York face shutdowns after ransomware attacks Cleveland confirms ransomware attack as City Hall remains closed Authorities investigating extended ‘network outage' at organization that runs TheBus Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines Shashank Joshi on X: "Just finished “Information Operations”, a new book by @TathamSteve. Includes this anecdote on a British effort to stop children throwing stones at a base in Afghanistan. “LRGR was the abbreviation for the Long-Range Gonad Reducer.” https://t.co/zmoxb45Cgz" Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "@shashj They also allegedly hacked the email of the lieutenant leading the medical service of the 960th unit and retrieved the medical certificates of 150 officers and enlisted personnel" Signal president Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU attempts to tackle child abuse material

FM4 Interview Podcast
FM4 Interview with Signal President, Meredith Whittaker

FM4 Interview Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 12:44


The race between the U.S. and China for supremacy in artificial intelligence is cause for concern given the technology's potential to spread misinformation, enhance government surveillance and harm the climate—that's what leading tech figure Meredith Whittaker, has warned. Not only is Meredith Whittaker the President of Signal, she is the current Chief Advisor, and the former Faculty Director and Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute. Her research and advocacy focus on the social implications of artificial intelligence and the tech industry responsible for it, with a particular emphasis on power and the political economy driving the commercialization of computational technology. She was in Vienna for a series of appearances and events. Riem Higazi met up with Meredith Whittaker to ask questions like: who is it better to be controlled by when it comes to AI technology, China or the United States? Sendungshinweis: FM4, OKFM4, 13.05.2024, 17:00 Uhr

ZIB2-Podcast
Zu Gast: Meredith Whittaker, Präsidentin Messenger-Dienst Signal

ZIB2-Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 8:45


Thema: Innenministerium will Überwachung von Messenger-Kommunikation möglich machen

ZIB2-Podcast
Zu Gast: Meredith Whittaker, Präsidentin Messenger-Dienst Signal

ZIB2-Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 8:45


Thema: Innenministerium will Überwachung von Messenger-Kommunikation möglich machen

Technically Optimistic
How to save social media

Technically Optimistic

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 60:31


When social media is at its best, we get genuine human connection, built-in audiences, and exciting avenues for creativity and exchange. But our current social platforms are built on a surveillance model, where our data is used to predict our behavior, show us ads, and train the algorithms that keep us perpetually on the platform. It's time to explore a new vision for social media, where we don't have to give up on privacy in order to connect.  In this episode, Raffi talks to prominent critics of existing social media — and the people actively reimagining it, with truly private messaging, hyperlocal communities, and renewed sense of control over our own social data. Guests include Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, whose 2021 leaks made national news and put the social media giant in the Congressional spotlight; scholar and internet activist Ethan Zuckerman; Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation; Flipboard co-founder Mike McCue; and Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain. To learn more about Technically Optimistic and to read the transcript for this episode: emersoncollective.com/technically-optimistic-podcast For more on Emerson Collective: emersoncollective.com Learn more about our host, Raffi Krikorian: emersoncollective.com/raffi Technically Optimistic is produced by Emerson Collective with music by Mattie Safer. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: technicallyoptimistic.substack.com Follow on social media @emersoncollective and @emcollectivepodcasts Email us with questions and feedback at us@technicallyoptimistic.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes
This Moment in Tech with Meredith Whittaker

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 55:41


It's been a wild last year or so in tech. We've seen a marked rise in the development of artificial intelligence, large language models and prolific growth of augmented reality systems. At the same time, it can feel like we're moving backwards as concerns continue to rise about user privacy and the methods by which personal data is collected and monetized. Our guest this week points out that protecting privacy requires tech companies to ditch traditional business models that monetize user surveillance. Meredith Whittaker is president of Signal App and serves as the chief advisor for the AI Now Institute. She joins WITHpod to discuss the rise of big tech, the trajectory of the internet from being more commercialized to open, concerns about tech's role in American democracy, her thoughts on proposed TikTok bans and more. 


Innovative Minds with Audrey Tang  唐鳳佮創新
#InnoMinds S2EP8 ⎸ Why End-To-End Encryption Isn't Enough to Ensure Your Privacy Online

Innovative Minds with Audrey Tang 唐鳳佮創新

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 66:25


科學麵麵俱到! 國民零食科學麵,酥脆麵體搭配經典椒鹽粉,一口接一口 讓你新春聚會樂滿堂,平安順利龍總來! 想要歡樂一整天就找科學麵!→ https://bit.ly/44S8FtB ----以上訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供---- In this riveting episode of #InnoMinds, Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Digital Minister, and Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, delve into the intricate realm of online privacy. They dissect the significance of end-to-end encryption and why it falls short in safeguarding our online privacy. Audrey and Meredith also share insights into the latest developments in the open-source world, AI, and their personal connection to the open-source community. Host ⎸ Arnaud Campagne (TaiwanPlus) Guests ⎸ Meredith Whittaker and Audrey Tang Season 2 of Innovative Minds deep-dives into artificial intelligence, digital democracy, and freedom of expression with leading tech figures. This podcast is released under a CC BY 4.0. Creative Commons licence.

The Journal.
What Happens to Privacy in the Age of AI?

The Journal.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 17:54


The AI industry is controlled by only a few powerful companies. Is that concentration of power dangerous? WSJ's Sam Schechner interviews Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging app Signal, at a live event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Further Reading and Watching: -The Importance of Privacy in the Age of AI  -Altman and Nadella Talk AI at Davos  Further Listening: -Artificial: The Open AI Story  -Why an AI Pioneer Is Worried  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BIC TALKS
287. Unraveling the Tech-Law Tapestry in India

BIC TALKS

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 62:27


This episode of BIC Talks is an excerpt from a live discussion at the BIC premises presented by DAKSH in late October 2023. The panelists in this discussion were Justice Suraj Govindraj, Judge, Karnataka High Court; Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute; Prof. Nomesh Boliya, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi and moderated by Surya Prakash BS, Programme Director at DAKSH. The panel discusses Daksh's newest publication - Technology and Analytics for Law and Justice - a unique volume that examines the evolution of technology in the law and justice system in India. It delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by technology, current thinking on the subject, and what the future may hold for this rapidly developing field. From tracing the historical journey of law and technology in India to the rise of ‘justice makers,' the impact of cutting-edge forensic technology, the world of smart contracts, and the realm of surveillance, this book offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking look at the ever -changing landscape of law and technology. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.  

Big Technology Podcast
Signal's President on AI, Advertising, and Running a Popular Messaging App — With Meredith Whittaker

Big Technology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 39:30


Meredith Whittaker is the President of Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute. She joins Big Technology Podcast for a lively discussion about the state of Google, whether AI is for real or a marketing gimmick, whether the online advertising business model is ethically broken, and the state of the Signal messaging app. Stay tuned for the second half, where we discuss the mysterious nature of Telegram. And enjoy the cool-headed arguments throughout. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com

BIC TALKS
286. Navigating the Post-AI Hype Era

BIC TALKS

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 35:54


In the aftermath of ChatGPT fueled AI hype, there's an equally charged conversation on how the public and governments should respond to present (and future) harms related to these technologies. It's a crowded space – with AI industry voices and existential risk (x-risk) doomers trying to shape the narrative on regulation alongside civil society advocates and government agencies.  With many combined decades of experience critiquing and working within the tech industry, Meredith Whittaker, Amba Kak & Udbhav Tiwari share their insights and perspectives on the current AI hype wave and the related policy landscape, with a particular focus on the threats this poses to privacy, and the ways that the dominant narratives are getting AI wrong. This episode of BIC Talks is adapted from an in-person event that took place in early October 2023, in collaboration with Signal and Hasgeek. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.

Tech 24
Signal hits back at French government ban on popular messaging apps

Tech 24

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 13:13


Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, says a leaked French government memo risked undermining public trust in cybersecurity protocols, after it was revealed that Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had ordered cabinet members and their staff to delete popular messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp. 

Tech 24
Espionnage et censure : les messageries comme Signal, WhatsApp et Telegram au cœur du pouvoir

Tech 24

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 6:11


La présidente de la fondation de la messagerie Signal, Meredith Whittaker, a réagi sur France 24 à la recommandation de la Première ministre française Élisabeth Borne faite à ses ministres de ne plus utiliser, à partir du 8 décembre, les applications de messageries grand public au profit de la très sérieuse application française Olvid. "Nous sommes utilisées dans des situations à haut risque", a expliqué notre invitée.

Kulturstammtisch
KI und Kultur

Kulturstammtisch

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 41:53


Künstliche Intelligenz, kurz KI, ist ein hochkomplexes und auch Ängste auslösendes Thema. Wo ist KI bereits präsent, was für Auswirkungen hat sie für die menschliche Gesellschaft, wie gestaltet sich die Arbeitswelt? Speziell in der Welt der Kultur gibt es einige Fragen: wer schreibt in der Zukunft die Drehbücher, braucht es noch Schauspieler*innen?

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
Azeem’s Picks: AI, Accountability, and Power with Meredith Whittaker

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 31:17


Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on every business leader's agenda. How do you ensure the AI systems you deploy are harmless and trustworthy? This month, Azeem picks some of his favorite conversations with leading AI safety experts to help you break through the noise. Today's pick is Azeem's conversation with Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation. Meredith is a co-founder and chief advisor of the AI Now Institute, an independent research group looking at the social impact of artificial intelligence.

Washington Post Live
Arati Prabhakar, Meredith Whittaker, Frances Haugen & Sneha Revanur on future of AI

Washington Post Live

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 76:44


Arati Prabhakar, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, and top experts discuss artificial intelligence, America's technological competitiveness and the next generation of digital users. Conversation recorded on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

Internet of Humans, with Jillian York & Konstantinos Komaitis

In this episode, Konstantinos Komaitis and Jillian York talk with Meredith Whittaker,the President of the Signal Foundation. Meredith is also the current Chief Advisor, and the former Faculty Director and Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute. Meredith shares with us the role of Signal in ensuring the privacy and security of communications and her plans for the messaging service. We also discuss the fight for encryption, as pressure to undermine it in jurisdictions across the world is increasing. Finally, we also discuss about AI, its governance and the concerns that have recently manifested by policy makers. This podcast is edited by Javier Pallero. The music in this episode is Nightlapse by Arthur Vyncke | https://soundcloud.com/arthurvostMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

This Machine Kills
281. The Smoking Gun of Techno-Capitalism (ft. Meredith Whittaker)

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 100:03


We are joined by one of our favorite friends — Meredith Whittaker — for a giant discussion that bridges her two latest articles. First a historical analysis of Charles Babbage and the smoking gun that directly links plantation logics of control with the industrial design of computation. Then a political economy of “open” AI and the material power that dominates the entire stack for these systems. ••• Follow Meredith: https://twitter.com/mer__edith ••• Origin Stories: Plantations, Computers, and Industrial Control | Meredith Whittaker https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/origin-stories-plantations-computers-and-industrial-control/ ••• Open (For Business): Big Tech, Concentrated Power, and the Political Economy of Open AI | David Gray Widder, Meredith Whittaker, Sarah Myers West https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)

Marketplace Tech
Signal will leave the UK if the current version of the Online Safety Bill becomes law, says the company’s president

Marketplace Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 10:09


The UK’s “Online Safety Bill” is on Parliament’s agenda as members return next week. Supporters promise it would make Britain the safest place in the world to be online, protecting especially kids from harmful content. But while acknowledging its intent, U.S. tech executives say it deals a major blow to privacy. Meredith Whittaker, president of the nonprofit encrypted messaging app Signal, is an outspoken critic. She’s concerned by a clause that lets British regulators mandate that citizens install surveillance software.

Marketplace All-in-One
Signal will leave the UK if the current version of the Online Safety Bill becomes law, says the company’s president

Marketplace All-in-One

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 10:09


The UK’s “Online Safety Bill” is on Parliament’s agenda as members return next week. Supporters promise it would make Britain the safest place in the world to be online, protecting especially kids from harmful content. But while acknowledging its intent, U.S. tech executives say it deals a major blow to privacy. Meredith Whittaker, president of the nonprofit encrypted messaging app Signal, is an outspoken critic. She’s concerned by a clause that lets British regulators mandate that citizens install surveillance software.

Leadership Next
A.I., Green Tech & Protecting Your Privacy

Leadership Next

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 33:42


Fortune's 2023 Brainstorm Tech Conference took place over three days last week, and it was one of our buzziest conferences yet. CEOs, a former Vice President, investors, founders, journalists and entrepreneurs gathered in Park City, UT, our first year hosting BST in the "Silicon Slopes," to discuss what's happening in the tech industry. In this episode of Leadership Next, host Michal Lev-Ram is joined by guest co-host Deputy Tech Editor Alexei Oreskovic to recap the conference's highlights alongside its most controversial moments. We hear from four Utah-based CEOs on the advantages and challenges of doing business in the burgeoning tech hub. Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez and Keith Rabois of the Founders Fund also discuss how the political situation in Florida is affecting tech workers' inclination to relocate to the state. Lev-Ram recaps her conversation with former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann about what he learned from his experience as the embattled founder and leader of the co-working giant and about his new venture, Flow. Later in the episode, the hosts dig into the tech topic on everyone's mind- A.I. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discusses the short term, medium term and long term risks of generative A.I. and Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, shares her thoughts on what a national strategy for A.I. regulation could look like. Then, Meredith Whittaker, the president of encrypted messaging app Signal, shares why it is imperative to address the privacy issues in tech and what Signal is doing about it. Finally, Vice President Al Gore shares his view of what is happening in green tech, his thoughts on President Biden's climate legislation and the potential technology has to save the planet. You can find more Fortune conference coverage here. Leadership Next is powered by Deloitte.

Sad Francisco
Landlord Tech Watch f/ Erin McElroy

Sad Francisco

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 53:14


How are landlords using tech to refine evictions, surveillance, and speculation? Erin McElroy of The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project tracks the new brainchildren of the real estate and tech industries. Anti-Eviction Mapping Project: antievictionmap.com | Landlord Tech Watch: antievictionmappingproject.github.io/landlordtech | Anti-Eviction Lab: antievictionlab.org | Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement & Resistance: pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1140 | "Prison Tech Comes Home" by Erin McElroy, Meredith Whittaker and Nicole E. Weber for Public Books: publicbooks.org/prison-tech-comes-home | "Access Denied: Faulty Automated Background Checks Freeze Out Renters" by Lauren Kirchner and Matthew Goldstein for The Markup: themarkup.org/locked-out/2020/05/28/access-denied-faulty-automated-background-checks-freeze-out-renters | "Why Zillow Couldn't Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work" by Chris Stokel-Walker for Wired: wired.com/story/zillow-ibuyer-real-estate | www.sadfrancis.co

Jacobin Radio
Dig: AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah West

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 142:42


Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigSubscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.orgRegister for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dig
AI Hype Machine w/ Meredith Whittaker, Ed Ongweso, and Sarah West

The Dig

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 142:42


Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to New Left Review newleftreview.org Register for the Socialism 2023 Conference socialismconference.org

Web Summit
Why big tech's surveillance business model needs to stop

Web Summit

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 18:15


Meredith Whittaker is an outspoken critic of big tech's track record on gathering and processing user data. The president of encrypted messaging app Signal talks about what she calls its “surveillance business model” but also how much power these companies exert.AI, says Meredith, “is not some dematerialised technology that exists in the ether. AI is the product of significantly concentrated resources that right now are in the hands of large companies”.Naturally, the conversation strays to the hottest AI topic of 2023: ChatGPT, which Meredith calls a “bullshit engine”. Why? Listen on to find out!"The best technology conference on the planet".Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin.

The Sunday Show
A Conversation with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal

The Sunday Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 38:45


Earlier this month, Justin Hendrix traveled to RightsCon, the big gathering of individuals and organizations concerned with human rights and technology organized by Access Now. The sprawling event had hundreds of sessions on a wide range of themes, but one topic discussed across multiple tracks was the importance of encrypted communications, especially to groups such as political dissidents and journalists. A key panel at RightsCon featured Signal President Meredith Whittaker, who spoke out about policies proposed in legislatures around the world that threaten the promise of end-to-end encryption to preserve the privacy of messages sent between individuals and groups. Leaders of encrypted apps have pulled together of late to speak out against the proposed UK Online Safety Bill, signing letters and appearing at events. Shortly after RightsCon, Hendrix connected with Whittaker to learn more about Signal's posture against such legislation, why she sees encrypted communications as so crucial to freedom and human rights, and how the company thinks about safety and its role in the broader digital ecosystem.

Startup Insider
Bitkom-Umfrage • Private-Equity • Jack Dorsey • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • Zockerhelden • Werner Hansch • Nvidia • KI • Linda Yaccarino • Twitter • Signal • Meredith Whittaker • Christian Lindner • re:publica • Spotify • Zal

Startup Insider

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 14:42


Heute u.A. mit diesen Themen:Bitkom: Startups wollen wieder Personal aufbauenPrivate-Equity-Branche: Härtere Zeiten stehen bevorJack Dorsey unterstützt Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Zockerhelden: Werner Hansch gründet StartupNeben Nvidia: Firmen profitieren von KI-BoomLinda Yaccarino übernimmt Posten des Twitter-CEOSignal-Chefin erteilt KI-Hype eine AbsageLindner wirbt für digitalen EuroSpotify entlässt 200 Podcasting-MitarbeiterGerücht: Zalando könnte About You übernehmen

Tech Talks
Are provisions surrounding privacy in the Online Safety Bill 'magical' thinking?

Tech Talks

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 28:24


On today's podcast we talk to Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal. David sat down with her fresh from the stage at Web Summit Rio, and quizzes her on the need for privacy and her concerns regarding the direction of the Online Safety Bill in the UK, as well as federal and state regulation more broadly.

New Books Network
The Politics of Digital Technology

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 75:06


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Politics
The Politics of Digital Technology

New Books in Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 75:06


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
The Politics of Digital Technology

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 75:06


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

New Books in Technology
The Politics of Digital Technology

New Books in Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 75:06


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

New Books in American Politics
The Politics of Digital Technology

New Books in American Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 75:06


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington Post Live
Signal president on future of Big Tech and protecting consumer data

Washington Post Live

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 29:31


Washington Post tech policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski speaks with Meredith Whittaker, the president of the encrypted messaging app Signal, about the company's efforts to protect consumer data, her criticisms of Big Tech and the social implications of artificial intelligence. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

KQED’s Forum
Meredith Whittaker's Signal And A Progressive Vision For Tech

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 55:36


What happens when an outspoken critic of the technology industry finds herself at the helm of one of the largest messaging apps in the world? Meredith Whittaker made her name as one of the tech industry's strongest internal critics, helping lead the worker uprising at Google, founding an institute to rethink the ethics of AI, and promoting a platform for a real progressive politics in technology. Now, she's the president of non-profit organization Signal, which builds a messaging app of the same name known for its serious dedication to privacy. This episode, we talk with Whittaker about the current moment in tech, if privacy still matters, and what she can do to help Signal prosper, despite its Big Tech competition. Guests: Meredith Whittaker, president, the Signal Foundation

Boletim de Tecnologia
Vamos falar de pessoas e projetos legais

Boletim de Tecnologia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 42:53


No podcast Guia Prático, eu e Jacqueline Lafloufa resolvemos deixar Elon Musk e outros tóxicos um pouco de lado para falar de outras pessoas com projetos legais e que, por qualquer motivo, têm menos espaço nas manchetes. Você sabe quem está por trás do Firefox? Ou do NextCloud? Apoie o Manual pelo preço de um cafezinho Nas últimas semanas, o Manual ganhou cinco novos apoiadores: Rick Machado, Mateus Schmitz, Wagner Silveira Souto, Rodrigo Pontes e Otavio Rampinelli Elias. Obrigado! Gosta do podcast? Se puder, apoie o nosso trabalho e ajude a mantê-lo no ar. A assinatura custa apenas R$ 9 por mês via Catarse ou PicPay, ou menos de R$ 0,30 por dia. Se preferir, assine com desconto no plano anual por Pix, a partir de R$ 99. Ah, e uma novidade: agora os apoiadores/assinantes do Manual têm acesso a um clube de descontos. Confira os detalhes. Indicações culturais Ghedin: O documentário O menino da internet: A história de Aaron Swartz [Libreflix], de Brian Knappenberger. Jacque: O quadrinho Heimat: Ponderações de uma alemã sobre sua terra e história, de Nora Krug, publicado pela Quadrinhos na Cia/Companhia das Letras. Links citados na conversa Dependência, no xkcd. Por que o Signal não fará concessões na criptografia, com a presidente Meredith Whittaker, no The Verge.

The Vergecast
Why Signal won't compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

The Vergecast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 75:01


Today we're sharing an episode of Decoder with Nilay Patel featuring an interview with Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal. Signal is the popular messaging app that offers encrypted communication. You might recognize Meredith's name from 2018 when she was an AI researcher at Google and one of the organizers of the Google walkout. Now she's at Signal, which is a little different than the usual tech company: it's operated by a nonprofit foundation and prides itself on collecting as little data as possible. Listen to more of Decoder with Nilay Patel anywhere you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Signal won't compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 74:31


Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal, the popular messaging app that offers encrypted communication. You might recognize Meredith's name from 2018 when she was an AI researcher at Google and one of the organizers of the Google walkout. Now she's at Signal, which is a little different than the usual tech company: it's operated by a nonprofit foundation and prides itself on collecting as little data as possible. But messaging apps are a complicated business. Governments around the world really dislike encrypted messaging and often push companies to put in backdoors for surveillance and law enforcement because criminals use encrypted messaging for all sorts of deeply evil things. But there's no half step to breaking encryption, so companies like Signal often find themselves in the difficult position of refusing to help governments. You might recall that Apple has often refused to help the government break into iPhones, for example. I wanted to know how that tradeoff plays out at Signal's much smaller and more idealistic scale. This is a good one, with lots of Decoder themes in the mix. We have to start doing checklists or something. Okay, Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal. Here we go. Links: The battle inside Signal Yes, even Signal is doing stories now Here's why Apple's new child safety features are so controversial Signal is ‘starting to phase out SMS support' from its Android app A very brief history of every Google messaging app RCS: What it is and why you might want it Let's chat about RCS WhatsApp is now entirely end-to-end encrypted Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as CEO of Signal Meredith Whittaker Tweet Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/23173757 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Jackson Bierfeldt. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Caffe 2.0
2574 Meredith - dall'antitrust alla sorveglianza si finisce nel fascismo - guida all'autodifesa

Caffe 2.0

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 8:49


Mi sembra di sentirmi parlare come un novax, ma non lo sono.La tecnologia con i monopoli dei big data e la presa per il culo dell'intelligenza artificiale.Insomma: dove stiamo andando ? La nuova presidente di Signal, allontanatasi da Google per le critiche su etica e intelligenza artificiale, propone una resistenza diffusa e dal basso.Con step concreti e motivazioni chiarissime.In linkografia cerca Meredith Whittaker

Marketplace Tech
Signal’s new president on the messaging app’s long-term sustainability

Marketplace Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 10:22


There have been a lot of conversations here on “Marketplace Tech” about digital privacy. More folks are paying attention to things like encryption and the security of their messaging apps. Signal consistently ranks as one of the more popular choices for privacy advocates, and the app is increasingly being used by people beyond the cybersecurity crowd. Signal’s staff is small compared to that of messaging apps like Telegram, WhatsApp or iMessage — which comes pre-installed in iPhones — but it’s growing. Former Google researcher and digital privacy advocate Meredith Whittaker just signed on as Signal’s new president and today is her first day on the job. She’s been on Signal’s board since 2020 and says she plans to continue the company’s focus on encryption. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams recently spoke with Whittaker about the future of the company, how she’d like to grow Signal without monetizing its users’ data and digital privacy issues at large.

Marketplace All-in-One
Signal’s new president on the messaging app’s long-term sustainability

Marketplace All-in-One

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 10:22


There have been a lot of conversations here on “Marketplace Tech” about digital privacy. More folks are paying attention to things like encryption and the security of their messaging apps. Signal consistently ranks as one of the more popular choices for privacy advocates, and the app is increasingly being used by people beyond the cybersecurity crowd. Signal’s staff is small compared to that of messaging apps like Telegram, WhatsApp or iMessage — which comes pre-installed in iPhones — but it’s growing. Former Google researcher and digital privacy advocate Meredith Whittaker just signed on as Signal’s new president and today is her first day on the job. She’s been on Signal’s board since 2020 and says she plans to continue the company’s focus on encryption. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams recently spoke with Whittaker about the future of the company, how she’d like to grow Signal without monetizing its users’ data and digital privacy issues at large.

ZD Tech : tout comprendre en moins de 3 minutes avec ZDNet
Signal recrute une ex-Google pour tenter de gagner de l'argent

ZD Tech : tout comprendre en moins de 3 minutes avec ZDNet

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 3:04


Bonjour à tous et bienvenue dans le ZDTech, le podcast quotidien de la rédaction de ZDNet. Je m'appelle Guillaume Serries et aujourd'hui, je vous explique comment l'application de messagerie Signal va enfin tenter de gagner de l'argent. L'application de messagerie Signal vient d'embaucher Meredith Whittaker, une ancienne responsable du géant de la tech Google. Et ce n'est pas sur un petit poste puisqu'elle devient la première présidente de Signal. Reste que son objectif est très très ambitieux. Elle a pour mission ni plus ni moins de convaincre les utilisateurs de Signal de payer pour continuer à utiliser cette application pour l'heure gratuite. Signal est une application de messagerie comme WhatsApp ou Messenger. Sa réputation s'est construite sur la sécurité des échanges, et un chiffrement soit disant à toute épreuve. Signal propose en effet un chiffrement de bout en bout pour les discussions de groupe par texte, voix et vidéo, ne collecte ni ne stocke d'informations sensibles et ne conserve pas de sauvegardes de vos données sur ses serveurs. Un point de différenciation important vis à vis d'une concurrence acharnée sur le secteur des messageries. La plupart des concurrents de Signal utilisent en effet les données personnelles des utilisateurs pour gagner de l'argent. L'application a d'ailleurs connu un pic massif de téléchargements l'année dernière quand WhatsApp a modifié sa politique d'utilisation pour collecter des données sur les interactions de ses utilisateurs. A noter par ailleurs que Signal est gérée par une organisation à but non lucratif. Mais à présent, il faut bien gagner de l'argent. Surtout que si Signal compte actuellement 140,9 millions de téléchargements sur l'App Store et Google Play, ses concurrents sont loins devant. WhatsApp a dépassé les 2 milliards de téléchargements en 2019. Telegram de son côté a dépassé le milliard de téléchargements en 2021. Dans une interview, Meredith Whittaker a déclaré prévoir de se concentrer sur l'autofinancement, et ce grâce aux petits dons de millions d'utilisateurs. "Cela coûte des dizaines de millions de dollars par an pour développer et maintenir une application comme Signal" explique t-elle. Car oui, comme le sait très bien Meredith Whittaker avec son expérience chez Google, quand c'est gratuit, c'est vous le produit. La seule façon donc d'échapper à une technologie qui gagne de l'argent grâce à vos données est de payer pour des produits qui n'en gagnent pas, dit Mme Whittaker. Une alternative à la collecte de données n'existe que si la communauté des personnes qui en dépendent "donne un petit coup de pouce", dit-elle. Au delà de son pedigree chez Google, Meredith Whittaker, qui est membre du conseil d'administration de Signal depuis 2020, s'est fait connaître pour son discours parfois critique sur la mise en place des nouvelles technologies dans les entreprises. Elle a cofondé le AI Now Institute, un centre de recherche pour sensibiliser aux implications sociales de l'intelligence artificielle.

Noticias de Tecnología Express
Entregan HoloLens al ejército estadounidense – NTX 201

Noticias de Tecnología Express

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 10:22


Abuelita mexicana en el top 5 de cocina en YouTube, llega la realidad aumentada al ejército estadounidense y Signal tiene nueva presidenta. Puedes apoyar la realización de este programa con una suscripción. Más información por acáNoticias:-Twitter confirmó en un reporte de TechCrunch que su función de edición de tuits, disponible para suscriptores de Twitter Blue, permitirá a los usuarios editar un tuit hasta cinco veces dentro de los 30 minutos después de ser publicado.-Signal contrató a la exgerente de Google y cofundador del AI Now Institute de la Universidad de Nueva York, Meredith Whittaker, como su nueva presidenta.-El primer ministro de Albania, Edi Rama, dijo que su país cortó relaciones diplomáticas con Irán, alegando un ataque cibernético en julio, con el que se bloquearon servicios y sitios web gubernamentales.–Latinometrics hizo un comparativo de visualizaciones en sus últimos videos y encontró que el canal de “De mi rancho a tu cocina” es el cuarto más visto en su categoría.-El ejército de los Estados Unidos recibió el primer lote de 5000 gafas de realidad aumentada, basadas en HoloLens de Microsoft, para su uso en operativos.Discusión: La Realidad Aumentada en sectores especializados¿Prefieres leer las noticias? ¡Suscríbete a mi newsletter y te llegarán todos los días!   Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/noticias-de-tecnologia-express. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim
Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You?

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 20:39


Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just hired radical leftist activist Meredith Whittaker as an advisor.  She is a proponent of what is called Machine Learning Fairness.  Then the Word Economic Forum calls for Artificial Intelligence enhanced with Truth and Safety Teams to learn how to sniff out and censor people with views the elites don't like or want disseminated freely.  All of this also has a biblically prophetic ring to it.  What does it all mean?  Dr. Walt Swaim helps to take us through the labyrinth of it all and know a biblical worldview and response to it. Audio only & video on most podcast apps and at https://truthunbound.podbean.com Sources and help: https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/11/world-economic-forum-ai-censor-spech/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/02/ftc-to-hire-leftist-wacko-meredith-whitaker-former-google-worker-who-attacked-women-for-supporting-trump/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/08/16/near-perfect-detection-world-economic-forum-pushes-ai-censorship-of-online-speech/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ Info@TruthUnbound.org https://truthunbound.org/ The book: https://truthunbound.org/sale%3A-%22to-be-clear%22-book-1 Facebook: search for “Truth Unbound”

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim
Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? [VIDEO]

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 20:39


Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just hired radical leftist activist Meredith Whittaker as an advisor. She is a proponent of what is called Machine Learning Fairness. Then the Word Economic Forum calls for Artificial Intelligence enhanced with Truth and Safety Teams to learn how to sniff out and censor people with views the elites don't like or want disseminated freely. All of this also has a biblically prophetic ring to it. What does it all mean? Dr. Walt Swaim helps to take us through the labyrinth of it all and know a biblical worldview and response to it. Audio only & video on most podcast apps and at https://truthunbound.podbean.com Sources and help: https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/11/world-economic-forum-ai-censor-spech/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/02/ftc-to-hire-leftist-wacko-meredith-whitaker-former-google-worker-who-attacked-women-for-supporting-trump/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/08/16/near-perfect-detection-world-economic-forum-pushes-ai-censorship-of-online-speech/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ Info@TruthUnbound.org https://truthunbound.org/ The book: https://truthunbound.org/sale%3A-%22to-be-clear%22-book-1 Facebook: search for “Truth Unbound”

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim
Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You?

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 20:39


Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just hired radical leftist activist Meredith Whittaker as an advisor.  She is a proponent of what is called Machine Learning Fairness.  Then the Word Economic Forum calls for Artificial Intelligence enhanced with Truth and Safety Teams to learn how to sniff out and censor people with views the elites don't like or want disseminated freely.  All of this also has a biblically prophetic ring to it.  What does it all mean?  Dr. Walt Swaim helps to take us through the labyrinth of it all and know a biblical worldview and response to it. Audio only & video on most podcast apps and at https://truthunbound.podbean.com Sources and help: https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/11/world-economic-forum-ai-censor-spech/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/02/ftc-to-hire-leftist-wacko-meredith-whitaker-former-google-worker-who-attacked-women-for-supporting-trump/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/08/16/near-perfect-detection-world-economic-forum-pushes-ai-censorship-of-online-speech/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ Info@TruthUnbound.org https://truthunbound.org/ The book: https://truthunbound.org/sale%3A-%22to-be-clear%22-book-1 Facebook: search for “Truth Unbound”

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim
Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? [VIDEO]

Truth Unbound with Walter Swaim

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 20:39


Social Justice Warrior Machines That Learn To Censor You? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just hired radical leftist activist Meredith Whittaker as an advisor. She is a proponent of what is called Machine Learning Fairness. Then the Word Economic Forum calls for Artificial Intelligence enhanced with Truth and Safety Teams to learn how to sniff out and censor people with views the elites don't like or want disseminated freely. All of this also has a biblically prophetic ring to it. What does it all mean? Dr. Walt Swaim helps to take us through the labyrinth of it all and know a biblical worldview and response to it. Audio only & video on most podcast apps and at https://truthunbound.podbean.com Sources and help: https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/11/world-economic-forum-ai-censor-spech/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/02/ftc-to-hire-leftist-wacko-meredith-whitaker-former-google-worker-who-attacked-women-for-supporting-trump/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/08/16/near-perfect-detection-world-economic-forum-pushes-ai-censorship-of-online-speech/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tech-labor-progressive/ Info@TruthUnbound.org https://truthunbound.org/ The book: https://truthunbound.org/sale%3A-%22to-be-clear%22-book-1 Facebook: search for “Truth Unbound”

Peoples & Things
Meredith Whittaker on the Politics of Digital Technology

Peoples & Things

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 71:21


Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and faculty director of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at New York University, talks about the politics of digital technologies with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. The conversation examines Whittaker's fascinating career moving between industry and academia, her role in the Google walkout, and her hopes for the future, including the role of social movements in fomenting political change.

This Machine Kills
96. Taking Control of the Data Pipeline (ft. Meredith Whittaker, Salomé Viljoen)

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 91:19


Intro: Contra – This Machine Kills (remixed) https://contra805.bandcamp.com/track/this-machine-kills We're joined by two of the sharpest minds on the politics of AI and data governance—Meredith Whittaker and Salomé Viljoen—to chat about the relationship between corporate gatekeepers and academic research, the construction and infrastructure of data, AI as a universal hammer for all nails, how the state enforces Silicon Valley's power, and what it would take to seize the data pipeline from private capital for the public good. This discussion expands on a recent article we published in Nature: Everyone should decide how their digital data are used—not just tech companies | Jathan Sadowski, Salomé Viljoen, Meredith Whittaker: nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01812-3 Salomé's profile: law.columbia.edu/faculty/salome-viljoen And Twitter: twitter.com/salome_viljoen_ Meredith's profile: ainowinstitute.org/people/meredith-whittaker.html And Twitter: twitter.com/mer__edith Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)

Special Features (HD)
The Alphabet Workers Union, explained

Special Features (HD)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021


The Alphabet Workers Union is a major turning point in a long history of worker organizing and activism at one of the world's largest tech companies. To understand this new force and what it's fighting for, we spoke with AWU's Executive Vice Chair Chewy Shaw and former Google employee and tech labor organizer Meredith Whittaker.

All CNET Video Podcasts (HD)
The Alphabet Workers Union, explained

All CNET Video Podcasts (HD)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021


The Alphabet Workers Union is a major turning point in a long history of worker organizing and activism at one of the world's largest tech companies. To understand this new force and what it's fighting for, we spoke with AWU's Executive Vice Chair Chewy Shaw and former Google employee and tech labor organizer Meredith Whittaker.

Jacobin Radio
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Meredith Whittaker and Ilya Budraitskis

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 64:05


In this episode, Suzi talks to Meredith Whittaker, who worked at Google for a decade and now directs NYU's Artificial Intelligence Institute, where she focuses on the social implications of artificial intelligence and the tech industry responsible for it. Her recent Nation article, co-authored with Nantina Vgontzas, puts forward a militant progressive vision for tech, insisting that the left must vie for control over the algorithms, data and infrastructure that shape our lives. This is all the more urgent in light of the January 6 assault on the Capitol. We get Meredith’s explanation of the way platform business models like Facebook and YouTube drive right-wing conspiracy theories and right-wing organizing. She also looks at the way big tech exploits its workers, something we explored recently with Veena Dubal looking at the implication of the passage of Prop 22. We are fortunate to have Meredith help us understand the challenges as well as suggest the way to wrest control from big tech. Suzi then talks to Moscow writer, podcaster and political activist Ilya Budraitskis, about the massive anti-government protests that have rocked cities and towns across Russia following the arrest, detention, and now imprisonment of prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny -- who returned to Russia on January 17 after narrowly surviving being poisoned from exposure to military-grade Novichok on August 20. The protestors were met with vicious police brutality, and 10,000 were arrested. Ilya Budraitskis stands with the protestors -- and we get his views of the movement itself, his analysis of the Putin regime, and a closer look at what Navalny represents.

This Machine Kills
30. Death of the Entrepreneur (ft. Veena Dubal)

This Machine Kills

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 86:21


We’re joined by the great Veena Dubal (twitter.com/veenadubal), law professor at UC Hastings, for a fantastic discussion about how gig work platforms like Uber have weaponized ideas of flexibility and entrepreneurship, the political / legal origins of the distinction between “employees” vs. “independent contractors,” and the possibilities for building worker power in the face of authoritarian neoliberalism. As Silicon Valley takes aim at other professions – rolling out flexible exploitation, eviscerating labor rights, and turning all jobs into piecework – the fate of gig workers is the fate of everybody. Some stuff we reference: • Those in Power Won’t Give Up Willingly: On the Future of Organizing Under Prop 22 by Veena Dubal and Meredith Whittaker: https://onezero.medium.com/amp/p/e6eaa3ee2324 • Wage Slave or Entrepreneur?: Contesting the Dualism of Legal Worker Identities by Veena Dubal: https://repository.uchastings.edu/faculty_scholarship/1596/ • The Drive to Precarity: A Political History of Work, Regulation, & Labor Advocacy in San Francisco's Taxi & Uber Economies by Veena Dubal: https://repository.uchastings.edu/faculty_scholarship/1589/ • Words Matter: How Tech Media Helped Write Gig Companies into Existence by Sam Harnett: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3668606 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).

Factually! with Adam Conover
Prop 22 and Tech Companies that Write Their Own Laws with Meredith Whittaker

Factually! with Adam Conover

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 79:53


Distinguished research scientist at NYU’s AI Now Institute and former Google employee/organizer Meredith Whittaker joins Adam to break down Prop 22.  They cover workers’ rights for tech companies like Uber and Doordash, why Uber and others spent 200 million dollars on Prop 22’s ad campaign, Meredith’s experience organizing at Google and pushing back at their foray into military tech, and the dangerous myths around artificial intelligence.

The AmberMac Show
ALGORITHMS: Why We're Hooked Hard on Social Media

The AmberMac Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 29:47


Alex Kantrowitz, the author of Always Day One and host of the Big Technology Podcast, joins me to discuss why algorithms are a lot like junk food without the regulation. To further discuss the societal impact of artificial intelligence systems, AI Now Institute Co-founder Meredith Whittaker shares what we need to know about built-in bias and discrimination.

The Dig
Demystifying Big Tech with Meredith Whittaker

The Dig

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 128:55


Guest host Astra Taylor interviews tech organizer and scholar Meredith Whittaker on the political economy of the tech leviathan that's remaking capitalism, empire, and the carceral state. FYI: Whittaker mentioned this interview with Sarah T. Hamid on carceral technologies logicmag.io/care/community-defense-sarah-t-hamid-on-abolishing-carceral-technologies/ Support this podcast with a contribution at Patreon.com/TheDig

Jacobin Radio
Dig: Demystifying Big Tech with Meredith Whittaker

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 128:55


Guest host Astra Taylor interviews tech organizer and scholar Meredith Whittaker on the political economy of the tech leviathan that's remaking capitalism, empire, and the carceral state. FYI: Whittaker mentioned this interview with Sarah T. Hamid on carceral technologies logicmag.io/care/community-defense-sarah-t-hamid-on-abolishing-carceral-technologies/ Support this podcast with a contribution at Patreon.com/TheDig

Night Call
120: The Robopod With Meredith Whittaker

Night Call

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 79:07


Emily returns with tales of a haunted hotel she stayed at in Mobile, Alabama. Then it's the #babywitches who hexed the moon, followed by a listener email about the queer Sapphic aesthetics of cottagecore. This of course leads into some discussion of Taylor Swift's new album Folklore, and how in a way it's always fall right now. We read a listener email about the struggles of international students right now, and another about working in a plastic surgery clinic during the pandemic. Then the girls are joined by Meredith Whittaker - Research Professor and Co-founder of the AI Now Institute at NYU. After working at Google for over thirteen years Meredith helped lead the Google Walkouts to end AI contracts with the Department Of Defense. We talk to Meredith about racism in tech, the biased badness of algorithms, and the human beings behind most "artificial intelligence." And, of course, Robocop. How can we organize to prevent tech companies from say, building war machines for the government? Plus one hot but easy tip for avoiding facial recognition software at protests. All this on the all new Night Call! Footnotes: Haunted Malaga Inn  Moon hex explained  Marianne Williamson moon hex tweet Why are people angry at witches on tik tok?  Paper Mag on cottagecore Correction: Sean Penn's COVID test is CORE, not Curative Meredith and the Google walkout  Facial recognition/surveillance in schools Meredith testifying before Congress The AI Now Institute  Meredith Whittaker on Twitter  Tech Workers Coalition  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

City Arts & Lectures
Ethics in Technology, with Ruha Benjamin and Meredith Whittaker

City Arts & Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 61:34


Ruha Benjamin studies the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine.  In books like “Race After Technology”, and “People’s Science”, Benjamin examines how racial inequality plays out in every corner of civic, scientific, and social life.  Meredith Whittaker co-founded the AI Now Institute, a research center examining the social implications of artificial intelligence in criminal justice, law enforcement, housing, and education.  On June 1, 2020, Ruha Benjamin and Meredith Whittaker spoke via video conference. The two talked about biases built into every day technologies, how COVID-19 disproportionately harms marginalized communities, and ethical concerns over the increased power tech elites now have over our educational systems.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
AI, Accountability, and Power

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 30:36


Meredith Whittaker, co-director of the AI Now Institute and one of the organizers of the Google Walkout in 2018, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how discrimination and bias are influencing the development of artificial intelligence, and how tech workers are working to change their industry for the better.

AI with AI
Newton & the 3-Body Problem

AI with AI

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 36:13


Andy and Dave discuss the AI-related supplemental report to the President’s Budget Request. The California governor signs a bill banning facial recognition use by the state’s law enforcement agencies. The 2019 Association of the US Army meeting focuses on AI. A DoD panel discussion explores the Promise and Risk of the AI Revolution. And the 3rd Annual DoD AI Industry Day will be 13 November in Silver Spring, MD. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Cambridge, and Leiden University announce using a deep neural network to solve the chaotic 3-body problem, providing accurate solutions up to 100 million times faster than a state-of-the-art solver. Research from MIT uses a convolutional neural network to recover or recreate probable ensembles of dimensionally collapsed information (such as a video collapsing to one single image). Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker take a look at 2019 and the Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI. Air University Press releases AI, China, Russia, and the Global Order, edited by Nicholas Wright, with contributions from numerous authors, including Elsa Kania and Sam Bendett. Michael Stumborg from CNA pens a response to the National Security Commission’s request for ideas, on AI’s Long Data Tail. Deisenroth, Faisal, and Ong make their Mathematics for Machine Learning available. Melanie Mitchell pens AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans. An article in the New Yorker by John Seabrook examines the role of AI/ML in writing, with The Next Word. And the Allen Institute for AI updates its Semantic Scholar with now more than 175 million scientific papers across even more fields of research. Click here to visit our website and explore the links mentioned in the episode. 

City Arts & Lectures
Privacy and Technology

City Arts & Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 69:48


This week, a conversation about privacy, ethics, and organizing in the world of technology.Who benefits from the lack of diversity in the tech industry? Does artificial intelligence reflect the biases of those who create it? How can we push for regulation and transparency?  These are some of the questions discussed by our guests, Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of AI Now at NYU and the founder of Google’s Open Research Institute; and Kade Crockford, Director of the ACLU Massachusetts’ Technology and Liberty Program. They appeared at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on June 7, 2019.

Amanpour
Amanpour: Michael Fallon, Mairead McGuinness, Pat Toomey, Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 54:57


Michael Fallon, U.K. Conservative MP and former U.K. Secretary of State for Defense, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the next British Prime Minister; Boris Johnson. Mairead McGuinness, Irish Member of the European Parliament and first Vice-President of the European Parliament, weighs in on Johnson's new-found leadership, his next steps and the U.K.'s exit from the European Union. Pat Toomey, U.S. Senate Republican, talks about the future of the special U.S.-U.K. relationship. Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker, two organizers of the Google Walkout For Real Change, unpack the allegations of sexual harassment, gender inequality and racism which sparked walkout of twenty-thousand Google employees last year and why they won't be silenced.

Material
Material 212: Onward!

Material

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2019 75:15


This week, we're light on the catch-up and heavy on the information dump. Andy and Flo discuss the impact of Google Walkout organizer, Meredith Whittaker's, departure from the company. We'll also explain what recently transpired between Google and the U.S. Congress, and how the company is attempting to fight "stalkerware" apps.

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller
Randy Abreu: Is it Too Late for Cities?: Tech, the New Green Deal, and Climate Justice (Ep. 184)

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 26:33


    Bio   Randy Abreu (@AbreuAndTheCity) is the Senior Legislative Advisor to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Abreu served in the Obama Administration where he was appointed to the Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions and Clean Energy Investment Center. He is an alum of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and Google Policy fellowships and is currently a Google NextGen Leader, Internet Law and Policy Foundry fellow, and member of the Bronx Progressives. Abreu has a personal history of advocating for social justice, and federal experience producing regulations and initiatives on intellectual property, drones, self-driving cars, cybersecurity, broadband access, spectrum allocation, e-privacy, and tech-transfer. Read more at https://washingtechpodcast.libsyn.com/randy-abreu-tech-policy-in-the-bronx-and-beyond-ep-128#ySt87YOYc4MbviFm.99   Resources   New Green Deal   IPCC Special Report on Global Warming     HEADLINES:   News Roundup   Mark Zuckerberg comes under direct assault ahead of a shareholder vote to keep him on the Board, Microsoft defends election security, and Randy Abreu is my guest   Zuckerberg under assault   Two civil rights groups—Color of Change and Majority Action—are circulating a proposal and meeting with Facebook’s shareholders pushing to oust Mark Zuckerberg from the board. Color of Change President Rashad Robinson wrote “ "Lasting change to address the misinformation, discrimination, violent movements and data breaches that put users, especially Black users, at risk cannot subject to the whims of a single person." Currently, Zuckerberg controls 57.7% of voting shares. The Hill notes that 35% of Facebook’s shareholders withheld votes last year.   Here in DC Senators Blumenthal and Hawley wrote to the Federal Trade Commission urging it to wrap up its investigation into Facebook, calling for significant damages that exceed the $5 billion that some reports have anticipated.   Facebook bows to additional FTC oversight   Several sources have reported that Facebook has told federal regulators at the Federal Trade Commission that, in addition to paying what’s expected to be a multibillion dollar fine, it will also bend to additional oversight. Any major changes that Facebook plans to make to the platform would now need to go through a more rigorous approval process. And Facebook would need to hire a new privacy executive that the FTC pre-approves.  Facebook has also redesigned its website to emphasize group messages over the news feed in order to address privacy concerns.     Trump expands biometric data collection at the border   The Trump administration has expanded its collection of biometric data from migrant families at the U.S. border with Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security will now conduct DNA tests and a pilot to collect fingerprints from children under 14.    Putin signs new law closing Russia off from the internet   Russia took a huge step last week to close itself off from the internet. Vladimir Putin signed a new bill that would allow his country to develop a “sustainable, fully-functioning, and secure sovereign internet” to defend itself against potential cyberattacks.  The bill envisions doing this by creating a Russia-specific Domain Name Server.     Senators introduce bill to protect U.S. citizens’ data at the U.S./Mexico border   Senators Steve Daines And Gary Peters introduced a bipartisan bill that would prevent the Customs and Border Protection’s ability to sell personally identifiable information, like addresses and social security numbers, to third parties. The senators say the new measure could help prevent identity theft and credit card fraud.   Uber and Lyft stop adding new drivers in New York City   Uber and Lyft have stopped adding new drivers in New York City approximately 3 months after a new law went into effect that requires drivers to earn at least $17.22 per hour after expenses. The new law is intended to address low pay but also reduce the number of unused ride-sharing vehicles on the street. Politico noted that Uber and Lyft drivers have earned some $56 million more than they would have prior to February first.   Google employees stage sit-in to protest retaliation   Several hundred employees at Google offices around the world, including in London, staged a sit in last week to protest alleged retaliation against Google employee Meredith Whittaker for organizing a 20,000-employee walkout to protest forced arbitration f. During the sit-in other employees spoke about instances of retaliation that they too have allegedly experienced. Google released a statement saying it takes retaliation seriously and that it offers multiple channels by which employees have the ability to complain about retaliation, including anonymous complaints.     Microsoft takes initiative to beef up election security   Microsoft is taking the initiative to beef up election security by offering a free software that secures and validates votes and elections with new encryption methods. The company says it is ready to release “early prototypes” by 2020. Keep in mind though that it won’t be prepared for “significant deployments” until after the 2020 elections.       Events     Tues., 5/7 Federal Communications Bar Association CLE: Lawyering Social: Legal Issues on Social and Digital Media 6:00pm-8:15pm Wiley Rein, 1776 K St. $250 for non-members/$135 for members     Wed., 5/8   Washington Post 116th Congress State of Play Livestream   House Administration Committee Full Committee Hearing on Election Security 10:00AM 1310 Longworth     House Committee on Energy and Commerce Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission: Strengthening Protections for Americans’ Privacy and Data Security 10:30AM Rayburn, 2123   Thurs., 5/9   House Small Business Committee The Digital Ecosystem: New Paths to Entrepreneurship 10:00AM Rayburn, 2360   Federal Communications Commission May Open Meeting 10:30AM-12:30PM FCC,  445 12th St., NW

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Meredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford: How AI could change your life

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 64:56


AI Now Institute founders Meredith Whittaker and Kate Crawford talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about artificial intelligence in this live interview recorded at the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. In this episode: What is the AI Now Institute?; how "dirty data" can lead to faulty AI conclusions; how machine learning works; the “whack-a-mole” problem of biased search results; the politics of AI; diversity in computer science; what systems should not be run by humans?; Amazon's résumé-scanning AI failure; how the industry is trying to regulate itself and “ethics theater”; which federal agency should monitor AI in the US?; China’s creepy “social credit score”; the ways facial recognition and other invasions of privacy are creeping into the US, too; the Google walkout and protecting whistleblowers inside tech companies; and why Elon Musk is wrong about AI’s dangers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At Liberty
A Growing Movement for Ethical Tech

At Liberty

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 21:42


In recent weeks, hundreds of Amazon employees have spoken out to oppose the company marketing its facial recognition software for use by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They join a chorus of voices — both in the tech world and outside of it — who are concerned about the use of artificial intelligence by law enforcement. We’re replaying a recent episode on the impact of A.I. on our civil liberties, featuring Meredith Whittaker of the AI Now Institute.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
After 20,000 workers walked out, Google said it got the message. The workers disagree.

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 69:52


Six of the organizers of the Nov. 1 Google walkouts — Erica Anderson, Claire Stapleton, Meredith Whittaker, Stephanie Parker, Cecelia O'Neil-Hart and Amr Gaber — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the worldwide protests came together and why Google's response has been inadequate. In this episode: (02:20) How the protests started; (07:13) The divide between tech rhetoric and tech reality; (10:24) How the organizers formulated their demands; (14:05) The rights of contractors at Google; (22:04) Why Googlers were ready to walk out; (29:31) Google's response and the organizers' reactions; (42:13) The post-walkout town hall meeting; (46:50) The privileges of being a tech worker; (50:25) What needs to happen next; (1:02:41) Are the walkout organizers hopeful? Fan of the show? It helps to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At Liberty
How to Fight an Algorithm

At Liberty

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 21:15


It seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere these days — in our homes, in our cars, in our offices, and of course online. Government decisions, too, are being outsourced to computer code. In one Pennsylvania county, for example, welfare services use digital tools to assess the likelihood that a child is at risk of abuse. Los Angeles contracts with the data giant Palantir to engage in predictive policing, in which algorithms identify residents who might commit future crimes. Local police departments are buying Amazon's facial recognition tool, which can automatically identify people as they go about their lives in public. What does all this mean for our civil liberties? And how can the public exercise oversight of a secret algorithm? AI Now Co-founder Meredith Whittaker discusses this brave new world — and the ways we can keep it in check.

Washington Post Live
Transformers Artificial Intelligence: People, robots and society

Washington Post Live

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 32:52


Jack Clark, strategy and communications director at OpenAI, Milind Tambe, founding co-director of USC's Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society and Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of AI Now Institute look into the ethical implications of AI.

Big Technology Podcast
Google Protest Leader Meredith Whittaker on the Future of Tech Activism and the Deep Flaws of ‘The Social Dilemma’

Big Technology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 40:45


When I interviewed Tristan Harris ( https://onezero.medium.com/social-dilemma-star-tristan-harris-responds-to-criticisms-of-the-film-netflix-s-algorithm-and-e11c3bedd3eb ) about The Social Dilemma earlier this month, my mentions filled with people saying, "You should speak to the people who were critical of the social web long before the film.” One name, Meredith ** Whittaker, stood out. An A.I. researcher and former big tech employee, Whittaker helped lead Google’s walkout in 2018 amid a season of activism inside the company.  On this edition of the Big Technology Podcast, we spoke not only about her views on the film, but of the future of workplace activism inside tech companies in a moment where some are questioning if it belongs ( https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 ) at all. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/big-technology-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands