TecHype
TecHype is a groundbreaking video and podcast series that cuts through the hype around emerging technologies to get to what matters. Each episode debunks misunderstandings around emerging tech, provides insight into benefits and risks, and identifies technical and policy strategies to harness the benefits while mitigating the risks of emerging technologies.
PODCAST
Episodes released weekly
VIDEO
Episode 1
Debunking Deepfakes: Unmasking Digital Deceptions with Hany Farid
Episode 2
Debunking AI: Ensuring Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Destroy our World with Stuart Russell
Episode 3
Debunking Disinformation: Fighting the Fake News Battle with Joan Donovan
Premiering Oct. 3
Episode 4
Debunking Trust & Safety: Unveiling the reality behind online integrity with Yoel Roth
Premiering Oct. 17
Episode 5
Open AI & the AI Divide:
EA vs. e/acc with Mike Isaac, NY Times
Episode 6
The Youtube Effect:
Extremism & The Crave for Fame with Alex Winter, Director, Writer & Actor
Premiering Soon
Episode 7
Streaming, Sharing, Stealing:
AI & Entertainment with Rahul Telang, Professor, Carnegie Mellon
Premiering Soon
TecHype TLDR
TecHype TLDR (Too long; Didn’t read) provides you with an analysis and summary of the tech policies that matter in short videos and infographics.
TecHype TLDR: Launch of Short Explainers on 8 Priority Actions of the White House Executive Order on AI
UC Berkeley AI Risk-Management Standards Profile for General-Purpose AI Systems (GPAIS) and Foundation Models (Version 1.0)
MEET THE HOST
“TecHype demystifies and contextualizes new technological advancements to improve public understanding of emerging technologies and shape a more responsible and equitable technological future.”
– Brandie Nonnecke, Host, TecHype
Brandie Nonnecke, PhD is Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at UC Berkeley and an Associate Research Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) where she directs the Tech Policy Initiative. Brandie is the Director of Our Better Web, a program that supports empirical research, policy analysis, training, and engagement to address the sharp rise of online harms. She is a co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at Berkeley Law where she leads the Project on Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society.
PRODUCTION
HOST & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Brandie Nonnecke
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Bora Han
Jay Brown
PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
Andre Anderson
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Dan Chapman
Co-Produced by the CITRIS Policy Lab & the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
SPONSORS
