From deepfakes to social media chatbots, new technologies are changing our national political landscape.
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, we’ve already seen everything from campaign ads using AI-generated images to the continued spread of misinformation on platforms like Facebook.
So, how exactly are emerging technologies like AI changing how we do politics? This hour, we’ll get into the good, the bad, and everything in between.
Plus, we’ll look at how Connecticut lawmakers are thinking about artificial intelligence and get an update on local health insurance costs.
GUESTS:
- Sujata Srinivasan: Senior health reporter, Connecticut Public
- Justin Hendrix: Co-founder and CEO of Tech Policy Press, a new nonprofit media venture concerned with the intersection of technology and democracy; former director of NYC Media Lab
- Ryan Heath: Co-author of the Axios AI+ newsletter, focused on all things AI and global trends in tech; former Politico Playbook author
- Micah Musser: Former Research Analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he worked on the CyberAI Project
- Alison Cross: Reporter at the Hartford Courant
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