Media leaders, advocates and journalists join Washington Post Live on World Press Freedom Day to assess the state of global press freedom, the technological shifts reshaping the industry and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

Conversation recorded at The Post's World Press Freedom Day event on Friday, May 3, 2024.

The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

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Journalist, editor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discusses why she believes "Americans are really not prepared" for the 2024 presidential election and how generative AI could impact democracies around the world.

Conversation recorded on June 13, 2024 at The Futurist: The Age of AI summit.

Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa on how AI could impact elections and democracy

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI discusses the possibilities and risks that artificial intelligence could pose over the next decade and why he believes everyone could have an AI agent in the future. Then, ARPA-H director, Renee Wegrzyn and MIT professor Renee Wegrzyn discuss how AI is changing the health-care landscape.

Conversation recorded on June 13, 2024 at The Futurist: The Age of AI summit.

Reid Hoffman, Renee Wegrzyn & Regina Barzilay on the promise of the AI revolution

On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” opinions editor at large Michael Duffy speaks with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, Hugh Hewitt and Eugene Robinson about how the Biden campaign is handling the conviction of the President’s son, the upcoming Biden-Trump debate and how the U.S. is trying to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Conversation recorded on Friday, June 14, 2024.

First Look with The Post’s Michael Duffy, Toluse Olorunnipa, Eugene Robinson and Hugh Hewitt

The venture capitalist, who once worked at Google, Microsoft and Apple, describes the latest advances from his AI start-up and his hopes to usher in China’s ChatGPT moment.
Interviewed by Yun-Hee Kim

China's ChatGPT

Gen. Mark A. Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, discuss how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are shaping our military and national security.

Conversation recorded on June 13, 2024 at The Futurist: The Age of AI summit.

The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

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