Byte Into IT

Although the podcast format of Byte Into It has now wrapped, this show continues to be broadcast on Triple R. You can now listen to new episodes on Triple R’s FM On Demand service at rrr.org.au/explore/programs/byte-into-it.

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On this final episode of Byte Into IT for the year, the whole crew is in and they're joined by Kate Crawford, an internationally-leading scholar of artificial intelligence and its impacts. Her most recent book, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics and The Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence explores AI's rising impact.

Eric Jong and Dan Salmon have a chat with with multidisciplinary artist and educator, Sandy Ma, to discuss her installation work Touching Wires which invites softness into our technological relationships and articulates what collaboration and co-creation means when artificial intelligence is involved. In her works Sandy explores the intersections of computing, electronics, and sound, and is currently completing her Honours research project exploring tactility in Human-AI interaction.

Vanessa, Dan, Eric, and Mike are joined by Alison Bird, program manager at Climate Salad. Bird is an advocate and connector in Australia’s growing climate tech scene, working with a range of innovative startups across the country, with a focus on supporting those developing groundbreaking solutions for a sustainable future, Alison fosters partnerships and brings people together to drive climate tech innovation forward. She discusses the 2024 Australian Climate Tech Connect & Awards and explores Climate Salad's goals and network.

You’re due for an update, luckily Lily, Vanessa and Eric are here to upgrade your tech knowledge software!

Jongkil Jay Jeong knows human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. He speaks to Byte co-hosts Lily, Vanessa and Eric in response to his recent Conversation article Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it and to remind us to stop using the same password for everything!

Plus, Alexar Pendashteh tells us all about this year's SXSW and auIGF. Listen to hear an important tip for any future SXSW attendees (hint: it has to do with lunch).

This week Rowena Murrey, Dan Salmon and Eric Jong chat with games composer and freelance reviewer Meghann O’Neill about all the indie games and they saw at PAX during Melbourne International Games Week.

Plus, Dr Jessica Court , researcher at the Queensland University of Technology joins the team to discuss how they've been trying to make train travel a little bit easier for the Hearing Impaired using AI Techology.

Vanessa and Eric are joined by CEO of WorkVentures, Caroline McDaid, to discuss 'digital poverty' during Anti-Poverty Week. They are also joined by Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems at UniMelb to chat about how AI tools can help clean up online spaces that are rife with toxicity.

Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon are joined by Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT, Dr Sam Whiting, to discuss his four-year project on crisis in the Australian music industries, with a focus on the impact of generative artificial intelligence, automation technologies, and other contemporary challenges. They also chat about the evolving landscape of audio production in the Australian videogames industry.

Vanessa and Dan then discuss technological developments involving smart glasses and privacy risks following a Havard student experiment on Meta Ray-Bans Smart Glasses successfully being able to access personal data of strangers through facial recognition technologies.

Lilly Ryan chats with Nick Thorpe and Karen Stewart on 'Live Music Locator', the platform that compiles the where, when, and what for all the live gigs in City of Yarra.

This week, Hosts Vanessa Toholka and Lilly Ryan are joined by Alexar Pendashteh to discuss AI standards. They're also joined by Dr. Jessica Balanzategui discuss Childrens use of streaming services and content discoverabilty.