Join EngineEars founder Derek "MixedByAli" Ali and EMPIRE founder Ghazi Shami as they deep dive into the convergence of innovation and artistry, discuss the latest trends in the music industry, and explore how tech is revolutionizing the creation and distribution of music around the world.

We Meet:

Derek Ali, EngineEars, Founder and CEO

Ghazi Shami, EMPIRE, Founder & CEO

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Anthony Green.

In this second of a two-part series, we meet people fighting to build an open internet.

We Meet:

Digital Medusa Founder Farzaneh Badiei

Internet Society President & CEO Andrew Sullivan

Vivaldi CEO Jon Von Tetzchner

ICANN Interim President & CEO Sally Costerton

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Anthony Green.

The infrastructure underpinning the internet is increasingly under threat, but how many of us stop to consider how or why the internet works?

We Meet:

Internet Society President & CEO Andrew Sullivan

ICANN Interim President & CEO Sally Costerton

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Anthony Green.

Activists are fighting back against generative AI and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process, says Brian Merchant in a new piece for The Atlantic.

We Meet:

Tech Journalist & Author Brian Merchant

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Anthony Green.

Software can make it easier for people to file their own taxes, but what if you have a question? Would you trust generative AI to give you the answer?  

We Meet:

H&R Block VP of Technology Aditya Thadani

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Anthony Green.

An analysis by Consumer Reports suggests that every person on Facebook is being monitored by thousands of companies, but new tools and laws are starting to make it easier for people to take back their privacy.

This episode was recorded in New York City at an event hosted by the responsible tech nonprofit All Tech Is Human.

We Meet:

Consumer Reports R&D Director Ginny Fahs

New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer & Investigative Journalist Julia Angwin

Block Party Founder & CEO Tracy Chou

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens. The on-site recording engineer was Josh Chapdelaine. SHIFT is mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art direction by Anthony Green. The Founder and President of All Tech is Human is David Ryan Polgar.

Artists are starting to use AI to fight back against AI with free tools that let visual artists deter–even poison–AI models that use their work without permission.

We Meet:

Carl Franzen, Head of News at VentureBeat

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and it was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski.

A new study explores how an AI model that’s been taught to lie might be brought back into line.

We Meet:

Brown University Professor of Computer Science Michael Littman

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This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens, and mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski.

In the latest installment of our oral history project we meet one of the central figures behind generative coding tools.

We Meet:

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke

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SHIFT is produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green, with help from Emma Cillekens. It’s mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski.

In the latest installment of our oral history project we meet one of the key figures behind Rwanda’s national AI policies.

We Meet:

Esther Kunda, Director General, Innovation & Emerging Technologies for Rwanda’s Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation

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SHIFT is produced by Jennifer Strong and Anthony Green, with help from Emma Cillekens. It’s mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski.