Tech Life

Tech Life explores whether smart glasses are becoming mainstream, with Alastair Keane testing Meta and Even Realities models that offer AI assistance, translation, and fact-checking.

Tech Life examines Singapore's response to a state-linked cyber attack targeting critical infrastructure like water and power supplies.

This episode explores how self-driving cars can communicate with pedestrians, runners, and cyclists to ensure road safety.

This episode of Tech Life explores issues of trust and bias in AI, along with digital twinning for heritage preservation and the appeal of deliberately boring video games.

This episode of Tech Life explores attribution science that helps communities take polluters to court for climate-related disasters, alongside discussions on AI's electronic waste and a veteran space robot's return.

A BBC podcast trailer promoting the upcoming season of '13 Minutes Presents Artemis II' about NASA's mission to send astronauts around the moon.

Exploring the current and future role of AI in healthcare, including its potential to help doctors work smarter and catch disease earlier.

This episode of Tech Life explores the impact of screen time on young children and features a listener's story about using AI to hear his father's voice for the first time in 50 years.

This episode explores the need for ethical guidelines in quantum computing and discusses innovative data preservation methods like glass storage, with insights from science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds.

BBC's Tech Life examines NVIDIA's Personaplex research chatbot, which vice president Brian Catanzaro says shifts from transcribe-then-synthesize processing to a direct audio-to-audio model trained to interrupt and use verbal filler like 'um' and 'oh.' Reporter Liv McMahon covers the emotional fallout from OpenAI retiring GPT-4o on February 13, including a 20,000-signature petition and UK user Anina, who calls her chatbot 'Jace' and describes it as the model where she 'first fell in love.' A UK AI Security Institute study cited in the segment found 33% of surveyed UK citizens have used AI models for emotional support in the past year.

A BBC podcast episode discussing a firm's policing technology involving drones equipped with tasers, alongside other tech topics like quantum computing and AI.

This episode of Tech Life covers Singapore's response to a cyber attack on critical infrastructure, a hoax about an AI-banned game, and a personal story about social media and a metal detector.

This episode of Tech Life explores how technology like drones, AI, and GPS trackers is being used to combat illegal gold mining in Ghana, which causes environmental damage and water pollution.