Podcast
Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo speaks with Resh Budhu, host of the Courage My Friends podcast, about the problems with Canada’s ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence. She notes, “It’s kind of a slap in the face to everyone who has either been harmed by these kinds of reckless approaches to technology, or who has […]
Citizen Lab senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli speaks with Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, about Israel-linked influence operations pushing for regime change in Iran. Fittarelli explains how an artificial network of users on X amplified calls for unrest, sometimes with the aid of AI-generated images and videos. The perpetrators of the operation were “trying to fake grassroots support […]
In an interview with Alex Culafi on the Dark Reading Confidential podcast, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert speaks about changes in the digital ecosystem over the past 25 years. Deibert notes he is “heartened” by the growth of the digital rights community, but has concerns about the “golden age of surveillance” today. The lack of […]