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Computer scientist Supasorn Suwajanakorn shows how AI can create hyper-realistic fake videos and discusses the implications for truth and society.

We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, Tufekci explains how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information.

Discusses AI's dual role in elections, from misinformation risks to tools for strengthening democratic participation.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns that data and AI could enable totalitarian regimes, threatening democracy by manipulating human behavior.

Historian Yuval Noah Harari explores the tension between nationalism and globalism, and how it shapes our divided world.

Journalist Anne Applebaum explores how democratic institutions are eroded by populist movements and authoritarian tendencies.

In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside Sweden's parliament and grabbing the world's attention.

Climate scientist James Hansen discusses the urgency of climate policy, highlighting challenges in a divided global landscape and the need for unified action.

Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030, including addressing ocean plastic issues.