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Download This Show

Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Rae Johnston and guests take a fun, deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.

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July 18, 2025 29 mins
Do you think you can tell the difference between what's real and what's made by AI? What about writing? Or even music? More AI-generated content is making its way into what we hear, read, and write and it's getting harder and harder to tell the difference. And when we can't tell who's making the things we consume, we can't tell their intentions behind it either. This is true when AI is causing more Australian job losses, and when t...
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In recent years, like many other big technology firms, Microsoft has refocused its business towards developing AI, and this week the firm has announced it's slashing 9,000 jobs. A large chunk of these jobs are coming from its Xbox video gaming unit, with successful and longstanding titles like Elder Scrolls and Forza Motorport in the firing line. Why is Microsoft choosing AI over people? And what difference will this make for playe...
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This week on Download This Show, we're getting up to speed with what on Earth is going on with the teen social media ban. From new standards being announced to experts quitting in protest -- it's proving to be a busy time for the people making decisions about what our teens get to see online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The apps and online tools that are being used in international political action, Tesla drama and the future of autonomous vehicles, what's going on with AI search engine overviews, and the story behind 40,000 cameras being exposed to the internet. This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A lawsuit from the house of mouse, Apple being forced to let you download apps outside the app store, a huge hole in Gmail's data security, plus a world where generative AI is doing critical computer coding. This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why do hackers have weird and wacky non-serious names? And why are British politicians blaming Apple and Google for the rise in phone thefts? Plus, there have been breakthroughs in the world of brain implants, and we break down how and when to use a VPN. This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In a special AI deep-dive episode of Download This Show, researchers Sandra Peter and Kai Remer break down how AI chatbots are changing the way humans behave, and why we now want to talk to chatbots more than we want to talk to people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AI interviewing you for a job, hackable digital drivers licences, dating app safety, and CIA-run Star Wars websites. This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Haunted video games, a tech feud between Apple and Epic Games, how tracking apps can be used in coercive control, and Discord transitioning into cool kid territory, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Airbnb's midlife crisis, digital ID age verification, and facial recognition software on social media, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crypto heists, OpenAIs mission for good continues, and the dangerous world of unregulated chatbots for minors and women. This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Content moderators suing for psychological distress, checking in on the teen social media ban, and what do we do now that ChatGPT is supposedly indistinguishable from humans? This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Water hungry datacentres being put in the middle of the desert, Google ads being called out for having a monopoly, politicians on Grindr and robots in the Beijing marathon, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AI cyclone prediction, new accessible tech for people with disability, and a cure for brain rot, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why there was no tech in the budget, super fund hacks, and what ever happened to the TikTok ban? This week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This week on Download This Show, we're coming to you live from World Science Festival Brisbane, at the Queensland Museum, we're here to answer all your questions about the brain and technology, and the sometimes scary world where they interact.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AI generators impersonating Indigenous art, stealth recordings via smart glasses, and child gambling in the form of video games, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Download This Show is coming to World Science Festival Brisbane! Get your tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Computers made of brain cells, a new Meta whistleblower, and AI being used for good, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 14, 2025 29 mins
AI designing video games, a new app to help you choose which ones to play, and a new way to defend against deepfakes, this week on Download This Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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