the legislatures act. >> host: sinan aral is a a professor of institute for data systems and society at the massachusetts institute of technology. he's also a professor of management there. afsa, if you could though, will you go back and defined again differential privacy? >> guest: so differential privacy is a technique from computer science that anonymize his individual level data such that it can't be backwards created. you can discover who the person was in in a data set of indivil level data from the data that you have. it is a set of techniques that guarantee with some confidence the inability for the possessor of information to figure out what in individual identity is. >> host: is it your goal to explore what happened in 2016 or to prevent it from happening in 2020? >> guest: we are much more interested in preventing it happening in the future, what i think that what we need to understand is that we have a broad comprehensive and sweeping instance of manipulation in 2016 that is ripe for study. in other words, to understand how it was done in the past will help us to understand how we can prevent it in the future. and i

of trade-offs must be carefully thought out before the legislatures act. at thes a professor institute for data systems and society at the massachusetts institute of technologyhe is also a professor of management there. repressor, if you could know, would you go back and a fine again differential privacy? privacy is aal technique from computer science that anonymize is individual so it cannot be backwards created. you cannot discover who the person was in a data set of individual level data from the data that you have. and it is a set of techniques that guarantee with some confidence the inability for the possessor of the information to figure out what any individual identity is >>. is it your goal to explore what happened in 2016 or to prevent it from happening in 2020? >> we are much more interested in preventing it happening in the future but i think that what we need to understand is that we have a broad comprehensive and sweeping instants of manipulation in 2016 that is right for a study -- right for for a study. understanding how it was done in the past will help us prevent it from happening in the future. the goal is to prevent it from happening again

know are chomsky is a professor at the massachusetts institute of technology and chair and a prominent critic of to know what i say she. must be very busy i suppose. as you can say. ok that. green was a starter something in the seventy's beginning of the seventy's. when the beginnings of concern with the environment began to be raised among the general population so of course our systems after it's wanted something if they're going to maintain their control it's a bad lot is the power of corporates today built on. power is based on their control of capital on their control of investment decisions. there are massive influence on government which derives from the private eye or that basically the nature of state capitalism but it's extended and drown it out as the under the middle liberal policies of the last generation which are sharply with us for that and we have all those companies telling you that they are only. i have sustainable products that they're extremely fair and doing their best interests me is how do we need to deal with green eyes to recognize that the proposals may be wo

interesting in rwanda golly scientists are testing a new system custom built at the massachusetts institute of technology. called medusa the instrument is capable of filtering minute amounts of gas out of the air. hose on depleting substances like c.f.c.'s on the interest very small they're also present in much smaller quantities than oxygen and nitrogen for example. image you serve removes the biggest components of air making it possible to measure c f c's under the greenhouse gases the instrument will soon be moving elsewhere. in the future you want to more of the summit of mount fence and you can see it so that the summit is hidden in the clouds but it's a 4500 meters high so it's a very nice place to being. wrong. and to be ready for that it will. just have to deal with a lot. from not lofty height medusa will continue to trace and measure more than 50 greenhouse gases. time for our recorders to add a few extra layers of clothing. minus 6 degrees celsius my fingers are freezing it would say you could only survive a few minutes without protective clothing what are you doing is strictly here they're no

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of trade-offs must be carefully thought out before the legislators act. >> host: he's a professor at the institute for data systems and society at the massachusetts institute of technology and also a professor of management there and professor if you could would you go back and define again differential diversey? >> guest: differential privacy is a technique from computer science that anonymous sizes data but cannot be backwards create and you can't discover who the person was in a data set of individual level data from the data it is a set of techniques that guarantee with some confidence the inability for the possessor of information to figure out what any individual identity is. >> host: is it your goal to explore what happened in 2016 or to prevent it from happening in 2020? >> guest: we are much more interested in preventing happening in the future but i think what we need to understand is that we have a broad conveyance of an sweeping instance in 2016 that is right for study and to understand how it was done in the past will help us to prevent it in the future and i think that the goal is to prevent it from happening again. it is not about doing a retrospective on

official was working with one of the confucius institutes on a university in massachusetts which wasn't identified by name but most likely was mit or massachusetts institute of technology. >> host: interesting. military might. we've touched upon a number of areas, but let's go to military might. clearly the chinese are investing in their navy and also many countries in the region have been very concerned about what they've been witnessing in terms of the island of the south china sea islands disputes. but also about the investment, the significant investment in the military. where is it now and how would you describe it? >> i touched on this a little bit earlier that chinese military threat comes in two forms of the conventiona conventional/unconventional warfare and the nuclear. >> host: and you did mention the nuclear. >> guest: they've developed a new array of systems. i remember way back many years ago that the chinese through a spy case in california stole details on the system that is a huge radar that is the heart of the modern navy and baseball bat and combined it with chinese and russian technology and now they are cranking out hundreds of warships in terms of

a professor at the massachusetts institute of technology. you had a recent article in science magazine, and you start that article by saying, to what extent are drum -- democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation? what is the short answer to that question? guest: the short answer to that question is we don't know. robert mueller, possibly the most understated man in washington, has said election manipulation is among one of most serious challenges to democracy he has seen. the fbi director says the threat is escalating. what we know is that on facebook, 120 6 million people were exposed to russian manipulation attempts in the 2016 election. 20 million people on instagram, 10 million tweets on twitter to 6 million followers. we know russia attacked voting systems in all 50 states. we know they targeted misinformation at certain people. we know 27% of voting age americans saw a russian misinformation in the final weeks leading up to the election. that is what we know. what we don't know is what effect, if any, any of this had

number six, great video, people loving this, little robots who have been made by the massachusetts institute of technologyhis is the best bit, i am hoping we are going to see this. look, playing football. they are there for research purposes but the hope is when they fine tune them they will be able to go, look at that! i will be able to go, look at that! i will be able to go, look at that! i will be able to go into risky situations, the only thing i thought about that if you've seen black mirror, metal head,it if you've seen black mirror, metal head, it was slightly triggering me, look and you will see what i mean, very similar. some rather more sinister little pots in that programme! but worth a look. another quick piece of breaking news. the financial times, we are hearing that lionel barber has stood down as the editor. as you can see, the new editor. as you can see, the new editor appointed. i think we are right in saying the first female editorfor right in saying the first female editor for the financial times. that news just coming editor for the financial times. that newsjust coming in. a new edit

. >>> researchers at the massachusetts institute of technology are making headlines for a small army the mini cheetah robots. according to mit, the robots weigh about 20 pounds. researchers say they are virtually indestructible. tony dokoupil. don't expect them to hit shelves any time soon. and my -- >> terrifying -- >> a tool for researchers. >> research for what? people keep saying they're cute. they are not cute when they're coming in your window at 3:00 a.m. >> like an army. >> our producers gold me they're really cute. i can imagine the eyes being red. attacking me. >> the picture is like, here's eight guys in all black, holding -- remote controls. i mean, my gosh. >> crazy. >> they have -- they're powered by 12 motors. they reportedly have physical intelligence. >> they are our future. we salute, robots. >> coming up, jon bon jovi. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fa

in fact, according to a poll of workers across the country conducted by the massachusetts institute of technology, 48% of nonunion workers say they would vote to join the union if given the opportunity. aggressive employer opposition to unions and relentless political attacks have dismantled workers' rights to organize. to that point, the pro act would deter employers from violating workers' rights to form a union in five key ways. first, the pro act put some teeth into the law by authorizing civil monetary penalties for companies that inflict serious economic harm on employees by violating the national labor relations act, in doing things such as firing union supporters for engaging in protected activities. in this would update the current law which provide noes civil penalties today for employers who violate the nlra, leaving no meaningful deterrent for employers who choose to violate workers' rights. second, the pr -- p.r.o. act would streamline procedures and guarantee swift remedies for workers. currently if workers prove that they were unlawfully fired for organizing, they may have to wait