Appearance on the Secret Genius of Modern Life, 3: Virtual Assistants | BBC | November 24, 2022

Another great show about how technology was invented and the history behind it! – Episode 3 with @FryRsquared with clips of @Kasparov63
The Secret Genius of Modern Life: Virtual Assistants https://t.co/MaLatB1NnS

— ScienceTCS (@corsham_science) November 25, 2022

You can watch my appearance at the BBC.

“Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.

Hannah goes behind the scenes with Alexa’s chief scientist, reveals how secret technology invented to hunt U-boats led to their targeted hearing and discovers modern wireless networks’ debt to a 1940s Hollywood star”