A new project from Special Correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and NPR’s Investigations Desk will feature four, hour-long radio specials for your fall programming. I’ll Be Seeing You: Stories About The Technologies That Watch Us, will use character-driven narratives to explain complex technologies that are quietly tracking all of us. These stories carry a sense of intrigue, feature exclusive interviews with key players, report previously unreached conclusions about cyber-espionage, and break news. Without our awareness, hacking, artificial intelligence, offensive cyber, and data surveillance have crept into our lives. In four programs, we’ll take listeners on a narrative journey to make sense of it all. The programs investigate the mysterious death of one of the world’s most famous hackers and explain how artificial intelligence is saving elephants in Malawi. We’ll go behind-the-scenes with a secret military team that hacked the ISIS terrorist network. And we’ll explore how technology is changing the way the U.S. government catches spies.
This is the first episode of a special four-part radio series on the technologies that watch us. Featuring original reporting from NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston, each of these one-hour specials will examine the ways hacking, artificial intelligence, offensive cyber, and data surveillance have crept into our lives. The series is both sobering and revelatory. Listen for information regarding broadcasts of future episodes.