As 2024 wraps up, join us in celebrating the most popular, mind-blowing and must-watch TED Talks published this year. From cutting-edge AI to climate breakthroughs and transformative insights on human potential, our curated end-of-year-lists capture a compelling panorama of ideas that challenge, inspire and reimagine our collective future. From AI and technological innovation to climate change, social dynamics and global transformations, the most popular TED Talks of 2024 offer insights into the issues shaping the future: In this compelling collection of tech-focused talks, visionary speakers explore the frontiers of innovation — from AI-powered coding and entertainment to vertical farming, limitless […]
The Audacious Project supports big ideas to foster change around the world’s most urgent challenges. Today, this innovative funding initiative, housed at TED, is announcing its new cohort of projects for 2024, which are as bold as ever — from an idea to repurpose generic drugs en masse to reach the 300 million people globally who lack viable treatments to a new initiative that will evaluate AI systems for dangerous capabilities before release. The Audacious Project encourages the world’s greatest changemakers to dream bigger than they can imagine — then helps shape their ideas into viable multi-year plans and launch […]
The right idea at the right time can bring people together to change the world — but only if minds are open and ready to keep learning. For the final session of TEDNext 2024, an extraordinary group of speakers and performers showed us how to get ready to reach new heights. The event: Talks from Session 6 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by TED’s Monique Ruff-Bell and Helen Walters When and where: Thursday, October 24, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia Speakers and performers: Dave Raggio, Leopoldo Lopez, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Wendy Whelan, Natasha Rothwell, Kasley Killam, Masego Watch TEDNext 2024 […]
Imagine the world’s most captivating TED Talks at your fingertips, voiced in your own language. At TED, we believe that ideas are universal and that they should be accessible to everyone. Yet language barriers often hinder access to our talks, many of which are delivered in English. To tackle this issue head-on, we’re expanding our multilingual initiatives, building on the success of TED’s subtitling program by combining human and artificial intelligence. This approach aims to enhance inclusivity and enrich the experiences for TED’s diverse global audiences. Launching TED’s pilot program By integrating generative AI, including voice-cloning and lip-syncing capabilities, in […]
We’ve been working on a secret project for the past year, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you. Games and puzzles have long been a part of TED’s identity in an unofficial way. We’ve presented thought leadership through TED Talks about games, built an award-winning TED-themed escape room in Marriott hotels around the world and created the TED-Ed riddle series of math and logic puzzles, which has been viewed more than 400 million times. Today we’re making it official by inviting you to participate in the TED Games beta. TED Games shares TED’s guiding ethos […]
We’ve reached a pivot point in the global conversation about our bodies. In an evening of talks, four speakers delved into how science and innovation are reshaping our understanding of well-being, health and what’s possible as we age. The event: TED Salon: Inflection, curated and hosted by Sally Kohn, and presented in partnership with Novo Nordisk When and where: Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the TED Theater in New York City Speakers: Katherine Saunders, Maija Williams, Adriana Galván, Gabriella Lascano The talks in brief: Katherine Saunders, obesity physician “Obesity isn’t just a lack of willpower,” says doctor Katherine Saunders — […]
To celebrate TED’s 40th anniversary, we’re ushering in a new chapter and a new tagline. For the first half of TED‘s existence, we were an annual conference, bringing together a few hundred people every year to think about Technology, Entertainment, Design and all that connected them. We discovered that this convergence sparked powerful new ideas capable of deeply inspiring the people who attended. Just under 20 years ago, online video gave us the chance to start sharing that inspiration more broadly. And we encouraged anyone who saw a TED Talk to play their own role in sharing with the tagline […]
Session 4 of TEDNext 2024 explored the full spectrum of love, from romantic love and lost love to self-love and the love we feel for dogs. After all, isn’t this what life’s all about? The event: Talks from Session 4 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by TED’s Ikey Ajavon When and where: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia Speakers and performers: Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile, Navied Mahdavian, Baron Ryan, UMI, Joon Silverstein, Elias Weiss Friedman, Cloe Shasha Brooks and Rhaina Cohen Watch TEDNext 2024 on TED Live, check out more photos from the event and learn more about attending a […]
We can discover new ideas to design the world we want — if we dare to push through boundaries. In a day of talks and performances, 15 speakers explored precisely how we can break through entrenched obstacles in order to invent and innovate a bold future. The event: TED@BCG: Dare to Discover, the fifteenth event TED and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have co-hosted to uplift forward-thinking speakers from around the globe. Hosted by TED’s head of media and curation Helen Walters. When and where: Thursday, September 12, 2024 at the TED World Theater in New York City Speakers: Alex Amouyel, […]
Play immerses us in the joy of being alive — and Session 5 of TEDNext 2024 explored how we can all enjoy it way more often. From creativity through movement and the role of play in childhood development to how interactive gaming sparks innovation and emotional growth, speakers explored how play shapes who we are, sharing different ways that play can break down barriers and spark creativity — and offering a life-affirming reminder that play isn’t just for kids; it’s something we all need for a happy, fulfilled life. The event: Talks from Session 5 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by […]
Session 3 of TEDNext 2024 is all about work, featuring innovators who challenge us to think about work in new and compelling ways. They provide practical tools to navigate an ever-evolving career landscape as well as insights into avoiding burnout, working through crisis and re-evaluating the role that work plays in our lives. The event: Talks from Session 3 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by TED’s Rachell Morris When and where: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia Speakers: Kat Cole, Tarveen Forrester, Avani Prabhakar, Molly Graham, Dundee Gouin, Meredith Wilson Parfet, Simone Stolzoff Watch TEDNext 2024 on TED […]
Dedicated to unlocking the possibilities within everyday struggles, Session 2 of TEDNext 2024 covered everything from recycling glass bottles to battling perfectionism. Speakers presented in a format new to the TED stage, speaking for exactly five minutes with prepared slides auto-advancing behind them every 15 seconds. This format, developed and perfected by Ignite Talks over the last 16 years, forces speakers to remain concise and deliberate in their delivery, offering a delightful and captivating experience. The event: Talks from Session 2 of TEDNext 2024, hosted by Brady Forrest, cofounder of Ignite Talks When and where: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at […]
For the inaugural session of the very first TEDNext conference, a poet, a comic, an astrophysicist, one of the world’s most popular authors and other trailblazing speakers explored a theme that keeps the world spinning: wonder, and how it can transform our thinking. What exactly is TEDNext? A vibrant, three-day exploration of what’s next, propelling the “future you” to drive change at every level, from personal to global. The first-ever TEDNext conference, held in Atlanta, kicks off an expansion of the annual slate of conferences from TED and is designed to spark imagination, embrace possibility and foster dreams about what […]