The most popular TED Talks of 2023 — and inspiration for 2024

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As 2023 draws to a close, join us in reflecting on a year brimming with inspiring ideas and transformative insights from the TED stage. Our end-of-year playlists feature talks that capture the essence of the year’s challenges and triumphs — and offer glimpses of hope for 2024. From AI and the future of learning to a mysterious, millennia-old pattern and a radical way to repair your relationships, these TED Talks took off the quickest in 2023: Dive into one of the most buzzed-about topics of the year with these must-watch TED Talks on AI, showcasing groundbreaking advancements and thought-provoking perspectives []

A secret project revealed: Play “The Purring Test” and join the TED Games beta

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A secret project revealed: Play “The Purring Test” and join the TED Games beta

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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 []

Announcing AI-adapted multilingual TED Talks, unblocking language barriers

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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 []

Dare to discover: The talks of TED@BCG 2024

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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, []

TED Fellows program supporting the next generation of innovators with $3M investment from Ballmer Group

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TED Fellows program supporting the next generation of innovators with $3M investment from Ballmer Group

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At TED, we’re after big ideas and systemic change. To create the generational impact that we want to support in our communities, we cannot go at it alone. For the past 15 years, the TED Fellows program has been committed to finding and supporting the next generation of emerging talent pushing the boundaries in their fields and working to solve the greatest challenges in their communities.  From criminal justice reformers to education entrepreneurs, conservationists to maternal health innovators, TED provides these emerging leaders with transformational support in the form of communication training, network-building, professional coaching and amplification of their ideas []

Accelerating solutions to the climate crisis: The talks of TEDCountdown @BloombergGreenFestival

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We’re midway into the decisive decade for climate change — the decisions and actions taken today will determine the way we live tomorrow. In a special evening of TED Talks, performances and conversations, TED’s global climate initiative, TED Countdown, partnered with Bloomberg Green at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle to dive into the current state of climate, big-picture thinking about the economy, the interplay of climate and democracy and more. The event: TEDCountdown@BloombergGreenFestival, a session of TED Talks presented by TED Countdown, TED’s global climate initiative, and Bloomberg Green. Hosted by Logan McClure Davda, TED’s Head of Impact, and []

Introducing TED’s new tagline

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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 []

Illuminators: Notes on Session 4 of TED2024

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For Session 4 of TED2024, illuminators from diverse disciplines explored the bright future of their fields. From AI as a digital species to explosive art that climbs into the sky, speakers looked at how light (literally and figuratively) can shape our climate, social interactions, scientific discoveries and more. The event: Talks from Session 4 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, cohosted by head of TED Chris Anderson and executive director of the Audacious Project Anna Verghese When and where: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada Speakers: Mustafa Suleyman, Nour E. Rawafi, Millie []

Dreamers: Notes on Session 1 of TED2024

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It’s time for TED! And this year’s conference marks a big year: the 40th anniversary of TED, honoring the inaugural conference in 1984. With that in mind, TED2024 kicked off with a classically eclectic opening session, ranging from a powerful conversation on how Israel and Palestine can find peace to the future of AI to visual storytelling as you’ve never before seen it. The event: Talks from Session 1 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, hosted by Chris Anderson, Monique Ruff-Bell and Helen Walters When and where: Monday, April 15, 2024, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, []

Meet the 2024 class of TED Fellows

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In this complex world, it’s easy to believe that the future is out of our hands. But there are some who understand that the future doesn’t just happen — it’s made. Among these are the TED Fellows: innovators, activists, artists, inventors and dreamers. The TED Fellows program, now celebrating its fifteenth year, provides communication training, professional tools, network-building opportunities and amplification on the global stage to early-stage innovators working across multiple disciplines in over 100 countries.   We are thrilled to announce the 2024 cohort of TED Fellows, whose work spans five continents and represents 11 countries — including, for the []

Connectors: Notes on Session 11 of TED2024

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The final session of TED2024 took an emotional dive into how we can connect better — on an individual and global scale. From how to fight healthier with loved ones to how to find greater meaning in life, speakers shared powerful, personal truths from which everyone can learn. The event: Talks from Session 11 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, hosted by Chris Anderson, Monique Ruff-Bell and Helen Walters When and where: Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada Speakers: Isaac Saul, Julie Gottman, John Gottman, Rory Stewart, Kesha, Brian S. Lowery Community []

The Way We Work: Practical wisdom for your career

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How can you best communicate your work experience, succeed at your current job and secure the future of your career? The Way We Work, a TED original video series, helps business leaders and innovative thinkers answer those questions and more. Whether you’re starting a new job, freelancing or want to future-proof your career, season six of The Way We Work offers practical wisdom on how you can best pitch your ideas and connect with your coworkers. It also delves into how other facets of your life tie into your job, like caregiving and resting.  Here’s how to make a great []

Rewriting the menu: Notes on Session 3 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series

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Session 3 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series centered around not just what we eat, but how we produce it. In four talks and an interview, speakers explore the science, policy and financing of transitioning to sustainably grown crops and meat alternatives. The event: TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, hosted by Lindsay Levin and Nicole Ng When and where: June 6, 2024 at the TED World Theater in New York City Speakers: Giles E.D. Oldroyd, Helianti Hilman, Facundo Etchebehere, Peter Dawe, Berry Marttin, Sarah Lake The talks in brief: The soybean plant is excellent at []

Coalition-building: Notes on Session 4 of TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series

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Session 4 of the TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series was all about coalition-building. Four speakers discussed how we can bring together the world’s best minds and ideas to rethink how we support farms, nourish the youngest generations and collaborate across seeming divides. The event: TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series: The future of food, hosted by TED’s David Biello and Nicole Ng When and where: June 6, 2024 at the TED World Theater in New York City Speakers: Anthony Myint, June Jo Lee, Gerardo Reyes Chávez, Jon Esformes The talks in brief: The transition to regenerative farming is vital but expensive []