EmTech MIT 2017 Coverage16 Stories

Everything you need to know from EmTech MIT 2017, where technologists are in conversation about breakthrough technologies and what they might mean for life as we know it.

  1. Reid Hoffman: It’s Time to Change Silicon Valley Culture

    The LinkedIn cofounder and venture capitalist explains how he’s trying to combat sexual harassment and economic inequality in the tech industry and beyond.
    November 9, 2017

  2. AI Could Help Reporters Dig Into Grassroots Issues Once More

    Twitter’s media science chief says machine learning will help journalists understand a world fragmented by digital technologies and political polarization.
    November 9, 2017

  3. The Woman Battling Hate Speech, Censorship, and Extremism Online (and Off)

    Yasmin Green, head of R&D for Alphabet’s Jigsaw, is using technology in hopes of making the world a better place. It’s not easy.
    November 8, 2017

  4. Brain-Controlled Typing May Be the Killer Advance That AR Needs

    Why type when you can just think?
    November 8, 2017

  5. This Chatbot Will Help You Sue Anyone

    An AI system that started as a way to fight parking tickets will, by the end of this year, allow you to sue anyone.
    November 8, 2017

  6. More Evidence That Humans and Machines Are Better When They Team Up

    By worrying about job displacement, we might end up missing a huge opportunity for technological amplification.
    November 8, 2017

  7. Automation Will Make Megacities Grow Way Faster

    Unless policymakers take action, it could decimate smaller cities, too.
    November 8, 2017

  8. For Brain-Computer Interfaces to Be Useful, They’ll Need to Be Wireless

    A leading researcher says he’s working on such a model but can’t get funding.
    November 8, 2017

  9. Why This Geoengineering Pioneer’s Worst Nightmare Is a Trump Tweet

    Harvard professor David Keith worries that politicians opposed to emissions cuts will “recklessly” promote altering the atmosphere instead.
    November 7, 2017

  10. Yibiao Zhao Is Giving Machines a Sense of Imagination

    A new approach to AI will help make autonomous vehicles safer and let robots learn how to use tools as a human might.
    November 7, 2017

  11. Trump’s Energy R&D Policies Ignore the Long-Term Impact of Innovation

    President Obama’s former chief science advisor says the Trump administration’s promise to slash funding for energy research is short-sighted.
    November 7, 2017

  12. Despite All Our Fancy AI, Solving Intelligence Remains “the Greatest Problem in Science”

    Autonomous cars and Go-playing computers are impressive, but we’re no closer to machines that can think like people, says neuroscientist Tomaso Poggio.
    November 7, 2017

  13. Every Spreadsheet Has a Narrative to Tell—Just Add Some AI

    To make sense of data, we are teaching computers to speak our language.
    November 7, 2017

  14. AI Could Set Us Back 100 Years When It Comes to How We Consume News

    Fake videos could become so convincing that we may have to get used to getting our news without them.
    November 7, 2017

  15. Andrew Ng Wants a New “New Deal” to Combat Job Automation

    AI is coming for jobs, but one of the field’s masters has an idea that he thinks can help.
    November 7, 2017

  16. Everyone Wants to Run an AI Company

    Building an “AI-first” company requires a change of mind-set as well as new tools and branding.
    November 7, 2017