Business Impact Microsoft’s president says governments and Big Tech can get along Brad Smith, who is also the company’s chief lawyer, even suggested that America’s antitrust laws could do with a broader interpretation. by Megan McCarthy 2018-06-05T17:20:00-04:00
Humans and Technology HoloLens can now guide the blind through complicated buildings The headset’s ability to map a space and talk people through it may prove more important than the mixing-imagery-with-reality stuff. by Rachel Metz 2018-05-29T12:39:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms As more people use artificial intelligence, they will need tools that detect unfairness in the underlying algorithms. by Will Knight 2018-05-25T07:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Microsoft’s neo-Nazi sexbot was a great lesson for makers of AI assistants Yandex’s head of machine intelligence says Microsoft’s Tay showed how important it is to fix AI problems fast. by Rachel Metz 2018-03-27T16:45:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines How the AI cloud could produce the richest companies ever Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all want to dominate the business of providing artificial-intelligence services through cloud computing. The winner may have the OS of the future. by Peter Burrows 2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence “We’re in a diversity crisis”: cofounder of Black in AI on what’s poisoning algorithms in our lives Timnit Gebru looks around the AI world and sees almost no one who looks like her. That’s a problem for all of us. by Jackie Snow 2018-02-14T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence 2017: The Year AI Floated into the Cloud As more AI gets done on remote servers, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are dueling to see who reigns supreme (and makes the most money). by Jackie Snow 2017-12-29T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Best Tech Books of 2017 Our editors’ picks for the best books of 2017, and some they’re looking forward to. by MIT Technology Review Editors 2017-12-23T00:00:00-05:00
Computing Quantum Computers Barely Exist—Here’s Why We’re Writing Languages for Them Anyway There may soon be more quantum programming languages than there are quantum computers. by Martin Giles 2017-12-22T10:27:00-05:00
Tech Policy The Man with a Plan to Upgrade the Democrats Raffi Krikorian, the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, is out to beat hackers—and the Republicans. by Martin Giles 2017-12-08T00:00:00-05:00