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Pictured above L-R: Barath Velmurugan, Riya Parikh, Ayela Chughtai, and Lauren Montigue. After a semester of collaborative, applied work, the 2025 MIT Analytics Lab (A-Lab) cohort gathered to present their final projects and recognize this year’s standout team. Each student group partnered with a host organization to apply data-driven methods to real business challenges, culminating […]

Dr. Jillian Kwong, PhD, is a Research Scientist working at the intersection of cybersecurity and human behavior. A specialist in qualitative and mixed-method research, she leverages her expertise in communication, organizational studies, and data protection to develop strategies that enhance cybersecurity and build resilience across digital environments. Prior to joining the MIT Initiative on the […]

Technology optimists say artificial intelligence won’t replace human workers, but instead work by our sides, helping and guiding us for greater productivity, accuracy, even creativity. But what if experiments show that collaboration between humans and AI systems often produce no measurable gains? That’s one of the big questions explored in two recent working papers coauthored […]

Who’s violating your privacy? Maybe it’s your smartphone provider. The developer of your laptop’s search engine. Or the manufacturer of your smart TV. Whether you know it or not, these and other companies profit by tracking your digital behavior. Call it the economics of privacy. The subject is a longstanding focus of Alessandro Acquisti, the T. […]

The finance industry has taken note: Artificial intelligence can automate tasks that formerly required enormous human effort. Is that a good thing, speeding decisions and investments? Or a bad thing, reducing the diversity of analyses and perspectives? To explore this complex issue, the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) has just launched the AI in Financial Markets […]