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The fourth annual  iQuHACK (Interdisciplinary Quantum HACKathon) was held January 27-28 and drew thousands of attendees. It brought together more than 300 in-person attendees at MIT, plus several thousand online developers who tested their code on real and simulated quantum hardware. This opening panel session was held January 27, and features IDE Research Scientist, Jonathan […]

By Paula Klein “What the global pandemic has demonstrated is both the opportunity and necessity presented by the virtual economy… [We will] see new icons, influencers and entrepreneurs within virtual worlds. They will come to prominence at a time when people question the fundamental usefulness of… traditional institutions, protocols, and the social contract.” So writes Rahaf […]

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)  and six technologists with expertise in online recommendation systems in December filed an amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google. The brief urges the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to hold that Section 230’s liability shield applies to claims against interactive computer service providers like Twitter, based on their recommendation of […]

“Google is calling big names back to the company to talk about it, to think about strategy… And there’s a good reason for that,” MIT IDE Director, Sinan Aral told Yahoo!Finance on January 25. “ChatGPT is potentially an existential threat to Google’s business” because 60% of its revenue is from search. “ChatGPT offers an alternative […]

New book by IDE  fellow, Tom Davenport, and head of Deloitte’s AI business Nitin Mittal, provides a guide for business leaders to transform their organizations by fully embracing artificial intelligence  “All-In on AI” examines how extensive AI adoption offers a distinct competitive advantage to companies across a wide variety of industries. Widespread AI adoption is no longer merely […]

Most of us are aware that misinformation and fake news abound online and offline. Usually, however, we think of it as a problem for a small portion of the population. Aren’t we too sophisticated and well-informed not to recognize truth from fiction; political rhetoric from facts? Perhaps, not. David Rand, MIT IDE research group lead […]