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MIT Technology Review: September/October 2018

Technology is threatening our democracy.
How do we save it?

US election campaign technology from 2008 to 2018, and beyond

The first Obama campaign kicked off a technological revolution in electioneering. Where is it going next?

China’s use of big data might actually make it less Big Brother-ish

Why the country’s adoption of ever-more-intrusive technology could, paradoxically, lead to stronger civil liberties.
Rewriting Life

Genes linked to being gay may help straight people get more sex

The largest-ever study of genetics and sexual orientation offers a theory about the longevity of genes that influence homosexuality.
Business Impact

A cyber-skills shortage means students are being recruited to fight off hackers

Students with little or no cybersecurity knowledge are being paired with easy-to-use AI software that lets them protect their campus from attack.
Sustainable Energy

Designers are reinventing hurricane maps for an era of extreme weather

As climate dangers rise, researchers are testing new ways of communicating clearly about uncertainty.
Business Impact

How acting as Carrie Fisher’s puppet made a career for Rogue One’s Princess Leia

“Ghost acting” is helping young actors build careers beyond their 15 minutes of fame

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Business Impact

Actors are digitally preserving themselves to continue their careers beyond the grave

Improvements in CGI mean neither age nor death need stop some performers from working.

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Rewriting Life

DNA databases are too white. This man aims to fix that.

Carlos D. Bustamante’s hunt for genetic variations between populations should help us better understand and treat disease.
Connectivity

The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself

Analyzing the way you type and scroll can reveal as much as a psychological test.
Intelligent Machines

Why we can’t quit the QWERTY keyboard

We’ve been using it to type for 144 years. Here’s why it works, and what it would take for us to give it up.
Intelligent Machines

The US military wants to teach AI some basic common sense

Even the best AI programs still make stupid mistakes. So DARPA is launching a competition to remedy the field’s most glaring flaw.
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Executive Briefing

Machine learning - driven analytics: Key to digital transformation

In association with Oracle and Intel

View from the Marketplace

The bot that loved me: How intelligent automation will improve our jobs and our companies

Machine learning technology is the key to reducing expenses, improving productivity and making workers happier.

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How Industry 4.0 is Transforming Digital Factory Operations - And Why It Matters

Presented by IBM

35 Innovators Under 35

Better gene editing. Smarter AI. Cheaper solar cells. Stretchable electronics. This year’s list of 35 Innovators Under 35 will give you a sense of what’s coming next—and what kinds of people are making it happen.

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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018

Dueling neural networks. Artificial embryos. AI in the cloud. Welcome to our annual list of the 10 technology advances we think will shape the way we work and live now and for years to come.

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    The furniture store’s research lab has dreamed up seven ways we might use autonomous vehicles if we don’t actually have to focus on driving.
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    The first study of its environmental impact suggests that extracting resources such as platinum from asteroids might be cleaner than doing so on Earth.
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    Amazon paid $1 billion for the security company. Our data analysis questions the claims that purchase was based on.
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Rewriting Life

Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever

Your family and friends will be able to interact with a digital “you” that doles out advice—even when you’re gone.

by Courtney Humphries

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We can now customize cancer treatments, tumor by tumor

But can any company afford to manufacture one-off medical care?
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Your next doctor’s appointment might be with an AI

A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice—but are they as good as the real thing?

Intelligent Machines

Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.

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  1. China’s leaders are softening their stance on AI

    A year after announcing an aggressive plan to dominate artificial intelligence, China’s vice premier has called for international collaboration.
    by Will Knight

  2. Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think

    Ethics are too subjective to guide the use of AI, argue some legal scholars.
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    A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice—but are they as good as the real thing?
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