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MIT Technology Review: July/August 2018

AI and robots are wreaking economic havoc. We need more of them.

A performance review from the future

MIT Technology Review envisions feedback for future workers.

From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland

Artificial intelligence is offering an amazing opportunity to increase prosperity, but whether or not ­we will seize it is our choice.

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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Intelligent Machines

A small team of student AI coders beats Google’s machine-learning code

The success shows that advances in artificial intelligence aren’t the sole domain of elite programmers.

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Connectivity

Why security experts hate that “blockchain voting” will be used in the midterm elections

It’s too dangerous to conduct elections over the internet, they say, and West Virginia’s new plan to put votes on a blockchain doesn’t fix that.
Intelligent Machines

Cybersecurity’s insidious new threat: workforce stress

This week’s Black Hat event will highlight job-related stress and mental health issues in the cyber workforce.
Business Impact

MIT Technology Review’s new design—and new mission

Tech journalism shouldn’t just explain technology, but seek to make it more of a force for good.
Business Impact

AI can now tell your boss what skills you lack—and how you can get them

Coursera is unveiling a new machine learning tool to show companies what skills their employees are acquiring from its classes and their level of expertise.

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Intelligent Machines

The Defense Department has produced the first tools for catching deepfakes

Fake video clips made with artificial intelligence can also be spotted using AI—but this may be the beginning of an arms race.
Connectivity

Meet the guy with four arms, two of which someone else controls in VR

These robotic limbs could someday help people work together when they’re far apart.
Connectivity

This new blockchain-based betting platform could cause Napster-size legal headaches

Augur lets people bet on events and pays whoever gets it right—so of course they’re wagering on the deaths of Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos.
Intelligent Machines

An AI-driven robot hand spent a hundred years teaching itself to rotate a cube

A reinforcement-learning algorithm allows Dactyl to learn physical tasks by practicing them in a virtual-reality environment.
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How to Unlock the Power of IoT with Real-Time Monitoring

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Cloud Development: The Key to Rapid Innovation

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The Artificial Intelligence Imperative

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Tim Hwang’s FiscalNote is revolutionizing Washington lobbying with big data

FiscalNote takes the intuition out of politics. Does it take the democracy out, too?

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Magic Leap’s headset is real, but that may not be enough

It’s taken years of work and billions of dollars in venture funding to build a working mixed-reality headset for developers. Now what?
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AI for cybersecurity is a hot new thing—and a dangerous gamble

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