Karen Hao
Karen Hao is the artificial intelligence reporter for MIT Technology Review. In particular she covers the ethics and social impact of the technology as well as its applications for social good. She also writes the AI newsletter, the Algorithm, which thoughtfully examines the field’s latest news and research. Prior to joining the publication, she was a reporter and data scientist at Quartz and an application engineer at the first startup to spin out of Google X.
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March 2, 2020
This robot taught itself to walk entirely on its own -
February 26, 2020
Robots that teach autistic kids social skills could help them develop -
February 17, 2020
The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world -
February 14, 2020
Emotion AI researchers say overblown claims give their work a bad name -
February 12, 2020
An ever-changing room of Ikea furniture could help AI navigate the world -
February 12, 2020
The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic” -
February 6, 2020
AI could help design better drugs that don’t clash with other medication -
February 5, 2020
Google has released a tool to spot faked and doctored images -
January 31, 2020
AI still doesn’t have the common sense to understand human language -
January 29, 2020
AI-powered robot warehouse pickers are now ready to go to work - See all of Karen Hao's stories