Specialized Reports

by: Peter Dizikes | December 6, 2024 Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy. For all the talk about artificial intelligence upending the world, its economic effects remain uncertain. There is massive investment in AI but little clarity about what it will…

By: Paul Maglione / Dec 6, 2024   It will start with airport novel franchises Do you know who really wrote the fiction book you’re currently reading? Did you buy it because you like the author, or were familiar with the book series, or are a fan of a particular literary genre? Well, the…

By AI News | December 19, 2024 In a world where artificial intelligence is becoming omnipresent, it’s fascinating to think about the prospect of AI-powered robots and digital avatars that can experience emotions, similar to humans. AI models lack consciousness and they don’t have the capacity to feel emotions, but what possibilities might arise…

By: Zach Winn | December 19, 2024 MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials. Crafting a unique and promising research hypothesis is a fundamental skill for any scientist. It can also be time consuming: New PhD candidates might spend the first year of their program trying…

Zach Winn | December 20, 2024 Corvus Robotics, founded by Mohammed Kabir ’21, is using drones that can navigate in GPS-denied environments to expedite inventory management. Whether you’re a fulfillment center, a manufacturer, or a distributor, speed is king. But getting products out the door quickly requires workers to know where those products are…

by: Matthieu Jonglez, vice president technology - application and data platform September 25, 2024 Data fabrics and data mesh give end users easy access to information they need to support their work and decisions.  To get the most business value from their tech and AI initiatives, data and analytics leaders are closely collaborating with…

By: Scott Francis, Technology evangelist, PFU America, Inc. December 13, 2024 Companies should implement data hygiene practices before implementing a generative AI solution.  Despite the hype, many organizations have been hesitant to adopt a business-focused generative AI solution for any number of reasons. Some aren’t quite sure whether it will actually make an impact…