The two faces of AI
We all make mistakes. But sometimes we forget that technology does, too — especially when it comes to AI, which is still in its early days in many respects.
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Finding value from AI agents from day one
Imagine AI so sophisticated it could read a customer’s mind? Or identify and close a cybersecurity loophole weeks before hackers strike? How about a team of AI agents equipped to restructure a global supply chain and circumnavigate looming geopolitical disruption? Such disruptive possibilities explain why agentic AI is sending ripples of excitement through corporate boardrooms. …
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Williams-Sonoma: A retail odyssey in the modern market
Williams-Sonoma excels in retail by blending traditional business methods with advanced technology, including AI, to enhance competitiveness.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Rypplzz’ $3M seed deck
This week, we’re taking a look at a pitch deck from Rypplzz (pronounced “ripples”), a spatial technology startup that recently raised $3 million.
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The Download: gene-edited pig liver transplants, and AI to fight apartheid
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A brain-dead man was attached to a gene-edited pig liver for three days Surgeon Abraham Shaked thinks he has probably carried out more than 2,500 liver transplants. But in December 2023, the team…
Donated bodies are powering gene-edited organ research
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Hooked up to a ventilation machine, a person can be dead in the eyes of the law, medical professionals, and loved ones, yet still alive enough…
How satellite images and AI could help fight spatial apartheid in South Africa
Raesetje Sefala grew up sharing a bedroom with her six siblings in a cramped township in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The township’s inhabitants, predominantly Black people, had inadequate access to schools, health care, parks, and hospitals. But just a few miles away in Limpopo, white families lived in big, attractive houses, with easy…
Taiwan’s president-elect faces growing challenges with Taiwan’s chip industry
Lai Ching-te, who won Taiwan’s presidential election last Saturday, will be facing a crossroads in the country’s technology industry when he takes office in May. Lai’s administration will be the third term of Democratic Progressive Party rule in Taiwan, and he is widely expected to continue the work of his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, when it […]
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General Catalyst eyes VC deal in India push
General Catalyst, one of the largest U.S. venture capital firms, is in talks to acquire an India-focused venture fund as part of efforts to expand its presence in the fast-growing South Asian startup market, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The deal would allow General Catalyst to tap deeper into India’s vibrant technology […]
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Efficiency Unleashed: How Document Automation Software is Transforming Business Operations in a Post-AI World
Document automation is revolutionizing how businesses handle their paperwork. It’s all about using technology to create, manage, and store documents, saving time and reducing errors. In the digital era, its…
A brain-dead man was attached to a gene-edited pig liver for three days
Surgeon Abraham Shaked thinks he has probably carried out more than 2,500 liver transplants. But in December 2023, a team he oversees at the University of Pennsylvania did something he’d never tried before. Working on the body of a brain-dead man, they attached his veins to a refrigerator-size machine with pig liver mounted in the…