October 16, 2024

4 Steps Entrepreneurs Can Take to Ensure AI Is Being Used Ethically Within Their Companies

Discover practical steps for entrepreneurs to harness AI ethically, from protecting data privacy to mitigating job displacement and reducing environmental impact, ensuring that technology drives positive change without causing harm.

A playbook for crafting AI strategy

August 5, 2024
Giddy predictions about AI, from its contributions to economic growth to the onset of mass automation, are now as frequent as the release of powerful new generative AI models. The consultancy PwC, for example, predicts that AI could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) 14% by 2030, generating US $15.7 trillion. Forty percent of our…

The Download: the risks of addictive AI, and hydrogen bikes’ limitations

August 5, 2024
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. We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’ —By Robert Mahari, a joint JD-PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School whose work focuses on computational law, and Pat Pataranutaporn, a…

We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’

August 5, 2024
AI concerns overemphasize harms arising from subversion rather than seduction. Worries about AI often imagine doomsday scenarios where systems escape human control or even understanding. Short of those nightmares, there are nearer-term harms we should take seriously: that AI could jeopardize public discourse through misinformation; cement biases in loan decisions, judging or hiring; or disrupt…

Hydrogen bikes are struggling to gain traction in China

August 5, 2024
If you are in China and looking to ride a shared bike in the city, you might find something on the bike that looks a little different: a water-bottle-size hydrogen tank. At least a dozen cities in China now have some kind of hydrogen-powered shared bikes for their residents. They offer an easier ride than…