Roundtables: Why AI Companies Are Betting on Next-Gen Nuclear
AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and an energy supply that can support its huge computational appetite. One potential source of electricity for these…
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Roundtables: Surviving the New Age of Conspiracies
Everything is a conspiracy theory now. MIT Technology Review’s series, “The New Conspiracy Age,” explores how this moment is changing science and technology. Watch a discussion with our…
Roundtables: Trump’s Impact on the Next Generation of Innovators
Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes dozens of young researchers on our Innovators Under 35 list. We checked back in with recent honorees to see how they’re faring amid sweeping…
Roundtables: The Future of Birth Control
Conversations around birth control usually focus on women, but Kevin Eisenfrats, one of the MIT Technology Review 2025 Innovators Under 35, is working to change that. His company,…
Roundtables: Why It’s So Hard to Make Welfare AI Fair
Amsterdam tried using algorithms to fairly assess welfare applicants, but bias still crept in. Why did Amsterdam fail? And more important, can this ever be done right? Hear from MIT…
The Download: how AI could improve construction site safety, and our Roundtables conversation with Karen Hao
More than 1,000 construction workers die on the job each year in the US, making it the most dangerous industry for fatal slips, trips, and falls. A new AI tool called Safety AI could help…
Roundtables: A New Look at AI’s Energy Use
Recorded on May 21, 2025 Big Tech's appetite for energy is growing rapidly as adoption of AI accelerates. But just how much energy does even a single AI query use? And what does it mean…
Roundtables: Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Promise to Product
Speakers: David Rotman, editor at large, and Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been crowned the 11th Breakthrough Technology of 2025 by…