David Singer, head of the MIT Department of Political Science, discusses the Strengthening Democracy Initiative, focused on the rigorous study of elections, public opinion, and political participation.
Although artificial intelligence in health has shown great promise, pressure is mounting for regulators around the world to act, as AI tools demonstrate potentially harmful outcomes.
MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.
The series aims to help policymakers create better oversight of AI in society.
In campus talk, Daron Acemoglu offers vision of “machine usefulness,” rather than autonomous “intelligence,” to help workers and spread prosperity.
In China, the use of AI-driven facial recognition helps the regime repress dissent while enhancing the technology, researchers report.
Experts from MIT’s School of Engineering, Schwarzman College of Computing, and Sloan Executive Education educate national security leaders in AI fundamentals.
Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.
The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.
The Brazilian social justice reporter is a fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.
