
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Jan 17, 2025 · MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
Nov 18, 2020 · From smartphones to social media and healthcare, here's a brief history of the ways in which technology has transformed our lives in the past 20 years.
How technology convergence is redefining the future
Jan 21, 2025 · Innovation thrives on technology convergence or combination, convergence and compounding. Mastering these can tackle global challenges and shape technology.
Explainer: What is quantum technology and what are its benefits?
Jul 3, 2024 · Quantum technology will be worth trillions of dollars and transform the economy over the next decade. What is it, and how can we build a quantum economy?
What do we know about the economics of AI? - MIT News
Dec 6, 2024 · Examining AI has become a significant part of Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu’s work. An Institute Professor at MIT, Acemoglu has long studied the impact of …
Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium
Feb 3, 2025 · The MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium is a collaboration between MIT, founding member companies, and researchers across disciplines who aim to develop open-source …
8 technologies that are combining to create new opportunities for ...
Jun 3, 2025 · The World Economic Forum’s new Technology Convergence Report explores the potential impact of eight powerful new technology domains and their combination to create …
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline
Mar 14, 2024 · Here are some of the top technological advancements that have shaped our world in just the past four decades -- from the world wide web to AI.
These are the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 - The World …
Jun 25, 2024 · The Forum’s pick of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 range from microbial carbon capture to high altitude platform station systems. Here’s what you need to know.
A new technology for extending the shelf life of produce
May 21, 2025 · MIT and SMART researchers developed a way to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with melatonin using biodegradable microneedles.