This page covers technology companies, new digital products, industry breakthroughs and software trends. Reporting examines how these developments influence the regional economy and digital landscape.
Over a dozen Wellesley and MIT students demonstrated outside WBUR CitySpace against a Wellesley-sponsored artificial intelligence event held Thursday.
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Should colleges consult students before hosting AI-focused events?
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Do you believe artificial intelligence will ultimately improve your long-term job prospects?
Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia spoke to local business leaders about the future of artificial intelligence.
Researcher Kate Crawford told a Boston College audience that AI's expansion is depleting metals and energy at a growing rate.
Researchers at Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital developed a high-throughput method that identifies molecules by how they alter protein interactions.
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Do you trust that new quantum computing advancements will enhance rather than threaten your digital security?
The Boston-based company adds experts to bolster its work on quantum algorithms and error correction.
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Do you think AI-driven warehouse robots are making your daily life better or worse?
Austrian automation firm Knapp has opened a robotics and AI innovation hub in Somerville, Massachusetts, run by its new subsidiary KNAPPRobotics.ai Inc.
Reporting here centers on startup innovation, tech sector hiring, regulatory developments and the arrival of new hardware or software. Coverage reaches across the city and the communities around it. Competition for skilled labor remains a defining feature that dictates how firms grow or consolidate their local operations. The pace of investment and the resulting impact on commercial real estate remain the two recurring themes driving this coverage.
