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Professor Cynthia Dwork’s Acceptance Remarks

Professor Cynthia Dwork’s Acceptance Remarks

America 250: AI Pioneers Award At the America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Conference on May 1, 2026, Professor Cynthia Dwork of Harvard University delivered her acceptance remarks for the America 250: AI Pioneers Award, on behalf of the distinguished honorees...

Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys?

Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys?

We’re starting to give AI agents real autonomy, and we’re not prepared for what could happen next. Operator, an agent from OpenAI, can autonomously navigate a browser to order groceries or make dinner reservations. Systems like Claude Code and Cursor’s Chat feature...

Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

By performing deep learning at the speed of light, this chip could give edge devices new capabilities for real-time data analysis. As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it will become...

Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and others may have slightly different goals, but their grand visions for the next decade and beyond are remarkably similar. They include aligning AI with the interests of humanity; creating an artificial superintelligence that will...