Roundtables

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Watch a subscriber-only conversation with Sneha Goenka, who designed the computations behind the world’s fastest whole-genome sequencing method. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Every year, MIT Technology Review selects one individual whose work we admire to recognize as Innovator of the Year. For 2025, we chose Sneha Goenka, who designed the computations behind the

Watch a subscriber-only conversation on if algorithms can ever be fair. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. 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 Technology Review editor Amanda Silverman, investigative reporter Eileen

Hear from special guest speaker Karen Hao about the AI arms race, what it means for all of us, and where it’s headed. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Recorded on June 30, 2025 AI journalist Karen Hao’s book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI , tells the story of

Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Recorded on April 23, 2025 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 MIT Technology Review's readers. BCIs are electrodes implanted into the brain

The latest iteration of a legacy Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned, independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews, interviews and live events explain the newest technologies and their commercial, social and political impact. Advertise with MIT Technology Review Elevate your brand to the forefront of

The latest iteration of a legacy Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned, independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews, interviews and live events explain the newest technologies and their commercial, social and political impact. Advertise with MIT Technology Review Elevate your brand to the forefront of

Here are some highlights from conversations we hosted about augmented reality, gene editing, thermal batteries, and the impact of AI on the climate. Vichhika Tep / MITTR The worst technologies of 2024. The future of mixed reality. AI’s impact on the climate. These are just a few of the topics we covered this year in