The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
Category: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Trump Slashed Funding for Science. Now the U.S. Faces a Costly Brain Drain.
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An Epstein Associate Steps Down From Japanese Government Tech Project
The New York Times – Business:Joichi Ito’s involvement in a publicly funded Japanese initiative had come under scrutiny after new details revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan
The New York Times – Business:Top Japanese officials are backing a tech and entrepreneurship initiative led by Joichi Ito, whose involvement with Jeffrey Epstein may endanger efforts to get the project off the ground.
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College Students Choosing A.I. Majors Over Computer Science
At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major.
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How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America
As the technology is widely adopted, some once-struggling midsize cities in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South may benefit, new research predicts.
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AI Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students
A new program, backed by Cornell Tech, M.I.T. and U.C.L.A., helps prepare lower-income, Latina and Black female computing majors for artificial intelligence careers.
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How One Tech Skeptic Decided AI Might Benefit the Middle Class
David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization.
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D.E.I. and Donor Pressures Weigh on Harvard
The resignation of Claudine Gay as Harvard’s president reopens the debate over who should run America’s elite universities.
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Robert M. Solow, Groundbreaking Economist and Nobelist, Dies at 99
His elegant work established that the main determinant of economic growth was technology, not growing capital and labor.
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One Law Firm Prepared Both Penn and Harvard for Hearing on Antisemitism
The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and M.I.T. came under fire after dodging questions about their policies.