CNBC

BlackRock CEO says AI could increase wealth inequality—an economist explains how to make the tech 'a powerful ally'

The artificial intelligence revolution could create even greater wealth inequality, according to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. That's why Fink recommends global business and political leaders be proactive ...
InfoQ

MIT's Recursive Language Models Improve Performance on Long-Context Tasks

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...
Los Angeles Times

How the Brown-MIT shootings unfolded: A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A former Brown University student opened fire in a campus lecture hall on Dec. 13, killing two students and ...
CBS News

Motive sought after suspect in Brown University shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say

The suspect in the Dec. 13 mass shooting on the campus of Brown University was found dead by suicide Thursday night in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, authorities said. He has been identified ...
WPRI 12

Police probe potential ties between Brown University attack and MIT professor slaying

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are investigating possible ties between Saturday’s shooting at Brown University and Monday’s slaying of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the ...
The Boston Globe

MIT’s startup mentoring service was supposed to last a few years. Try 25.

Sherwin Greenblatt was the first employee at Bose Corp. He designed its most successful speaker system. And he eventually became its president, a job that lasted for 15 years. But talk to Greenblatt ...
The Washington Post

Let’s take a closer look at MIT, one target of Trump’s blunderbuss

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is unlike other large universities, and not just because, according to its inexplicably ebullient president, Sally Kornbluth, the football players “thank you ...
VentureBeat

MIT offshoot Liquid AI releases blueprint for enterprise-grade small-model training

When Liquid AI, a startup founded by MIT computer scientists back in 2023, introduced its Liquid Foundation Models series 2 (LFM2) in July 2025, the pitch was straightforward: deliver the fastest ...
Fast Company

MIT study finds AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of U.S. workers

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that AI might be poised to replace a lot more jobs than previously forecast. According to researchers, a hidden mass of data reveals ...
The Boston Globe

Former MIT scientist funded by Epstein made racist and sexist claims in private emails

Joscha Bach, an AI researcher, worked at the MIT Media Lab from 2014 to 2016. He was hired in large part because of Epstein’s donations. Joscha Bach, a former MIT Media Lab researcher whose work there ...
Reuters

MIT spinout Vertical Semiconductor raises $11 million for AI power chip tech

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Vertical Semiconductor, a startup spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on Wednesday said it raised $11 million in funding to commercialize chip ...