TechniqueRLHF / Alignment2 recent entries29 Jun 2026Agent confidence on the technical frontierEnterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mount→30 Jul 2026A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attackIt is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conferen
TechniqueAgents8 recent entries30 Jun 2026The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internetThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI agents are not your “coworkers” Imagine coming in to work t→7 Jul 2026The foundational elements of AI architecture that IT leaders need to scaleWith the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces ris→8 Jul 2026EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI PlatformThe next generation of AI is evolving from a tool into a platform where models, applications, and human workflows converge to create integrated operating environments capable of automating tasks and e→27 Jul 2026Building the enterprise environment for agentic AIFor the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end across people, business workflows, data, and systems→3 Aug 2026The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacksThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals When t→3 Aug 2026Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goalsMIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. When two OpenAI model→10 Aug 2026These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMsMIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Way back in the summer of 2017,→12 Aug 2026Scaling AI agents with trustworthy dataBusiness and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few executives doubt the technology’s potential to transform work
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TechniqueSafety8 recent entries22 Apr 2026AI needs a strong data fabric to deliver business valueArtificial intelligence is moving quickly in the enterprise, from experimentation to everyday use. Organizations are deploying copilots, agents, and predictive systems across finance, supply chains, h→27 Apr 2026Rebuilding the data stack for AIArtificial intelligence may be dominating boardroom agendas, but many enterprises are discovering that the biggest obstacle to meaningful adoption is the state of their data. While consumer-facing AI →7 May 2026The balcony solar boom is coming to the USDozens of US states are considering legislation to allow people to install plug-in solar systems, often called balcony solar. These small arrays require little to no setup and could help cut emissions→21 May 2026The Download: online safety’s future and climate tech’s big pivotThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the f→21 May 2026Tech researchers are suing the Trump administration over the future of online safetySince its earliest days back in office, the Trump administration has been going after researchers who study and try to counter hate speech, harassment, propaganda, and disinformation online. Now, some→2 Jul 2026Teaching AI to run with the turbinesArtificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its most consequential use cases are unfolding far from consumer-facing tools. In in→27 Jul 2026Building the enterprise environment for agentic AIFor the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end across people, business workflows, data, and systems→30 Jul 2026A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attackIt is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper presented at the International Conferen