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Ethics
4 red flags that signaled Theranos' downfall
The blood testing startup's culture and claim set the stage for its demise.
Oct 29, 2018
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Finance
Andrew Lo's adaptive market theory
‘It's really about taking chances on long shots.’
Oct 17, 2018
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Venture Capital
The industries Vinod Khosla sees ready for disruption
Bonus insight: Change isn’t propelled by organizational structure.
Sep 24, 2018
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Healthcare
Data analysis and personalized medicine
Data-based algorithms are personalizing medicine.
Sep 19, 2018
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Public Policy
How a nonprofit meals provider will triple the people it serves
Community Servings feeds the chronically ill. To grow, it brought in help from MIT.
Jul 20, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence
Even AI won’t tolerate a ruthless negotiator
MIT Sloan researchers find that warm, empathetic AI agents consistently outperform cold, ruthless ones in a large-scale international AI negotiation competition
Jun 8, 2026
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Negotiation
The surprising power of warmth in AI negotiations
In MIT’s international AI Negotiation Competition, “warmer” agents achieved better outcomes in negotiations with other AI agents.
Jun 10, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
In tomorrow’s AI economy, what’s the role of humans?
MIT Sloan School of Management researcher Christian Catalini found that AI can now produce complex work at near-zero cost, but the time it takes a human to check that work is fixed by biology.
Jun 11, 2026
From Classroom to Crisis Solution: Uplift Microhome Wins 2026 MIT $100K Competition
The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition hosted its 2026 Launch finale this month where innovative student founders from MIT and the Greater Boston area competed for $160,000 in prize funding.
Jun 1, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
Seeing real value from AI depends on being able to verify its outputs
A new paper explores how seeing economic value from artificial intelligence hinges on closing the gap between what AI can do and how humans can verify its outputs.
Jun 8, 2026