Exclusive eBook: How AGI Became a Consequential Conspiracy Theory

In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn about how the idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry.

by Will Douglas Heaven October 30, 2025

Table of Contents:

  • How Silicon Valley got AGI-pilled
  • The great AGI conspiracy
  • How AGI hijacked an industry
  • The great AGI conspiracy, concluded

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Exclusive eBook: Aging Clocks & Understanding Why We Age

In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn about a new method that scientists have uncovered to look at the ways our bodies are aging.

by  Jessica Hamzelou October 14, 2025

Table of Contents:

  • Clocks kick off
  • Black-box clocks
  • How to be young again
  • Dogs and dolphins
  • When young meets old

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Roundtables: Surviving the New Age of Conspiracies

Everything is a conspiracy theory now. MIT Technology Review’s series, “The New Conspiracy Age,” explores how this moment is changing science and technology. Watch a discussion with our editors and Mike Rothschild, journalist and conspiracy theory expert, about how we can make sense of them all.

Speakers: Amanda Silverman, Editor, Features & Investigations; Niall Firth, Executive Editor, Newsroom; and Mike Rothschild, Journalist & Conspiracy Theory Expert.

Recorded on November 20, 2025

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Exclusive eBook: The Math on AI’s Energy Footprint

In this exclusive subscirber-only ebook you’ll learn how the emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

by James O’Donnell and Casey Crownhart May 20, 2025

Table of contents

  • Part One: Making the model
  • Part Two: A Query
  • Part Three: Fuel and emissions
  • Part Four: The future ahead

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Roundtables: Seeking Climate Solutions in Turbulent Times

Companies are pursuing climate solutions amid shifting U.S. politics and economic uncertainty. Drawing from MIT Technology Review’s 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch list, this session highlights the most promising technologies—from electric trucks to gene-edited crops—and explores the challenges companies face in advancing climate progress today.

Speakers: Casey Crownhart, Senior Climate Reporter; James Temple, Senior Climate Editor; and Mary Beth Griggs, Science Editor

Recorded on October 28, 2025


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Roundtables: Trump’s Impact on the Next Generation of Innovators

Every year, MIT Technology Review recognizes dozens of young researchers on our Innovators Under 35 list. We checked back in with recent honorees to see how they’re faring amid sweeping changes to science and technology policy within the US. Learn about the complex realities of what life has been like for those aiming to build their labs and companies in today’s political climate.

Speakers: Amy Nordrum, executive editor, and Eileen Guo, senior investigative reporter

Recorded on October 1, 2025

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Roundtables: The Future of Birth Control

Conversations around birth control usually focus on women, but Kevin Eisenfrats, one of the MIT Technology Review 2025 Innovators Under 35, is working to change that. His company, Contraline, is working toward testing new birth control options for men.

Speakers: Kevin Eisenfrats, co-founder and CEO of Contraline, and Amy Nordrum, executive editor, MIT Technology Review

Recorded on September 24, 2025

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Roundtables: Meet the 2025 Innovator of the Year

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 world’s fastest whole-genome sequencing method. Thanks to her work, physicians can now sequence a patient’s genome and diagnose a genetic condition in less than eight hours—an achievement that could transform medical care.

Speakers: Sneha Goenka, Innovator of the Year; Leilani BattleUniversity of Washington; and Mat Honaneditor in chief

Recorded on September 23, 2025

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Roundtables: Why It’s So Hard to Make Welfare AI Fair

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 Guo, and Lighthouse Reports investigative reporter Gabriel Geiger as they explore if algorithms can ever be fair.

Speakers: Eileen Guo, features & investigations reporter, Amanda Silverman, features & investigations editor, and Gabriel Geiger investigative reporter at Lighthouse Reports

Recorded on July 30, 2025

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Roundtables: Inside OpenAI’s Empire with Karen Hao

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 OpenAI’s rise to power and its far-reaching impact all over the world. Hear from Karen Hao, former MIT Technology Review senior editor, and executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation exploring the AI arms race, what it means for all of us, and where it’s headed.

Speakers: Karen Hao, AI journalist, and Niall Firth, executive editor.

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