Innovation policies are focussed on promoting technology development, whilst lacking a push for appropriate risk governance. The lack of a synchronized approach has led to risk governance that is increasingly lagging behind innovation.
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MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has received a $1 million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity for her work developing machine learning models for cancer diagnosis and drug discovery.
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A new study shows that, relative to their population, immigrant-founded businesses create 42% more jobs in America than ones started by U.S.-born entrepreneurs.
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Data-driven policymaking is not just a tool for finding new solutions for difficult challenges. When states serve their role as laboratories of innovation, they increase the American people’s confidence that the government they choose can be effective, responsive, and in the public interest.
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A group of nuclear scientists recently published a call for anti-racist action in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, urging researchers and their colleagues to confront a long legacy of racial disparities and injustices in the history of the nuclear field, many of which continue today.
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“One thing we can all agree on is a willingness to get out there and build things,” said Justin Zheng, 19, one of the founders of the group. “Yeah, we build some meme products, but we also build mission-driven things. We want to build a more positive internet, things that help people.”
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