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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg signed Declaration of Intent for the NATO Innovation Fund at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in October. Three Boston women helped launch the new mechanism to identify and invest in defense startups.

How three Boston women are helping NATO scout for defense startups

The alliance’s 31 member countries found that relying only on established defense contractors and tech companies — “the military-industrial complex” — wouldn’t be sufficient to solve strategic problems.

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Darío Gil, senior vice president and director of IBM Research.

AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators.

Safety is at the heart of the debate, but so is who gets to profit from AI's advances.

An expert on disinformation and a vocal critic of Meta, Joan Donovan joined the Kennedy School in 2018 and served as director of the Harvard Technology and Social Change Research Project.

Prominent disinformation specialist files whistle-blower complaint against Harvard

Joan Donovan is seeking “an urgent and impartial investigation” into allegations of donor influence at Harvard’s Kennedy School, which she claims fired her after she began investigating Facebook documents. Harvard calls the allegations “baseless.”

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Targeting online gambling, Northeastern lawyer who fought Big Tobacco sues DraftKings

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Gemini was more powerful than Google’s previous chatbot technologies and that it could generate more accurate responses and come closer to mimicking human reasoning in some situations.

Google updates Bard chatbot with ‘Gemini’ AI as it chases ChatGPT

Thousands of auto dealers across the United States have urged the Biden administration to back off its efforts to boost electric-vehicle production over the next decade.

As EV sales growth slows, Mass. car dealers ask Biden to ‘tap the brakes’ on electric transition

A new spinout from MIT called Liquid AI is developing artificial intelligence apps. The founders are (left to right) chief executive Ramin Hasani, MIT professor and technical adviser Daniela Rus, chief scientific officer Alexander Amini, and chief technical officer Mathias Lechner.

Boston’s answer to ChatGPT? MIT spinoff Liquid AI has a radical new approach.

Europe’s yearslong efforts to draw up AI guardrails have been bogged down by the recent emergence of generative AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which have dazzled the world with their ability to produce human-like work but raised fears about the risks they pose.

Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50

Introducing the top New England CEOs, venture capitalists, and founders of 2023
Our second annual list spotlights leaders who have kept the region's technology scene vibrant in a challenging climate, telling a story about where the industry stands, where it’s been, and where it’s going.

What distinguishes Boston’s tech sector is perseverance, determination, and confidence to take the long view — qualities exhibited by the diverse entrepreneurs, financiers, and intellectuals on The Boston Globe’s Tech Power Players 50 list.

The Boston tech sector’s defining characteristic in 2023? Resilience.

From left to right: Steve Fredette, Aman Narang, and Jonathan Grimm.

No. 1: These restaurant-focused entrepreneurs are the Toast of tech

Siyu Huang, founder and CEO of Factorial Energy.

Climate change is a major problem. These Boston leaders have solutions.

Thanks to the local changemakers driving innovation, the tech industry in all its forms plays an outsize role in Boston’s economy, from the flow of venture capital funds to where workers get their paychecks.

By the numbers: A look at jobs, hiring, diversity, and funding in Mass. tech

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TECH LAYOFFS

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector
Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years.

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The Boston Globe’s tech unicorn tracker lists startups headquartered in Massachusetts that have a valuation of at least $500 million. A “unicorn” is a company with a valuation in excess of $1 billion.

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Yellow pea field fritters being prepared at CommonWealth Kitchen in Dorchester, Mass., on Aug. 16. The nonprofit aims to produce more sustainable, locally-grown, and plant-based menu options.

A new kind of falafel is being developed in Boston. Is it any good?

At CommonWealth Kitchen, a Dorchester nonprofit that serves as home base for food entrepreneurs, chef Kevin Doherty is cooking up a new kind of falafel — with no chickpeas in sight.

From paving commuter rail tracks to Watertown water shuttles, innovators are dreaming up Boston transportation solutions

Can technology fix the broken process of getting around Boston?

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The iRobot headquarters in Bedford. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, iRobot’s revenues fell 29 percent from the same period last year.

For iRobot and Amazon, European antitrust roadblock is just one hurdle

Amazon agreed to acquire the Bedford-based home robotics company 16 months ago, but the deal is still pending. What gives? 8:21 p.m.

A sign for AI was displayed last week ahead of the COP28 UN Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The climate summit embraces AI, with reservations

The hope for AI breakthroughs in the fight against rising global temperatures flows from the technology’s ability to process vast quantities of information. 8:02 p.m.

Therapist Norma Kawatta, seen on screen, talked to Paris Carroll, vice president of mental health clinical services for Hazel Health, as the pair demonstrate how the company's telehealth therapy service works for Miami-Dade County public school students in Florida last month.

Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy

At least 16 of the 20 largest US public school districts are offering online therapy sessions to reach millions of students, according to an analysis by the Associated Press. 4:22 p.m.

Gene Simmons of Kiss performs during the final night of the "Kiss Farewell Tour" on Dec. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden. 12:41 a.m.

The WHOOP sign in Kenmore Square (top left). The Wayfair office location on Boylston Street (top center). The lobby of the DraftKings Back Bay offices (top right). DataRobot's office in downtown Boston (bottom left). Cambridge software company HubSpot at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (bottom center). A 3-D printer at the Desktop Metal headquarters in Burlington (bottom right). All of these Boston-area tech companies have conducted layoffs in the last six months.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Dozens of companies have reduced their workforces, ranging from the regional offices of the tech giants to startups that have only been in a business a few years. 2:30 p.m.

Wayfair has been cutting small numbers of jobs in recent weeks, across various parts of the company.

Quiet cutting: Wayfair undergoes multiple, small rounds of layoffs

The Boston online retailer has cut dozens of jobs in recent weeks, despite undergoing two major layoffs over the past 18 months. 2:18 p.m.

The arrival of ChatGPT on the marketplace just a year ago has sparked a global debate on the impacts of potentially revolutionary AI-powered chatbots.

Brazilian city enacts an ordinance secretly written by AI

City lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — after they were kept in the dark about its unprecedented origin. 2:04 p.m.

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Author Ben Mezrich at his Newton home in the room where he often writes.

Ben Mezrich’s new book is on Elon Musk and how Twitter broke the billionaire

Fans of Mezrich will recognize his penchant for dramatic narrative nonfiction that Hollywood loves to make into movies and TV series. 11:24 a.m.