Lights and shadows from the world biggest NLP conference

Absent a crystal ball, it might still be helpful to cautiously detail a tentative outlook on the future of AI and jobs. Because that future is coming for everybody.

Even though I am a programmer

Our new issue of MAIZE tackles the topic of desire, as the utmost manifestation of humanity. Let’s ask ChatGPT about it, and see what it comes up with.

The challenge of simple things is to face rich, dynamic and complex realities. But, if they work correctly, they'll lead to many great possibilities.

The human mind and artificial intelligence share similarities and differences we still don’t understand fully. What does the road ahead look like?

Identity is the source of all conflict. So what happens when we enter a mirror, digital dimension? And what would happen if that dimension devoured us?

AI offers substantial benefits to humans, but we must exercise caution due to its potential to generate deceptive and entirely fabricated realities easily

The skeptical enthusiast

Computer science aims at cracking complicated mechanisms beyond doubt. But does it make sense to always reduce uncertainty?

On NFTs value, a way out to Zoom fatigue, and virtual concerts.

On hybrid-electric aircraft, brain-computer interfaces, upgradeable laptops, and myopia smart glasses.

We can't read through all the legal notices that we are asked to agree, but we have to find a way to control our data.

Artificial life seeks to simulate lifelike processes within computers, with the aim of discovering elemental characteristics of life itself.

Hackers have always been sitting between these two extremes: brilliant saviours of the world or heinous criminals of cyberspace.

Computer and biological viruses behave similarly: they hit where it hurts the most.

Although the Covid-19 situation was definitely unexpected, it has given us a lot to think about.

Many of us are already using artificial intelligence in our everyday lives. But do we know the history of AI?

The rise of digitalism is unstoppable. However, as citizens, we still stand a chance to build a just society, which supports human needs.

Reza Khorshidi, global chief scientist at AIG insurance, talks about how AI is improving user experiences in the insurance sphere.

The guarantee of safety in autonomous driving points to some challenges with the evolution of AI technology, what is data's role?

Virtual Reality researcher and expert, Naomi Roth talks about how this technology can teach us about humanity and our identities.

It’s clear that technology is expanding options for sexual experiences, but will it influence how we interact with and love others?

Data is a valuable asset. With the promise of “free” Internet services, a handful of companies have exploited it.

The more we explore AI, the more we are exposed to new philosophical questions that challenge our values and beliefs.

When we talk about Artificial Intelligence, it's often technology and technique. But to understand it, we should put ethics first.

We sat down with the company that's "picking up where Satoshi left off", taking Distributed Ledger Technology to the next level.

An invitation to envision a scenario somewhere between a technological desert and a “Heidiland” without tech.

The robotic dogs from Black Mirror aired are not entirely the fruit of the imagination of its screenwriters.

Like all technology, AI is neither good nor bad. But like all technology, it is not neutral either.

Music and technology have interacted over the past decades, with very interesting outcomes.

Interacting with technology the same way we interact with people. Voice, the most common interface that mankind has ever developed, is about to undergo a renaissance, and the reasons why are as natural as the technology that is driving it.

How mass surveillance and the manipulating of data are blurring the lines between sci-fi dystopias and reality.

Manufacturing plants could soon be replaced by decentralized factories with 3D printers. The technology is ready: are you?

The fascination with the miniaturization of technology is no news, so is its ability to transform multiple industries.

Finding the Human Factor in R+

With this technology around, you might have to not believe everything you see.

A revolution is happening in the Human-Computer interaction: Soon, devices will finally speak our language.

The buildings of the future will be quite similar to those we know now, yet very different. All with the help of Big Data.

When it comes to business, analysts have a penchant for comparisons, and the Virtual and Augmented Reality industry is no exception.

Several business owners  and decisions makers are to leverage blockchain  for their companies, operations, and products.

AI today acts as a black box: We're not 100% sure of what happens in between the input and the output. Kings College Professor Mischa Dohler explains how we are opening the Artificial Intelligence "black box", why this is important, and how this will affect our lives in the future.

A deep-dive into a cryptocurrency envisioned for the first time four years ago, and conceived with the future in mind.

Advanced or Smart Manufacturing Industry 4.0: No matter how you call it, its impact on the manufacturing sector is real.

In just two-years more than 30% of all web-browsing sessions will be done without a screen.

What will the future of healthcare look like? Bart De Witte believes it will centre on the symbiosis of machine algorithms and human decision makers – emboldening experts supported by artificial intelligence. However, with the 70% of the world's population still without access to healthcare, how will these new applications of technology serve the public good?

We do not fully understand why the algorithms behind AI act the way they, and this is a problem which we can't ignore.

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality have finally displayed their potential in this industry, attracting new investors

DLT is poised to disrupt industries that have long held sway over society— but few know what's behind this technology.

Now that AI making its way into our lives in the form of self-driving cars and smart personal assistants, it's time to talk about ethics.

An analysis of our debut event on AI, the technology that walks the fine line between a world of wonder and one of woe.

We shouldn't be afraid of automation, but of the moment we'll stop growing as a society. Dov Frohman, former vice president of Intel Corporation and inventor of the erasable programmable read-only memory, sits down and explains the implications of Artificial Intelligence and how this disruptive technology will transform employment and education.

From content creation to climate change, this technology can reshape the way we will work and live in the near future.

If humanity is to thrive in the coming age of the automation, the mediator between head and hands must be the heart.

The Telco industry is among the sectors that have been shaken by the digital revolution from the ground up.

Blockchain Internet of Things is a viable answer to the ongoing security concerns faced by IoT.

Let's take a closer look at the attempt to update data protection for the 21st century and make Europe "fit for the digital age.

Long Story Short

Let's take a deeper look at technological waves: What are they? And where do they come from?

Trust is the basis of today’s internet-powered economy, and it's quickly becoming the most valuable currency we have.

All over the world, predictive algorithms are shaping societies in profound ways: How can we as a society make sure we have the right to regulate how they affect our lives?

Long Story Short

We've always longed for a society without crime, and more and more technologies that help us predict criminal acts are being developed. Director of JVP Venture Capital discusses the ever-growing power of "Predictive Policing" and how technology is surpassing our own human predictive capabilities.

Today, we can choose among 1400 cryptocurrencies, those virtual currencies that use cryptography to secure and verify transactions.

Blockchains are tamper-resistant means of keeping records, linked and secured through the use of cryptography.

The world is at a critical junction: we're experiencing the failure of many institutions of industrial democracy, and the rise of a more decentralized system. Theorist and entrepreneur, John Clippinger, discusses open sector phenomena and how it presents new opportunities and threats for traditional organizations, as well as for transforming governance.

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a crowdsourcing mechanism that is now at the heart of the blockchain discussion.

New technologies push the production and provision of products and services ever closer to the moment of the demand. Robert Walcott, Clinical Professor at Kellogg School of Management, sits down and explains what he calls "Proximity" and how supply chains are undergoing a momentous change in some parts of the world.

Artificial Intelligence has now entered the public debate. Everyone, everywhere are more aware of AI and the changes it could bring than ever before.

The main challenge of 3D printing doesn’t stem from the technology itself, but from how we understand the design process as a whole.

In short, it's our ticket to the next step in human innovation—and we’re likely to be given it sometime soon.

Scientists, programmers and researchers have been working hard to develop machines which possess distinctively human features, bringing us deeper into the “uncanny valley”.

If you're a hacker, you only have to succeed one time. If you're security, you have to succeed every time. Menny Barzilay, Founder and CEO of FortyTwo, sits down and lays out the impending dangers that billions of affordable, mass-produced IoT devices will bring to the world of security, and how it is impossible for countries today to continue with the idea that physical borders can protect them from the warfare of the modern world.

Data-intensive technologies are on the rise, but many industries lack the ability to leverage data tools to stay relevant.

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects computers and restricts their access to files, often threatening permanent data destruction unless a ransom is paid.

We currently live in a multi-dimensional world, but the way we learn and operate is still stuck in 2D.

Even if we do not reach the popularized humanoid robot, AI is still set to disrupt our societies in every way imaginable.

There is a new form of data transmission that travels across the visible light spectrum; it is faster, safer and has zero levels of electromagnetic interference.

As the distinction between real and virtual is fading faster than we expected, we have to reconsider our notion of reality, and how we relate to it.

Additive manufacturing is setting us free from many of the boundaries of the production process, revolutionizing the way we design across different sectors.