Technology & Innovation

INET’s grantees and Commission on Global Economic Transformation are looking at artificial intelligence and society.

Artificial intelligence promises to make our lives easier. But is the cost losing some of our humanity?

A report of the Commission on Global Economic Transformation’s subcommittee on Inequality, Technology, and the Future of Work

Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be a job killer—if we use it right

“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”

Facebook engaged in an elaborate bait and switch on user data: Privacy disappeared when competition did. Laws governing competition could change that.

Richard Vague looks at what it’ll take for the U.S. to win the R&D race

As automation takes on more routine tasks, work will become more about creativity, ethics, and empathy

“Founding father” of virtual reality explores the ways digital platforms change economic relationships Computer scientist Jaron Lanier explains the uneasy relationship between an analog world and a corporate digital infrastructure.

As technology and deregulation continue to shape the labor market, maintaining strong worker protections is as important as ever

Chaired by Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence, INET has assembled a global team of leaders and scholars calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

Under the guise of “philanthropy,” business elites have an increasing grip on society

We need a new system of rules for the digital 21st century that enhances global digital cooperation and welfare. Nothing less than a historic gathering of the world’s key decision makers will get us there.    

Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks