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Alex 'Sandy' Pentland

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The Dichotomy of AI: MIT Professor Sandy Pentland Examines Whether It Poses a Threat or Opportunity to Humanity

Michael Casey sits down with MIT Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland to discuss data ownership, data control, crypto, and AI technologies as th…
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The Data That Powers AI Is Disappearing Fast

New research from the Data Provenance Initiative has found a dramatic drop in content made available to the collections used to build AI.
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AI and the 2024 elections

Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland was among the experts participating in a panel discussion on how AI may affect the 2024 elections.
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Data Provenance for AI receives 2024 Infrastructure Fund award

The project purpose is to improve transparency, documentation, and informed use of datasets in AI.
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Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models

Researchers created a tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias
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Professor Sandy Pentland and alum Catherine D'Ignazio receive inaugural SERC seed grants

These grants aim to inspire MIT researchers to make a meaningful contribution to responsible technology development and deployment.
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How data collaboration platforms can help companies build better AI

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland and other experts explore the potential of customized AI models trained with organization-specific data.
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Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI

A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are included in the cohort.
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Praneeth Vepakomma named as ADIA Lab research fellow

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab aims to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration and solve large-scale, complex problems.
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Do video doorbells really help to deter crime?

The research on video doorbells—which includes a paper from the Human Dynamics group—hasn't found strong evidence that they reduce crime.
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Research Group Overview: Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion.
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Social media is rewriting the banking playbook

In Scientific American, Dr. Alex Lipton and Media Lab Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland call for the creation of new banking regulations.
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Study shows how pandemic decreased income diversity of urban encounters, even after lockdowns

GeekWire reports on research that people were less likely to visit socioeconomically different areas while returning to pre-pandemic habits.
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The future of intelligence (artificial and otherwise)

Media Lab Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, MIT CSAIL Director Daniela Rus, and Prof. Josh Tenenbaum discuss the future of intelligence.
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MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI

The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.
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Kohler + MIT Media Lab: Innovation—for Better

Kohler and the MIT Media Lab share the vision of a better future by, with, and for all.We share the belief that remarkable outcomes can be …
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If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

MIT Media Lab postdoc Ziv Epstein discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.
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Facing up to democratic distrust

False assumptions about election malfeasance could create a “death spiral” for democracy — but also provide some hope for bipartisan repair.
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Study: Covid-19 has reduced diverse urban interactions

Mobility-related data show the pandemic has had a lasting effect, limiting the breadth of places people visit in cities.
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Let’s fight global tax dodgers with cutting-edge data science

Public interest tax analyst Don Griswold introduces Tech for Transparency, inspired by Media Lab Professor Alex Pentland's research.
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Davos 2023: The MIT Media Lab's contributions to shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future

Representatives from the Media Lab participated in discussions on the Earth Data Revolution, Space Economy, Digital Currencies, and more.
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AI ‘Bill of Rights’ must be global

A global "AI Bill of Rights" that would help protect fairness, promote accountability, support innovation, and develop ethical guidelines.
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How to Save Democracy: A new study gives clues for how to fix America’s political culture

Of 25 proposed interventions for democracy tested, one developed by Human Dynamics researchers was among the most effective.
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Global Fintech, edited by David L. Shrier and Prof. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, wins Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice, 2022

Choice is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
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Project "Integrity Distributed" wins Financial Times Digital Innovation Award 2022

Integrity Distributed, a project created by Camera Culture PhD student Praneeth Vepakomma and collaborators, won a FT Innovation Award 2022
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AML by design: Designing a central bank digital currency to stifle money laundering

Human Dynamics group members explore how technical CBDC design choices can be used to make a CBDC inherently resistant to money laundering.
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Summer 2022 recommended reading from MIT

Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
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The New Rules of Data Privacy

Hossein Rahnama, a visiting professor at the Media Lab, and Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland explore the new rules of data privacy.
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Human Dynamics work recognized for 10 years of impact

For the paper "Modeling the Co-evolution of Behaviors and Social Relationships Using Mobile Phone Data"
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Data Rights Roundtable with MIT Media Lab

Watch: Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland and Consumer Reports Digital Lab co-hosted a virtual event to discuss an early draft of a Data Rights Protocol.
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Building a Better Economy

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland speaks during a TEDxMIT event about how distributed data technologies can help community social structures.
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Study: More people walked during the pandemic, but how much depended on their income level

Boston.com reports on research conducted by Human Dynamics head Sandy Pentland, visiting professor Esteban Moro, and collaborators.
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Digital Currency and Trade Systems Are Tearing up the Rules: We need a "digital Bretton Woods" to set standards

Sandy Pentland discusses national digital currencies and trade platforms, and how they could upend today's geopolitical hierarchies.
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Mental health giants Headspace and Ginger to merge into $3 billion company

Congratulations to the team at Media Lab spinoff Ginger, which is merging with Headspace!
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“AI for Impact” lives up to its name

Entrepreneurship class MAS.664 launches businesses with a global reach.
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Mobility patterns influence how we experience income segregation in our cities

Economic segregation isn't just limited to neighborhoods; it's part of the places you visit every day.
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Lockdowns reveal inequities in opportunities for walking activities

Research finds Covid-19-related lockdowns led to a marked reduction in walking in lower-income areas of major metropolises.
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ML Focus Panel Discussion with Deloitte: 3pm ET, May 27, 2021

Cooperation or Competition: The role of AI in national security and competitiveness
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Episode 3: Time for a New Antitrust Era (Mahari, Lera & Pentland)

Thibault Schrepel discusses a new paper on roads to improve antitrust law with co-authors from the Human Dynamics group.
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New models for building digital trust

An interview with MIT’s Sandy Pentland.
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3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University

CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.
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AI Influencer Awards 2020 | Sandy Pentland wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognizing individuals who already achieved several lifetimes’ worth of breakthroughs, founding, or funding new innovations and industries
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Four Labbers receive AI Influencer Awards

These awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovation in the field.
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Building a more resilient, data-driven economy

“In a resilient economy, power and decision-making should be distributed among a diverse set of stakeholders."
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Virtual meetings are about to turn the art of management into a scalable science

Quartz at Work looks at ways that online meetings, with tools like those developed by certain spinoffs, can improve management decisions.
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MIT professor wants to shift power to the people by building local data collectives

"Building the New Economy" envisions data co-ops to make it easier for people to control and analyze their own financial and health data.
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(Re)Building the Economy | Alex (Sandy) Pentland | TEDxMIT

With each major crisis, be it pandemic, war, or major new technology, there has been the need to reinvent our society.
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MIT Sloan research shows adaptive networks promote better collective intelligence

Study cautions against using static org charts during COVID-19 crisis.
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Covid-19: What governments can do for contact tracing, analytics, and restarting

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Planning the future after Covid-19

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Managing the flow of ideas in a pandemic

Tools and tactics for maximizing effective communication and decision-making while minimizing the spread of illness.
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A Coronavirus briefing with MIT

MIT Industrial Liaison Program with professors Yossi Sheffi, Alex Pentland, and Andrew Lo to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on business.
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A pioneer of wearable technology explains how it can connect instead of divide us

Human Dynamics head Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland discusses the necessity of social connections.
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MIT Computational Law: "A Perspective on Legal Algorithms"

The first MIT Computational Law report features an essay by Sandy Pentland, head of the Human Dynamics group.
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Perspectives on Libra

Essays and testimonies on Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency
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HANNIBAL AD PORTAS!

The Global Financial Crisis was a wasted opportunity to reorganize the world financial ecosystem.
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Digital cash and privacy: What are the alternatives to Libra?

Christian Grothoff and Alex PentlandLibra, the new global payment system which Facebook, Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, and other major pla…
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It's time to study machines the way we study humans

A paper introduces machine behavior: the interdisciplinary study of AI systems as a new class of actors with unique behavioral patterns.