In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a ...

The Boston Globe A Milton resident’s lawsuit against CVS raises questions about the use of AI lie detectors in hiring It’s illegal for employers in Mass. to use a lie detector to screen job applicants ...

It's that time of year again—hiring season! And right on cue, your director of human resources has scheduled a meeting to pitch you a quick fix: artificial intelligence (AI). As the meeting gets under ...

One of the key challenges of generative artificial intelligence is that it becomes even more of a black box when it's hosted in the cloud by companies such as OpenAI, where the AI's functioning cannot ...

But the technology could break down trust and social bonds. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, ...