Events

Life scientists and adjacent researchers will take part in a no-coding AI challenge, testing everyday scientific use and biosecurity safeguards to support CBAI’s open-source ASTRAL research. The research-focused event will offer $5,000 in prizes and welcome applicants including research assistants, experienced students, postdocs, clinicians, and industry scientists.

MIT’s AI for Impact Lab series will offer a practical path from AI basics and prompt engineering to building tools for learning and image analysis, with sessions on video, mapping, and AI’s impact on careers. Led by Mark Fagan, a Harvard Kennedy School lecturer and MIT research affiliate, the program will welcome participants with no prior technical experience.

The AI Pause Coalition’s inaugural meeting will examine Massachusetts and national AI policy, the possibility of pausing frontier training runs, and concerns including environmental impact, privacy, concentrated power, and catastrophic risk. Coalition leaders active in Radius programming will guide discussion and working groups focused on research and policy action.

Luke Blackadar of the Arts & Business Council and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts will lead a free workshop, bringing expertise at the intersection of arts and legal support.

Kevin Hartnett, author of *The Proof in the Code*, will moderate mathematicians Tristan Buckmaster (NYU), Bryna Kra (Northwestern), Michael Hopkins (Harvard), and Jacopo Borga (MIT) in a discussion of how AI may reshape mathematical research, education, and understanding. The panel will launch a planned MITHIC and SERC series on AI’s effects on personal and professional life.

The symposium will showcase key research achievements and clinical translation milestones from Kazakhstan’s national research initiative, highlighting how research is advancing toward practical healthcare applications.

MIT’s Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing will convene experts to examine whether formal verification can help contain AI agents and uncover security flaws in critical software. The panel will be moderated by Adam Chlipala, MIT’s Arthur J. Conner (1888) Professor of Computer Science, with Byron Cook of AWS, Noah Evans of Draper, and MIT Distinguished Professor Armando Solar-Lezama.

Live AI debates will feature computational biology professor Manolis Kellis, MIT Sloan professor Yasheng Huang, and MIT Sloan professor Fiona Murray. Paid admission will start at $30.

Tech professionals will build relationships and exchange ideas with investors, tech experts, and entrepreneurs.

The AI assistant will streamline brand communications by planning social media content and drafting PR outreach. Attendees will build practical skills in applying AI to everyday communications work.

This session will explore how AI-powered customer journey mapping can uncover operational opportunities and help teams improve the customer experience.

University researchers will share their latest breakthroughs and engineering architectures, highlighting their research and technical expertise.

Mark Ethier will explore how AI-era tools can support musicians, drawing on his experience cofounding iZotope and leading Berklee’s Emerging Artistic Technology Lab. An MIT graduate in music and computer science, he helped guide iZotope to multiple TEC Awards, two Primetime Engineering Emmys, and an Academy Award for Scientific and Engineering Achievement.

An upcoming AI meetup will bring developers and startup founders together to connect around artificial intelligence and its applications.

BU Spark! will host a TechTalk every Wednesday, offering a recurring opportunity to explore technology topics.

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and former Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, co-chairs of nonpartisan Raise US, will discuss how workers can train and transition as AI reshapes the economy and society. Their experience in federal and state government will ground the conversation in workforce policy and practical challenges.

Business leaders will discuss where to deploy AI first and how to turn it into measurable business results.

Authors contributing to the new issue of *Dædalus* will explore how artificial intelligence intersects with narrative, science, and humanity. The conversation will bring together perspectives from across these fields.

Katie Harbath, author of *Disrupting Politics* and a technology-and-politics veteran with 25 years of experience, including a decade leading public policy at Facebook, will discuss how digital platforms and AI are reshaping campaigns, public discourse, and democracy ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections. The conversation will explore how campaigns, tech companies, and policymakers can help democratic institutions keep pace with rapid change.

MIT professor and author Sherry Turkle and tech and culture critic Bridget Todd will examine how AI companionship may reshape human agency, emotional reliance, and relationships, drawing on research and personal experience. Moderated by Dean Sean Kelly, the conversation will explore the responsibilities of technology companies, public institutions, and users.