Featured series 
Tag: Computers
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Health
Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice?
Physician and AI researcher Adam Rodman says AI can be helpful but has some tips on how, when to use it safely
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Science & Tech
Building useful quantum computers ‘in our direct line of sight’
Researchers say creation of startups suggests game-changing tech may be developing at faster pace than expected
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Science & Tech
‘If you’re boring, it’s good to know that you’re being boring.’
The perils of seeking empathy from a chatbot
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Nation & World
Got personal financial, medical data you’d like to keep private? Good luck.
AI and society expert warns new agentic releases to increase odds cybercriminals, hackers will be able to breach secure systems
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Work & Economy
Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI.
Researchers see lesson for lawmakers, executives as systems asked to run business, maximize gain resort to unethical, fraudulent tactics
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Science & Tech
Time for government, business leaders to figure out AI cybersecurity regulation
Experts say capabilities of agentic AI rising, along with risk to personal data, economy, national security
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Work & Economy
Why are communities pushing back against data centers?
Tech, data policy expert says concerns legitimate over rising power rates, water use, environmental issues amid mushrooming growth
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Science & Tech
‘Vibe coding’ may offer insight into our AI future
Learning tech expert says it may take over writing software. Our job? Imagine possibilities, articulate what we want, evaluate.
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Science & Tech
Think different — for 50 years
Management, branding, marketing, history scholars trace all ways Apple changed industries, our relationship to tech — and to each other
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Science & Tech
Can a chatbot be a co-author?
Physicists take souped-up ChatGPT out for a spin, return home with significant discovery
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Science & Tech
Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts
In podcast, teachers talk about how they’re using technology to supercharge critical thinking rather than replace it
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Nation & World
What would the Founding Fathers think of TikTok?
Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future
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Science & Tech
Breaking chess’s rating stalemate
Ranking skill can be tricky when the best players draw more than they win, so a Harvard statistician invented a new method
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Nation & World
What if we used AI to strengthen democracy?
Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist
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Health
Is a chatbot therapist better than nothing?
Experts discuss role of AI and other technology in future of mental health care
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Science & Tech
Want to speed brain research? It’s all in how you look at it.
New AI-enhanced scanning method promises to boost quest for high-resolution mapping
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Health
The problem with the school smartphone debate
Study finds most districts already regulate devices. Is the real issue enforcement?
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Work & Economy
Does ‘work from anywhere’ really work?
Take our research-based quiz to test your knowledge of office culture trends
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Science & Tech
Technically, it’s possible. Ethically, it’s complicated.
Surge in AI use heightens demand for Harvard program that examines social consequences of computer science work
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Science & Tech
A potential quantum leap
Harvard physicists unveil system to solve long-standing barrier to new generation of supercomputers
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Science & Tech
Over 60 and online
In new book, law professor busts myths about ‘hapless grandparents’ in the digital age
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Work & Economy
The fear: Wholesale cheating with AI at work, school. The reality: It’s complicated.
ChatGPT usage appears ‘more wholesome and practical’ than researchers expected
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Health
How close are we to having chatbots officially offer counseling?
New research looks at how 3 large language models handle queries of varying riskiness on suicide amid rising mental health crisis, shortage of care
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Work & Economy
AI took your job — can retraining help?
Study finds benefits to displaced workers even in occupations at risk of automation
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Campus & Community
Deming brings a researcher’s perspective to leadership role
New dean of Harvard College discusses academics, AI, and campus life
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Health
‘Surprise and relief’ from homeless patients: ‘This works for me’
Doctors report ‘fascinating and counterintuitive’ results delivering healthcare to hard-to-reach population via telehealth
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Health
Physicians embrace AI note-taking technology
‘There is literally no other intervention in our field that impacts burnout to this extent’
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Science & Tech
‘Turning information into something physical’
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing
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Work & Economy
Will your job survive AI?
Expert on future of work says it’s a little early for dire predictions, but there are signs significant change may be coming
