Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United ...

AI Strategy Is Not About Adoption—It Is About Enterprise Discipline

At a deeper level, AI has tended to be perceived as a technology deployment rather than an enterprise capability.

Mohammad Hosseini: Does science need autonomous AI?

As technology developers and researchers rush to develop autonomous AI research tools (i.e., systems that independently ...
Analytics Insight

Best AI Coding Tools for Data Science and Machine Learning in 2026

Cursor helps developers write and understand code faster with AI support.GitHub Copilot offers real-time coding suggestions ...

AI Boom Could Double Data Centre Power, Water Use By 2030

A recent UN report highlights the growing environmental impact of data centres due to increasing AI demands. By 2030, ...

What you need to know about the proposed AI data centre in Hamilton

Hamiltonians are organizing around opposing a proposed data centre on a parcel of former industrial land by the waterfront.

Coupa and MIT Data Science Lab Collaborate to Launch the Business Spend Index (BSI) Report, Providing AI-Driven, Predictive Insights on the Future of Business Spend

Coupa, the leading platform for autonomous spend management, today announced the launch of the Coupa + MIT Data Science LabBusiness Spend Index Report, 2026 Edition. Built on Coupa's foundational, ...

New Data: Students Know AI Will Define Their Future. Now They Need The Tools To Understand It.

Three-quarters of high school students say artificial intelligence fluency will be more important in the future than it is now. The new data comes at a moment when 84% of US students report using AI, ...
Nature

Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them?

The technology can whip up spurious findings and pollute survey responses, but it could also make research more rigorous.