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5 days ago | builtin.com | Taylor Rose

Boston-based professionals share how they are empowering their teams to integrate the technology at work. Published on May. 09, 2025 If you were to look at a graph showing the rate of change for AI technology, you would see that it has gone from a steady climb upward to a steep, steep incline. Today, the accelerating rate of change is a point of contention among AI thought leaders.

1 week ago | builtin.com | Olivia Mcclure

Springtime is a season filled with promise, heralding the arrival of warmer temperatures, colorful landscapes — and opportunities for a fresh start. Companies across the country are leaning into the aura of the season as they focus on amplifying their potential. From new products and multifaceted strategies to empowering cultures that encourage team members to do more, these organizations are prioritizing what will make the most impact on their businesses — and their people.

1 week ago | builtin.com | Ellen Glover

Artificial intelligence outperforms human cognition in a growing number of tasks, ranging from drug discovery to chess strategy. Some models are even capable of “reasoning,” where they methodically break down problems and refine their responses. As this technology becomes smarter and more capable of actions once considered to be uniquely human, many have begun to wonder: Could AI become conscious one day? Could AI Become Conscious?

2 weeks ago | builtin.com | Brooke Becher

As the trade war between the world’s two largest economies escalates, a new flash point has emerged: rare earth metals. In response to the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs in April — which levied duties as high as 145 percent on Chinese exports to the United States — China not only retaliated with tariffs of up to 125 percent on American goods, but also started leveraging its near-monopoly on these unique materials, which are essential to building modern tech hardware.

2 weeks ago | builtin.com | Jeff Rumage

Space debris, or “space junk,” refers to defunct satellites, spent rocket stages and metallic fragments created by the collision, explosion or disintegration of spacecraft. Every time something is launched into space, more debris gets added to the mix. What Is Space Debris? Space debris, sometimes called space junk or orbital debris, is any nonoperational, human-made object left in space.