Trends Identified
Dueling Neural Networks
Two AI systems can spar with each other to create ultra-realistic original images or sounds, something machines have never been able to do before.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Babel-Fish Earbuds
Near-real-time translation now works for a large number of languages and is easy to use.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
A power plant efficiently and cheaply captures carbon released by burning natural gas, avoiding greenhouse-gas emissions.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Perfect Online Privacy
Computer scientists are perfecting a cryptographic tool for proving something without revealing the information underlying the proof.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Genetic Fortune Telling
Scientists can now use your genome to predict your chances of getting heart disease or breast cancer, and even your IQ.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Materials' Quantum Leap
IBM has simulated the electronic structure of a small molecule, using a seven-qubit quantum computer.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Grim Reaping
Simultaneous breadbasket failures threaten sufficiency of global food supply
2018
The Global Risks Report 2018
World Economic Forum (WEF)
A Tangled Web
Artificial intelligence “weeds” proliferate, choking off the performance of the internet
2018
The Global Risks Report 2018
World Economic Forum (WEF)
The Death of Trade
Bilateral trade wars cascade and multilateral dispute resolution institutions are too weak to respond
2018
The Global Risks Report 2018
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Precision Extinction
AI-piloted drone ships wipe out a large proportion of global fish stocks
2018
The Global Risks Report 2018
World Economic Forum (WEF)