The Financial Times and MIT Technology Review have formed a strategic editorial partnership to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping global power. The partnership will deliver The State of AI, a six-part newsletter series launching on 3 November.
Bringing together leading journalists from both publications, The State of AI will offer original reporting and analysis on the defining questions of the AI era – from the race for technological supremacy between the United States and China to the environmental and ethical limits of machine intelligence.
Published weekly on Mondays, the newsletter will feature joint reporting and commentary from FT and MIT Technology Review correspondents across global markets, energy, defense, and technology. Each edition will focus on a different frontier of AI, including:
- The US vs. China with FT innovation Editor John Thornhill and MIT Technology Review China Reporter Caiwei Chen
- The Energy Question with FT Columnist Pilita Clark and MIT Technology Review Senior Climate and Energy reporter Casey Crownhart
- The Future of War with FT Investigative Reporter Helen Warrell and MIT Technology Review Senior AI Reporter James O’Donnell
- The End of Privacy with FT AI Correspondent Melissa Heikkila and MIT Technology Review Senior Reporter for Features and Investigations Eileen Guo
- The Economic Singularity with FT Columnist Richard Waters and MIT Technology Review Editor-at-Large David Rotman
- The World in 2030 with FT Global Tech Correspondent Tim Bradshaw and MIT Technology Review Senior AI Editor Will Douglas Heaven
“This partnership brings together two trusted editorial brands with a shared goal: to illuminate how technology is reshaping the world,” said Brooke Masters, US managing editor at the FT. “By uniting the FT’s global reporting strength with MIT Technology Review’s deep expertise in emerging tech, we can deliver sharp insights and rich storytelling on how AI is transforming geopolitics, business, and more.”
Mat Honan, editor in chief at MIT Technology Review, said, “As AI becomes increasingly embedded in and transformative of society, it’s vital that we interrogate it from a variety of perspectives. I’m excited for this partnership and the dialogue it prompts around a number of key issues related to where AI is headed.”
FT subscribers can sign up for The State of AI newsletter here. The series will also be available on FT.com and on technologyreview.com for MIT Technology Review subscribers and readers of The Algorithm.
For more information, please contact pressoffice@ft.com
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