EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
At MIT Technology Review's EmTech Future 2026 event, Yossi Matias, Vice President and Head of Google Research, explored how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and argued that its greatest impact may come from intersections with other fields. The three-day event also discussed AI's impact on industry, the trajectory of quantum computing, new energy systems, the evolution of robotics, and the challenges and opportunities that arise as these technologies begin to converge. The full agenda is now available on demand.
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Yossi Matias, Vice President & Head of Google Research, explores how AI is beginning to reshape biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science, and why its greatest impact may come when it intersects with other fields.
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These are just two sessions from EmTech Future 2026 .
Across three days, EmTech Future explored some of the most important questions shaping technology right now: how AI is impacting industries, where quantum is heading, what new energy systems could make possible, how robotics are evolving, and what challenges and opportunities arise when these technologies start to converge.
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The full program is now available on demand, giving you access to all the conversations and sessions from the event, including:
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