Industry is now leading, and influencing, basic AI research that has traditionally been the domain of academia, according to a new paper.

In their new book, “Power and Progress,” Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson ask whether the benefits of AI will be shared widely or feed inequality.

In their new book, MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson argue that society’s powerful gatekeepers need to stop being mesmerized by tech billionaires.

They also received more offers and higher wages, an experiment finds.