EmTech Future 2026 explores how AI is converging with other fields

MIT Technology Review highlights sessions from EmTech Future 2026, a threeday event focused on how artificial intelligence is affecting biology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and science. The event also examined how AI is becoming more important when combined with other technologies rather than viewed in isolation. The program featured Google Research vice president Yossi Matias discussing AI’s expanding role across multiple sectors, along with talks on quantum computing, future energy systems, robotics, and the broader implications of converging technologies. The full EmTech Future 2026 sessions are now available on demand for subscribers, including presentations from Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven, MIT’s Evelyn Wang, and author Cory Doctorow.