Roundtables: Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet

Recorded on February 18, 2025

Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet

Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, and Niall Firth, executive editor.

Generative AI search, one of MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025, is ushering a new era of the internet. Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world’s knowledge. Hear from MIT Technology Review editor in chief Mat Honan and executive editor Niall Firth as they explore how AI will alter search.

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