{"id":5,"date":"2017-04-04T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/technology-policy-research-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:26:38","slug":"technology-policy-research-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology &amp; Policy Research Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container wide-carousel autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-116\" data-slideshow-name=\"wide-carousel\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-116\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-116_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webcast.ec.europa.eu\/concordi-day-ii-scientific-keynote-2025-09-25\"><img src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2025\/10\/concordi2-636x322.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webcast.ec.europa.eu\/concordi-day-ii-scientific-keynote-2025-09-25\">Keynote, European Commission &amp; OECD<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-116_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/news-and-events\/ip-day-2025\/\"><img src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-TPRI-IPDay-WebImage-636x318.png\" alt=\"IP Day 2025 Conference\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-left\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/news-and-events\/ip-day-2025\/\">IP Day 2025<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-116_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN364q2X38c&#038;t=2s\"><img src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2023\/01\/oecd-video-636x313.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hN364q2X38c&#038;t=2s\">How SW is transforming the economy<\/a><\/p><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">OECD Talk<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-116_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SrprBJf7Nd4\"><img src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2018\/03\/anna-brookings-636x340.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-left\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SrprBJf7Nd4\">Robots, Jobs, &amp; Labor<\/a><\/p><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-text\">Anna Salomons &amp; David Autor at Brookings<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-116\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Latest News and Research<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"news_list category_72, 19, 20\"><li class=\"post_3978\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2026\/03\/loom-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"thumb\" \/><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/2026\/03\/20\/babysitting-the-ai-slop\/\">Babysitting The AI Slop<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">Christian Catalini draws lessons about adapting to AI from Bessen's work on... <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/2026\/03\/20\/babysitting-the-ai-slop\/\">Read More \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_3974\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/tpri\/files\/2026\/02\/SW-emp-WSJ-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"thumb\" \/><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/2026\/02\/27\/tech-has-never-caused-a-job-apocalypse-dont-bet-on-it-now\/\">Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. 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