{"id":19093,"date":"2024-12-30T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2024-12-30T17:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:25:59","slug":"the-2024-good-tech-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19093","title":{"rendered":"The 2024 Good Tech Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the tech industry, 2024 was a year of fast change and shifting winds.<\/p>\n

Tech companies continued to make breakneck progress in artificial intelligence, with A.I. products like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Google\u2019s Gemini and Anthropic\u2019s Claude all getting big updates during the year, and billions being spent on the creation of even more powerful models. (And the researchers behind Google\u2019s AlphaFold, an A.I. project on proteins that I gave a Good Tech Award three years ago<\/a>, got a slightly more prestigious award this year \u2014 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

But A.I. was not the only thing happening in Silicon Valley. This year, tech companies fought bitterly with regulators<\/a> and clashed with governments<\/a>, and a revanchist \u201cfounder mode<\/a>\u201d movement led some tech chief executives to embrace micromanagement. In the fall, as the election gripped the nation, an ascendant \u201ctech right<\/a>\u201d lined up behind Donald J. Trump. After his win, many tech leaders began sucking up to the president-elect<\/a> in hopes of an easier second term.<\/p>\n

Every year in this column, I try to shine the spotlight on a few tech projects that I think contributed positively to humanity. As always, my criteria for what constitutes \u201cgood tech\u201d are vague and arbitrary, but it has become an important exercise for me. One reason is that it helps me offset any subconscious negativity bias I have during the year. Another is that I\u2019ve heard from previous recipients that getting an award for their work (even one that consists purely of a mention in a newspaper column, and has no prize attached) has inspired them to keep going. I think technologists should use their powers for the public good, and I hope everyone on this year\u2019s list will be similarly encouraged.<\/p>\n

So with no further ado, here are this year\u2019s Good Tech Awards:<\/p>\n