MIT spinout Verta offers tools to help companies introduce, monitor, and manage machine-learning models safely and at scale. Companies today are incorporating artificial intelligence into every corner of their business. The trend is expected to continue until machine-learning models are incorporated into most of the products and services we interact with every day. As those models become a bigger part of our lives, ensuring their integrity becomes more important. That's the mission of Verta, a startup that spun out of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

Companies today are incorporating artificial intelligence into every corner of their business. The trend is expected to continue until machine-learning models are incorporated into most of the products and services we interact with every day. As those models become a bigger part of our lives, ensuring their integrity becomes more important. That's the mission of Verta, a startup that spun out of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Verta's platform helps companies deploy, monitor, and manage machine-learning models safely and at scale.

New York City could soon reduce the chances of AI bias in the job market. The Associated Press notes the city's council has passed a bill barring AI hiring systems that don't pass yearly audits checking for race- or gender-based discrimination. Developers would also need greater transparency (including disclosures of automated systems), and provide alternatives like human reviews. Fines would reach up to $1,500 per incident. The bill was passed November 10th.

Our research partners at The Institute for the Future recently forecasted that we're entering the next era of human machine partnership, and that between now and 2030 humans and machines will work in closer concert with each other, transforming our lives. We've worked with machines for centuries, but we're about to enter an entirely new phase – characterized by even greater efficiency, unity and possibility than ever before. Emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and advances in Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing - made possible through exponential developments in software, analytics, and processing power - are augmenting and accelerating this direction. This is evident in our connected cars, homes, business and banking transactions already; even transforming how farmers manage their crops and cattle. Given this dizzying pace of progress, let's take a look at what's coming down the pike next.