Month: January 2024

Machine learning is a computational tool used by many biologists to analyze huge amounts of data, helping them to identify potential […]

Each year, the world generates more data than the previous year. In 2020 alone, an estimated 59 zettabytes of data will […]

Today, artificial intelligence — and the computing systems that underlie it — are more than just matters of technology; they are […]

Recent research suggests that most languages that have ever existed are no longer spoken. Dozens of these dead languages are also […]

As Covid-19 has made it necessary for people to keep their distance from each other, robots are stepping in to fill […]

Humans have been teaming up with machines throughout history to achieve goals, be it by using simple machines to move materials […]

Modern health care has been reinvigorated by the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. From speeding image analysis for radiology to advancing […]

Asymptomatic people who are infected with Covid-19 exhibit, by definition, no discernible physical symptoms of the disease. They are thus less […]

Dealing with a global pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of millions of people. A team of MIT […]

One paradox about antibiotics is that, broadly speaking, the more we use them, the less they continue to work. The Darwinian […]

In August, the young artificial intelligence process automation company Intelenz, Inc. announced its first U.S. patent, an AI-enabled software-as-a-service application for […]

Deep learning is everywhere. This branch of artificial intelligence curates your social media and serves your Google search results. Soon, deep […]

Decades of technological change have polarized the earnings of the American workforce, helping highly educated white-collar workers thrive, while hollowing out […]

The broad applicability of artificial intelligence in today’s society necessitates the need to develop and deploy technologies that can build trust […]

Class of 1957 Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics Phiala Shanahan will receive the 2020 Kenneth G. Wilson Award for Excellence in Lattice […]

When someone struggles to open a lock with a key that doesn’t quite seem to work, sometimes jiggling the key a […]

Increasingly, artificial intelligence systems known as deep learning neural networks are used to inform decisions vital to human health and safety, […]

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Human beings are naturally creative tool users. When we need to drive in a nail but don’t have a hammer, we […]

An air of uncertainty descended on MIT’s campus in early March. Whispers and rumors about campus closing down swirled in the […]

You don’t need a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Jonathan Frankle is researching artificial intelligence — not noshing pistachios — but […]

Computer vision models known as convolutional neural networks can be trained to recognize objects nearly as accurately as humans do. However, […]

Some of the research described in this article has been published on a preprint server but has not yet been peer-reviewed […]

In a classic experiment on human social intelligence by psychologists Felix Warneken and Michael Tomasello, an 18-month old toddler watches a […]

Buildings account for about 40 percent of U.S. energy consumption, and are responsible for one-third of global carbon dioxide emissions. Making […]

Antonio Torralba, faculty head of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and […]

The field of artificial intelligence is moving at a staggering clip, with breakthroughs emerging in labs across MIT. Through the Undergraduate […]

Contemporary robots can move quickly. “The motors are fast, and they’re powerful,” says Sabrina Neuman. Yet in complex situations, like interactions […]

MIT researchers have developed a type of neural network that learns on the job, not just during its training phase. These […]

To catch cancer earlier, we need to predict who is going to get it in the future. The complex nature of […]

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) allows scientists to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of tiny molecules such as proteins. This technique works best for […]

There’s a mesmerizing video animation on YouTube of simulated, self-driving traffic streaming through a six-lane, four-way intersection. Dozens of cars flow […]

Human language can be inefficient. Some words are vital. Others, expendable. Reread the first sentence of this story. Just two words, […]

When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments. There was little time to […]

Numerous studies have shown that trained dogs can detect many kinds of disease —  including lung, breast, ovarian, bladder, and prostate […]

In October, a modified Dallara-15 Indy Lights race car programmed by MIT Driverless will hit the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway at […]

Traditional computer scientists and engineers are trained to develop solutions for specific needs, but aren’t always trained to consider their broader […]

MIT researchers analyzed more than 800,000 online school reviews using advanced natural language processing, determining that reviews were largely associated with schools’ […]

Deep learning is advancing at lightning speed, and Alexander Amini ’17 and Ava Soleimany ’16 want to make sure they have […]

In a perfect world, what you see is what you get. If this were the case, the job of artificial intelligence […]

Despite years of hype, virtual reality headsets have yet to topple TV or computer screens as the go-to devices for video […]

For all the progress that’s been made in the field of artificial intelligence, the world’s most flexible, efficient information processor remains […]

Drugs can only work if they stick to their target proteins in the body. Assessing that stickiness is a key hurdle […]

There are some tasks that traditional robots — the rigid and metallic kind — simply aren’t cut out for. Soft-bodied robots, […]

Explaining, interpreting, and understanding the human mind presents a unique set of challenges.  Doing the same for the behaviors of machines, […]

The potential of artificial intelligence to bring equity in health care has spurred significant research efforts. Racial, gender, and socioeconomic disparities have […]

Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but […]

Small-molecule therapeutics treat a wide variety of diseases, but their effectiveness is often diminished because of their pharmacokinetics — what the […]