Custom carpentry with help from robots
CSAIL’s robotic system minimizes dangerous sawing, helps users customize furniture.
MIT launches Task Force on the Work of the Future
Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.
Robo-picker grasps and packs
New robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting and other picking or clearing tasks.
Neural networks everywhere
New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices.
Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems
Examination of facial-analysis software shows error rate of 0.8 percent for light-skinned men, 34.7 percent for dark-skinned women.
Alumni call on MIT to champion artificial intelligence education
Leadership urged to consider societal and ethical questions alongside the technical.
Eric Schmidt to join MIT as visiting innovation fellow
Former Google leader offers insights of a storied career to MIT’s entrepreneurial community
3Q: Daron Acemoglu on technology and the future of work
"We need to look to the past in the face of modern innovations in machine learning, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, and beyond," says the economist.
Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research.
Play Labs accelerator announces second annual open call for submissions
Digital currency and blockchain technology added to this year’s list of “playful tech” eligible startups.
Bots that talk more like people
AI platform allows chatbots to draw on robust language database to better navigate human conversation.
Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware
Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices.
3Q: D. Fox Harrell on his video game for the #MeToo era
The computer scientist’s group has designed a game that gets players to reflect on sexual misconduct in the workplace.
Can computers help us synthesize new materials?
Machine-learning system finds patterns in materials “recipes,” even when training data is lacking.