Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty CSAIL's NanoMap system enables drones to avoid obstacles while flying at 20 miles per hour, by more deeply integrating sensing and control. February 12, 2018 Read full story →
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. February 11, 2018 Read full story →
Alumni call on MIT to champion artificial intelligence education Leadership urged to consider societal and ethical questions alongside the technical. February 9, 2018 Read full story →
Lessons in learning MIT's second annual Festival of Learning engages and inspires. February 7, 2018 Read full story →
Giving everyone a window into the human body Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone. February 6, 2018 Read full story →
Automating materials design With new approach, researchers specify desired properties of a material, and a computer system generates a structure accordingly. February 2, 2018 Read full story →
Decoding human cognition MIT senior and Marshall Scholar Liang Zhou wants to elucidate the neural basis for our thoughts and intuitions. February 1, 2018 Read full story →
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. February 1, 2018 Read full story →
Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research. February 1, 2018 Read full story →
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects CSAIL system uses custom ink and ultraviolet light to repeatedly change an object's color. January 29, 2018 Read full story →
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. January 24, 2018 Read full story →
Bots that talk more like people AI platform allows chatbots to draw on robust language database to better navigate human conversation. January 23, 2018 Read full story →
Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices. January 22, 2018 Read full story →
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. January 19, 2018 Read full story →