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.
Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.
New robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting and other picking or clearing tasks.
New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices.
Examination of facial-analysis software shows error rate of 0.8 percent for light-skinned men, 34.7 percent for dark-skinned women.
Leadership urged to consider societal and ethical questions alongside the technical.
With new approach, researchers specify desired properties of a material, and a computer system generates a structure accordingly.
"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.
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research.
Digital currency and blockchain technology added to this year’s list of “playful tech” eligible startups.
Design is major stepping stone toward portable artificial-intelligence devices.
Math professor Philippe Rigollet, once a “not very disciplined” student, moves between computer science and statistics.
Machine-learning system finds patterns in materials “recipes,” even when training data is lacking.
Platform analyzes big data to answer plain-language business queries in minutes instead of months.