As students at the Media Lab in 2010, Karthik Dinakar SM ’12, PhD ’17 and Birago Jones SM ’12 embarked on a project to build a tool for moderating content on platforms such as Twitter and YouTube. The project received so much attention that they were invited to demonstrate it at a cyberbullying summit at…
Tomás Vega, MIT alum and CEO of Augmental, found technology a great equalizer when he dealt with a stuttering disorder at a young age. Vega began programming at age 12 and continued to use technology to augment human abilities throughout high school and college. He made it his mission to help people with disabilities live…
Karthik Dinakar SM ’12, PhD ’17 and Birago Jones SM ’12, former Media Lab students, developed a tool in 2010 to aid content moderation teams in companies like Twitter (now X) and YouTube. While getting ready to present this project at a cyberbullying summit at the White House, the pair discovered an issue with their…
In 2010, MIT Media Lab students Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones embarked on a project to develop a tool to aid content moderation for companies like Twitter and YouTube. The original concept had difficulty identifying posts using teenage slang and other non-obvious language nuances, but after realizing those most familiar with the data should be…
In 2010, MIT Media Lab graduate students Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones collaborated on a project aimed at helping Twitter and YouTube content moderation teams detect problematic content. One daunting challenge they initially faced was understanding the nuanced and coded language that posters were using. This hurdle sparked an understanding that successful model development required…
In 2010, MIT Media Lab students Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones initiated a project to develop a tool that could assist content moderation teams at firms such as Twitter and YouTube. They were invited to showcase their innovation at a White House summit on cyberbullying, however, the demo failed to identify problematic posts because of…
In 2010, Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones began a project while at MIT's Media Lab, aiming to build a tool to aid content moderation teams at companies like Twitter and YouTube. This tool aimed to identify concerning posts, but the creators struggled to comprehend the slang and indirect language commonly used by posters. This led…
In 2010, Karthik Dinakar SM ’12, PhD ’17 and Birago Jones SM ’12, Media Lab students at MIT, collaborated on a class project to design a practical tool for content moderation at companies such as Twitter and YouTube. This groundbreaking project garnered substantial excitement, leading to an invitation to present a demonstration at a cyberbullying…