Large language AI models are notorious for crashing or slowing down during lengthy human-AI dialogues, posing a major barrier to the effective use of chatbots in many applications. Now, a team of researchers from MIT and other institutions propose a novel solution - by modifying the key-value cache, or the 'conversation memory', they improved the…
MIT researchers have developed a new tiny cryptographic ID tag with revolutionary terahertz technology, making it smaller, cheaper, and more secure than traditional radio frequency tags (RFIDs). The latter are often attached to products to verify authenticity but can easily be compromised by counterfeiters who remove and reattach them to fake products. To combat this,…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been collaborating with Roxbury, Massachusetts' Camfield Estates housing development for over a decade, helping to combat systemic racial disparities in housing. Led by Associate Professor Catherine D'Ignazio, a team from the MIT Initiative for Combatting Systemic Racism (ICSR) primarily focus their research on the impact of data and…
Prometheus-Eval is an innovative repository that offers tools for training, evaluating, and using Natural Language Processing (NLP) models. Developed by researchers from several institutes including the KAIST AI, MIT, and the University of Illinois Chicago, the tool is particularly adept at evaluating other language models. Using the Prometheus-eval Python package, users can effectively evaluate instruction-response…
Hugging Face has released LeRobot, an open-source machine learning model developed specifically for use in practical robotics. LeRobot is aimed at increasing the usability and accessibility of robots across a wide range of users and is based on the PyTorch platform. It is designed to merge advanced methods with practical applications in real-world settings, with…
MIT researchers have discovered a fault in the design of language machine-learning models that can cause AI chatbots' performance to drastically deteriorate during lengthy conversations. Essentially, when data stored in a chatbot's "memory" (known as the key-value cache) exceeds its capacity, the earliest data is removed, sometimes causing the chatbot to malfunction or slow down.…
Researchers at MIT have developed a cryptographic ID tag that is significantly smaller, cheaper, and more secure than traditional radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The new tag is based on the use of terahertz waves which are smaller and have much higher frequencies than radio waves.
The innovation overcomes a major security flaw common with…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is being accused of interpreting and reacting to films in a way that starkly contrasts with general viewer takeaways, inducing tech community backlash. Critics argue Altman did not comprehend the cautionary messages embedded in certain films about technology, and instead used them as misguided inspiration.
This controversy began when Altman unsuccessfully attempted…
The privacy of users participating in online communities is an imperative issue. Websites like Reddit allow users to post under pseudonyms to maintain anonymity; however, anonymity can lead to abusive behavior. In some instances, pseudonyms may not entirely assure privacy as a user's writing style can disclose their identity. These identifiable elements within a text,…