A study by MIT researchers has found that doctors are less accurate when diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin, based on images only. The study, which included over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, found that dermatologists accurately diagnosed about 38% of the images they saw, but only 34% of those that showed darker…
After witnessing the potential dangers attached to helicopter flights, MIT PhD Hector (Haofeng) Xu founded Rotor Technologies, Inc. in 2021. The autonomous helicopter company aims to make helicopter flight safer by retrofitting existing helicopters with advanced sensors and software. This technology, in turn, removes the pilot from dangerous flights and widens the use of aviation.
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The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape continues to evolve, with OpenAI launching its latest Language Learning Model (LLM), GPT-4. This new version not only enhances creativity, accuracy, and safety but also incorporates multimodal functionalities, processing images, PDFs, and CSVs. The introduction of the Code Interpreter means GPT-4 can now execute its own code to improve accuracy…
Language models (LMs) are becoming increasingly important in the field of software engineering. They serve as a bridge between users and computers, improving code generated by LMs based on feedback from the machines. LMs have made significant strides in functioning independently in computer environments, which could potentially fast-track the software development process. However, the practical…
Large language models (LLMs) have introduced ground-breaking advancements to the field of natural language processing, such as improved machine translation, question-answering, and text generation. Yet, training these complex models poses significant challenges, including high resource requirements and lengthy training times.
Former methods addressing these concerns involved loss-scaling and mixed-precision strategies, which aimed to further training efficiency…
A new study from MIT researchers reveals that doctors are less accurate when diagnosing skin diseases in patients with darker skin, based solely on images. The study surveyed more than 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners, finding that while dermatologists accurately characterized about 38% of the images, they only accurately diagnosed 34% of those featuring darker…
A new study by MIT researchers reveals that doctors are less accurate in diagnosing skin diseases in darker-skinned patients when relying solely on images of the patient's skin. The research involved over 1,000 dermatologists and general practitioners and showed dermatologists correctly identified about 38% of images they saw, and just 34% of the images displaying…
In June 2007, Apple introduced the first iPhone, featuring an App Store exclusively for approved applications. This decision, however, excluded educators from incorporating burgeoning mobile app development into education. Simultaneously, Hal Abelson, an MIT professor on sabbatical at Google, was contemplating Google's response to Apple's grip on the mobile software market. Both Abelson and Google…
Amazon SageMaker Canvas and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart have brought a new level of accessibility to fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), allowing businesses to tailor customer experiences precisely to their unique brand voice. No coding is needed for this process, as SageMaker Canvas provides a user-friendly, point-and-click interface. This not only allows faster operation but also…