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Researchers utilize extensive language models to assist robots with navigation.

Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have developed a language-based navigational strategy for AI robots. The method uses textual descriptions instead of visual information, effectively simplifying the process of robotic navigation. Visual data traditionally requires significant computational capacity and detailed hand-crafted machine-learning models to function effectively. The researchers' approach involves converting a…

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A methodology for enhancing the efficiency of versatile robots.

MIT researchers have developed a technique to train robots on multiple tasks by combining and optimising data from a variety of sources. At the core of their work is a type of generative AI known as a 'diffusion model', which learns from a specific dataset to complete a task. However, the particular innovation here lies…

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Searching for a particular activity in a video? This method, powered by artificial intelligence, can locate it for you.

Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have introduced an efficient method to train machine-learning models to identify specific actions in videos by making use of the video's automatically generated transcripts. The method, known as spatio-temporal grounding, helps the model intricately understand the video by dissecting it and analysing it through the lens…

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The diffusion control model can alter the characteristics of the material present in pictures.

A team of researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Google Research have developed an image-to-image diffusion model called Alchemist, which allows users to modify the material properties of objects in photos. The system adjusts aspects such as roughness, metallicity, innate color (albedo), and transparency, and can be applied to…

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The Engineering Department extends a warm welcome to its latest professors.

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Scientists employ generative artificial intelligence to tackle intricate queries in the field of physics.

Researchers from MIT and the University of Basel in Switzerland have developed a new machine-learning framework that can map phase diagrams for novel physical systems automatically. By applying generative artificial intelligence models, the team has developed a more efficient method for tracking and understanding phase transitions in water and other complex physical systems, which offers…

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Improving the dependability of language models by leveraging concepts from game theory.

Researchers from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed a new type of game to enhance how artificial intelligence (AI) comprehends and produces text. This "consensus game" includes two parts of an AI system - the part that generates sentences and a part that evaluates those sentences. This model significantly improved the…

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An improved method for regulating the transformation of flexible robots.

Scientists at MIT have been working on the design and control of a reconfigurable, squishy, soft robot, similar in nature to 'slime', that has potential applications in healthcare, wearable devices and industrial systems due to its ability to shape-shift to complete varying tasks. These soft robots currently only exist in labs and do not possess…

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Developing custom coding languages for effective visual artificial intelligence systems.

Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley at the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is a creator behind many innovative technologies used in photographic image processing and editing. Ragan-Kelley has contributed to the visual effects industry and was instrumental in designing the Halide programming language, a tool widely used in the photo editing sector. Ragan-Kelley,…

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HPI-MIT’s joint design research effort fosters formidable teams.

The recent ransomware attack on ChangeHealthcare underscores the disruptive nature of supply chain attacks. Such attacks are becoming increasingly prominent and often target large corporations through the small and medium-sized vendors in their corporate supply chains. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany, are investigating different organizational…

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Improved coding, planning, and robotics performance can be attributed to the enhancement brought about by natural language.

Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) presented three papers at the International Conference on Learning Representations, indicating breakthroughs in Large Language Models' (LLMs) abilities to form useful abstractions. The team used everyday words for context in code synthesis, AI planning, and robotic navigation and manipulation. The three frameworks, LILO, Ada,…

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