Recently, an AI-generated robocall mimicking Joe Biden urged New Hampshire residents not to vote. Meanwhile, "spear-phishers" – phishing campaigns targeting specific people or groups – are using audio deepfakes to extract money. However, less attention has been paid to how audio deepfakes could positively impact society. Postdoctoral fellow Nauman Dawalatabad does just that in a…
Generative AI, which can create text and images, also has extensive potential in creating realistic synthetic data for various applications. Being able to produce synthetic data can assist organizations, particularly in situations where real-world data is lacking or sensitive. For instance, it can help in patient care, rerouting of flights due to adverse weather, or…
Peripheral vision, the ability to see objects outside of our direct line of sight, has been simulated by researchers at MIT to be used with AI technology. Unlike human vision, AI lacks the capability to perceive peripherally. Enhancing AI with this ability could greatly enhance its proactivity in identifying threats, and could even predict if…
Audio deepfakes, or AI-generated audio, have lately been in the limelight due to harmful deception applied by ill-intentioned individuals. Cases such as robocalls impersonating political figures, spear-phishers tricking individuals into revealing personal information, and actors misusing technology to preserve their voices have surfaced in the media. While these negative instances have been widely publicized, MIT…
Generative AI has the capability to produce realistic synthetic data that could help organizations in various sectors such as healthcare, aviation, and software development efficiently carry out operations. For the last three years, MIT spinout DataCebo has been offering the Synthetic Data Vault (SDV), a generative software system that can design synthetic data, useful in…
A team from MIT has created an image dataset aimed at simulating peripheral vision in machine learning models, a characteristic which AI typically lacks. This could improve the models' ability to recognise approaching threats and predict whether a human driver would spot an oncoming object. In experiments, these models improved in terms of hazard detection,…
In this Q&A article for MIT News, postdoc Nauman Dawalatabad discusses the ethical considerations, challenges, and positive impacts of audio deepfakes - the AI-generated audio that can mimic human voices. Recently, the technology has been misused causing public concern, for example, a robocall imitating Joe Biden’s voice instructed New Hampshire residents not to vote, while…
Generative AI, recognized mainly for its ability in creating text and images, is now used by companies to create synthetic data for various scenarios aiding in patient treatment, plane rerouting, and software improvements especially in situations that lack real-world data or require sensitive data. DataCebo, an MIT spinoff, has invented a generative software system called…
A new technique has been proposed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other institutions that allows large language models (LLMs) to solve tasks involving natural language, math and data analysis, and symbolic reasoning by generating programs. Known as natural language embedded programs (NLEPs), the approach enables a language model to create…
Generative AI, in the past few years, has gained significant popularity because of its capacity to develop realistic text and images. However, the created text and images form only a portion of the data generated today. Every interaction we have with a medical system, software application, or the effect of any environment, such as a…
In today's digital era, the demand for ever-increasing computing power has been overwhelmingly huge, driven primarily by advancements in artificial intelligence. However, the constant innovation in computing technology is facing obstacles, primarily due to the limitations in the shrinking size of transistors used in chips. This imposes a strict limit on Moore's Law and Dennard's…