The MIT-Pillar AI Collective, a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) School of Engineering and Pillar VC, has named six fellows for the spring 2024 semester. Each fellow is a graduate student in their final year of a master's or PhD program who will conduct research in the fields of AI, machine learning,…
In 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to learn how to fly helicopters. While pursuing his PhD in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Xu experienced the inherent risks of flying small aircrafts firsthand and was inspired to make helicopter flights safer. In 2021, he established his company…
In 2010, Media Lab students at MIT Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones began working on a project to help content moderation teams of companies like Twitter and YouTube. They developed an AI model to identify sensitive posts, but soon realized that the terminology and language used by some users was overlooked by the model. Challenged…
Dr. Benjamin Warf, a renowned neurosurgeon from Boston Children's Hospital, has been virtually present in Brazil, aiding and mentoring residents as they perform delicate surgery on a model of a baby's brain. This has been made possible through a digital avatar of Dr. Warf, developed by the medical simulator and augmented reality (AR) company, EDUCSIM,…
As traditional semiconductor technologies approach their physical limits, the demand for computing power continues to rise, largely driven by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). Addressing this conundrum, Lightmatter, a company founded by three MIT alumni, has developed pioneering computing technology that harnesses the properties of light to bolster data processing and transport.
Lightmatter’s…
Generative AI is being recognized for its capacity to produce both text and images. Establishment and application of generative AI to produce realistic synthetic data about various scenarios can assist businesses to improve services, reroute planes, or upgrading software platforms, especially in cases where tangible-world data is scarce or sensitive.
For the preceding three years, a…