While at MIT Media Lab in 2010, Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones developed a machine learning tool destined to help content moderation teams at tech companies like Twitter and YouTube. The project excited many, leading to a demonstration at a White House cyberbullying summit. However, the system tripped over unconventional wording in teenage vernacular, revealing…
In 2010, while studying at MIT Media Lab, Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones developed a tool to assist in content moderation for social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube. The project, aimed at identifying concerning posts and potential cyberbullying, sparked enough interest to receive an invitation to a cyberbullying summit at the White House. However,…
Founded by MIT graduates Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones, Pienso is a platform that allows non-specialists to build machine-learning models to address societal issues. The idea stemmed from their 2010 study at MIT's Media Lab, where they developed a content moderation tool for companies like Twitter and YouTube. The innovation got companies excited and the…
Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones, both MIT graduates, developed a tool facilitating social media content moderation as part of a class project in 2010. The project generated significant interest and was demonstrated at a White House cyberbullying summit. However, they initially struggled with their demo due to their unfamiliarity with teenage slang used in harmful…
In 2010, Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones, students at the Media Lab, collaborated to develop a tool that could assist content moderation teams in identifying concerning posts on platforms like Twitter and YouTube. Their innovation received extensive attention, leading to an invitation to present their creation at a cyberbullying seminar at the White House. However,…
In 2010, Media Lab students at MIT, Karthik Dinakar and Birago Jones, embarked on a class project to create a tool aimed at aiding content moderation teams at companies such as Twitter and YouTube. The innovative project generated considerable interest, leading to an opportunity to demonstrate the tool at a White House cyberbullying summit. However,…
As students at the Media Lab in 2010, Karthik Dinakar SM ’12, PhD ’17 and Birago Jones SM ’12 embarked on a project to build a tool for moderating content on platforms such as Twitter and YouTube. The project received so much attention that they were invited to demonstrate it at a cyberbullying summit at…
Tomás Vega, MIT alum and CEO of Augmental, found technology a great equalizer when he dealt with a stuttering disorder at a young age. Vega began programming at age 12 and continued to use technology to augment human abilities throughout high school and college. He made it his mission to help people with disabilities live…