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What does the future entail for generative AI?

During the kickoff event of MIT’s Generative AI Week, the “Generative AI: Shaping the Future” symposium, Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot, cautioned attendees about the dangers of overestimating the capabilities of generative AI technology. Brooks, also a professor emeritus at MIT and former director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), warned that…

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What does the future have in store for generative AI?

The "Generative AI: Shaping the Future" symposium, the kickoff event of MIT’s Generative AI Week, drew hundreds of attendees both from academia and industry. Rodney Brooks, iRobot co-founder and keynote speaker, warned attendees against uncritically overestimating the capabilities of generative AI, a technology increasingly powering tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Generative AI…

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MIT’s Generative AI Week promotes conversation among different fields.

In late November, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held a Generative AI Week involving faculty, staff, and students from the institution. The event served as a platform to discuss the opportunities and important applications of generative artificial intelligence technologies across varied disciplines. The week's agenda included a main symposium and four subject-specific symposia. MIT President…

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Three students from MIT have been chosen as the first fellows for the MIT-Pillar AI Collective.

The MIT-Pillar AI Collective has selected Alexander Andonian, Daniel Magley, and Madhumitha Ravichandra as its three inaugural fellows for the fall 2023 semester. All are on the cusp of concluding a master’s or PhD program and will aid in conducting research in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and data science, backed by the program. The…

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Artificial Intelligence encounters environment issues: MIT’s 2023 Climate and Energy Hackathon

The MIT Energy and Climate Hack is an annual event that calls together students around the globe to come up with innovative solutions to the huge environmental challenges of our time. This year's hackathon took place between the 10th and 12th of November, and it was conducted both virtually and in-person at MIT's campus. The…

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Reviewing MIT’s Media Presence in 2023

In 2023, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has had a busy and eventful year. Under the leadership of newly inaugurated President Sally Kornbluth, the institute saw significant advances in a range of fields, such as artificial intelligence (AI), clean energy solutions, disease detection, and even the science of kindness. Professor Moungi Bawendi was a notable…

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Utilizing language to comprehend machines.

MIT engineering students Irene Terpstra ’23 and Rujul Gandhi ’22 are collaborating with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems using Natural Language Processing (NLP), taking advantage of the vast amount of natural language data available. Terpstra is focusing on the application of AI algorithms for computer chip design, leveraging the…

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Logical thinking and dependability in Artificial Intelligence

MIT PhD students interning at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab are researching ways to improve the efficiency and accuracy of AI systems in understanding and communicating through natural language. The team, including Athul Paul Jacob, Maohao Shen, Victor Butoi, and Andi Peng, aims to enhance each stage of the process involving natural language models, from…

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Creating the strategy for the future.

First-year students in the Social and Engineering Systems (SES) doctoral program within the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), Eric Liu and Ashely Peake are focusing their research on studying housing inequality issues. Both students took part in the annual MIT Policy Hackathon, an initiative that brings together students from around the globe…

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Six students from MIT have been chosen as fellows for the MIT-Pillar AI Collective in the spring of 2024.

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,…

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Sadhana Lolla has been designated as the 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar.

MIT student Sadhana Lolla has been awarded the renowned Gates Cambridge Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship was created in 2000 and covers all costs for post-graduate study at UK’s Cambridge University for exceptional students from countries outside of the UK. It aims to nurture a global community of aspiring leaders dedicated to enhancing the lives of…

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