In 2023, MIT had an eventful year filled with numerous achievements, advancements, and major breakthroughs. From the commencement address by YouTuber and ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober and the inauguration of President Sally Kornbluth, to Professor Moungi Bawendi’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the year marked significant milestones for the university.
MIT played an influential role in a…
In 2023, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had an eventful year, making remarkable advances in diverse areas from artificial intelligence to healthcare, climate change, and astrophysics. This included cutting-edge research such as inventing tools for earlier cancer detection and exploring the science behind spreading kindness.
One of the highlights was Professor Moungi Bawendi winning the…
A new study by neuroscientists at MIT has uncovered what kind of sentences are most likely to stimulate the brain's main language processing centers. Utilizing an artificial language network, the researchers discovered that sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meanings produce stronger responses in these areas; while straightforward sentences or nonsensical word sequences hardly engage…
MIT neuroscientists, using an artificial language network, have learned that more complex sentences, due to either odd grammar or unexpected meanings, trigger stronger responses in the brain's key language processing centers. On the other hand, plain sentences barely stimulate these regions, and nonsense word sequences have little effect on them.
Evelina Fedorenko, an Associate Professor…
Zepotha is a rare, cult-classic horror film that recently resurfaced as a trending topic on the social media platform TikTok. Few have had the chance to view the movie, and it seems that present-day interest has marked the potential revival of the classic.
The creators of Zepotha, The Danzic Brothers, famously feuded to the extent…
In this week's AI news, Adobe demonstrated its VideoGigaGAN model which can upscale blurry videos up to eight times sharper. Technology like this could enable HD versions of historical archives and old TV shows. However, this generative AI surge is also leading to a rise in deep fake porn and political propaganda. Following this, Facebook's…
