Making life friendlier with personal robots

“As a child, I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me” says…

Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete

After three years leading biking tours through U.S. National Parks, Jackson Jewett decided it was time…

Gamifying medical data labeling to advance AI

When Erik Duhaime PhD ’19 was working on his thesis in MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence,…

Envisioning the future of computing

How will advances in computing transform human society? MIT students contemplated this impending question as part…

Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront

There has been a remarkable surge in the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence to address…

An AI challenge only humans can solve

The Dark Ages were not entirely dark. Advances in agriculture and building technology increased Medieval wealth…

Success at the intersection of technology and finance

Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin had some free advice for an at-capacity crowd of MIT…

Making property assessments as simple as snapping a picture

Property assessments sit at the center of home appraisals, insurance claims, renovation projects, and a number…

Swedish startup raises €3.2M pre-seed to help AI teams visualize how all algorithms behave

Swedish startup Rerun that develops open source visualization infrastructure for computer vision and robotics has raised…

Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

Hyper-realistic virtual worlds have been heralded as the best driving schools for autonomous vehicles (AVs), since…