MIT's School of Engineering welcomes 15 new faculty members with diverse interdisciplinary research interests. Faculty have joint appointments across multiple MIT units, including the Department of EECS and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Political consultant Steve Kramer charged in New Hampshire for AI-generated impersonation of Biden in robocall urging residents not to vote in primary, fined $6m. The use of artificial intelligence to fake Biden's voice in the robocall before the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire sparked controversy.
Family of Michael Schumacher wins legal battle against Die Aktuelle for publishing AI-generated interview in 2023. Magazine promoted the 'deceptively real' piece despite sacking editor and apologizing to F1 great's family.
SoftServe and Continental collaborate on Industrial Co-Pilot, using OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse to enhance maintenance workflows and increase productivity. The partnership integrates generative AI and 3D visualization, reducing maintenance effort by 10% and fostering cross-discipline collaboration for innovative industrial applications.
Additive Decision Trees offer a more accurate and interpretable alternative to standard decision trees. They address limitations such as lack of interpretability and stability, providing a valuable tool for high-stakes and audited environments.
Author Sarah Crossan explores love triangle with AI twist in new novel, featuring a customizable AI-enabled doll named Zoey. The story delves into human emotions through the lens of technology, reminiscent of classic tales like ETA Hoffmann's The Sandman.
Amazon SageMaker's new features enable efficient training of large MoE models like the Mixtral 8x7B, with expert parallelism improving computational efficiency by distributing expert subnetworks across multiple devices. This innovative approach addresses challenges like load balancing and high memory requirements, making training of large MoE models more cost-effective and scalable.
Microsoft's Bing search engine went down, affecting services like Copilot and DuckDuckGo. Google's new AI Overviews feature adds to concerns about search engine reliability and privacy.
AI enthusiasts gathered at EmTech Digital 2024 at MIT to discuss the early stages of generative AI's growth. MIT Technology Review hosted the event, featuring talks from AI researchers and company spokespeople in a low-key, corporate setting.
Nvidia's revenue soars due to high demand for artificial intelligence, marking the start of a new industrial revolution. Companies and countries are partnering with Nvidia for AI innovation.
OpenAI signs deal with News Corp for ChatGPT, gains access to WSJ, NY Post, Times content. Previous agreements with FT, Axel Springer.
Machine learning & natural language processing are transforming ecommerce platforms by automating high-quality product descriptions. Vision-language models like Amazon Bedrock are now used to predict product attributes from images, improving searchability & customer satisfaction.
MIT researchers partner with Camfield Estates to address racial disparities in housing through innovative solutions and community empowerment. Collaboration between MIT and Camfield Estates leads to creative housing design projects and historical context research to tackle systemic housing issues in the US.
Mixture Density Networks (MDNs) offer a diverse prediction approach beyond averages. Bishop's classic 1994 paper introduced MDNs, transforming neural networks into uncertainty sorcerers.
AI is reshaping education by transforming assessment and promoting transparency for a student-centered learning experience. Generative AI products like DALL-E and ChatGPT are revolutionizing teaching methods, making information more accessible and facilitating efficient learning.