Tag: MIT
MIT researchers combat bias in AI training data
Bias in artificial intelligence (AI) systems can lead to inaccurate predictive models, inadequate search results, and discrimination, but a team of researchers at MIT...
MIT researchers develop AI that learns language like a child
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a semantic parser that learns through observation, mimicking a child’s language-acquisition process – with the...
Moral Machines: Who lives, who dies on autonomous roads? | MIT
A new survey from MIT into the ethical challenges of autonomous vehicles reveals both global preferences and regional variations in answers to some tough...
MIT’s $1 billion plan for AI college: What’s at stake?
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced a new college, backed by a $1 billion commitment to AI.
The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of...
How Sir Tim Berners-Lee is returning the Web to the people
As Sir Tim Berners-Lee launches a new initiative, Solid, that aims to reset the connected world in citizens' favour, Chris Middleton explains what the...
A.I. | Transparent neural network boasts human-like reasoning
MIT researchers claim to have created an AI model that sets a new standard for understanding how a neural network makes decisions.
The team from...
MIT research advances robotic object recognition and manipulation
Breakthrough research at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is teaching robots to use computer vision to work out how to pick...
Boeing to open aerospace and autonomy centre
Aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to open an Aerospace & Autonomy Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The centre will become one of the first...
MIT helps machine learning systems to perceive human emotions
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have developed a machine learning system that 'reads' facial expressions to determine human emotions.
The rush to develop machines capable...
Small chips edge smart nano-drones closer to reality
Researchers working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a tiny chip that could control drones as small as a bee.
A team...
MIT introduces brain-controlled robots
Scientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are leading research into controlling robots using brainwaves and simple hand movements.
Their work is...
IoT futures: MIT develops RFID sensors, 3D-printed shape-shifters
New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) should remind us of the power of low-cost, elegant simplicity in deploying the Internet of...