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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MBZUAI launch international collaboration to shape the future of AI

Artificial Intelligence, Collaboration, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), Funding, International initiatives, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Research, School of Engineering, Technology and society

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) recently celebrated the launch of the MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Program, a new effort to strengthen the building blocks of artificial intelligence and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.Under the five-year agreement, faculty, students, and research staff […]

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Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress

Alumni/ae, Artificial Intelligence, MIT Corporation, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Special events and guest speakers, Technology and society

Innovator, futurist, and author Ray Kurzweil ’70 emphasized his optimism about artificial intelligence, and technological progress generally, in a lecture on Wednesday while accepting MIT’s Robert A. Muh Alumni Award from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS).Kurzweil offered his signature high-profile forecasts about how AI and computing will entirely blend with human functionality,

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Helping scientists run complex data analyses without writing code

Algorithms, Alumni/ae, Artificial Intelligence, Disease, Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Machine Learning, Medicine, School of Engineering, Startups

As costs for diagnostic and sequencing technologies have plummeted in recent years, researchers have collected an unprecedented amount of data around disease and biology. Unfortunately, scientists hoping to go from data to new cures often require help from someone with experience in software engineering.Now, Watershed Bio is helping scientists and bioinformaticians run experiments and get

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Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool

Artificial Intelligence, Imaging, Light, Machine Learning, manufacturing, Materials science and engineering, Mechanical engineering, Research, School of Engineering

Manufacturing better batteries, faster electronics, and more effective pharmaceuticals depends on the discovery of new materials and the verification of their quality. Artificial intelligence is helping with the former, with tools that comb through catalogs of materials to quickly tag promising candidates.But once a material is made, verifying its quality still involves scanning it with

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Optimizing food subsidies: Applying digital platforms to maximize nutrition

Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), Algorithms, Alumni/ae, Artificial Intelligence, data, Faculty, Food, India, MIT Sloan School of Management, Policy, Poverty, Profile, Research, Sustainability

Oct. 16 is World Food Day, a global campaign to celebrate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization 80 years ago, and to work toward a healthy, sustainable, food-secure future. More than 670 million people in the world are facing hunger. Millions of others are facing rising obesity rates and struggle to get healthy

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Blending neuroscience, AI, and music to create mental health innovations

Artificial Intelligence, Brain and cognitive sciences, Graduate, postdoctoral, Media Lab, Mental health, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Music, Music and theater arts, Neuroscience, Profile, School of Architecture and Planning, School of Engineering, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, School of Science, Students, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

Computational neuroscientist and singer/songwriter Kimaya (Kimy) Lecamwasam, who also plays electric bass and guitar, says music has been a core part of her life for as long as she can remember. She grew up in a musical family and played in bands all through high school.“For most of my life, writing and playing music was

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Remembering Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro  Bamberger, a pioneer in music education

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MIT Music and Theater Arts fondly remembers the legacy of Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro Bamberger, who passed away peacefully at home in Berkeley, California, of natural causes on Dec. 12, 2024 at the age of 100. For three decades at the Institute, Bamberger found ways to use computers to engage students and help them learn music. A

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Method teaches generative AI models to locate personalized objects

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Say a person takes their French Bulldog, Bowser, to the dog park. Identifying Bowser as he plays among the other canines is easy for the dog-owner to do while onsite.But if someone wants to use a generative AI model like GPT-5 to monitor their pet while they are at work, the model could fail at

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New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new items

Artificial Intelligence, Cleaner industry, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Design, Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), Human-computer interaction, Invention, Machine Learning, Media Lab, MIT Morningside Academy for Design, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Research, School of Engineering, Sustainability

It’s hard to keep up with the ever-changing trends of the fashion world. What’s “in” one minute is often out of style the next season, potentially causing you to re-evaluate your wardrobe.Staying current with the latest fashion styles can be wasteful and expensive, though. Roughly 92 million tons of textile waste are produced annually, including the

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Creating AI that matters

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Business and management, Collaboration, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, data, Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), IDSS, Industry, Machine Learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Research, School of Engineering, Technology and society

When it comes to artificial intelligence, MIT and IBM were there at the beginning: laying foundational work and creating some of the first programs — AI predecessors — and theorizing how machine “intelligence” might come to be.Today, collaborations like the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which launched eight years ago, are continuing to deliver expertise for

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