A flexible solution to help artists improve animation

This new method draws on 200-year-old geometric foundations to give artists control over the appearance of animated characters.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 20, 2023 ~7 min

Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant

MIT researchers develop a customized onboarding process that helps a human learn when a model’s advice is trustworthy.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 8, 2023 ~10 min


Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help improve road safety

Researchers have developed an adaptable algorithm that could improve road safety by predicting when drivers are able to safely interact with in-vehicle systems

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 7, 2023 ~6 min

Prescription watch checks for atrial fibrillation 24/7

A new prescription watch continuously monitors the wearer's heart rhythm, using an algorithm to accurately detect atrial fibrillation.

Noah Fromson-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 5, 2023 ~6 min

AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios

A new, data-driven approach could lead to better solutions for tricky optimization problems like global package routing or power grid operation.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 5, 2023 ~7 min

A new optimization framework for robot motion planning

MIT CSAIL researchers established new connections between combinatorial and continuous optimization, which can find global solutions for complex motion-planning puzzles.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Dating platform algorithms skew toward popularity

A study finds that algorithms used by online dating platforms recommend more popular, attractive users over less popular, less attractive users.

Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Nov. 30, 2023 ~5 min

How AI 'sees' the world – what happened when we trained a deep learning model to identify poverty

Researchers fed an advanced AI algorithm with satellite photographs to see if it could identify areas of poverty and it interpreted the data through abstract images.

Thorsteinn Rögnvaldsson, Professor, School of Information Technology, Halmstad University • conversation
Nov. 27, 2023 ~8 min


New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots

Human Guided Exploration (HuGE) enables AI agents to learn quickly with some help from humans, even if the humans make mistakes.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 27, 2023 ~8 min

Search algorithm reveals nearly 200 new kinds of CRISPR systems

By analyzing bacterial data, researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics, and more.

Allessandra DiCorato | Broad Institute • mit
Nov. 23, 2023 ~8 min

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