Your car might be watching you to keep you safe − at the expense of your privacy

Your car’s safety technology takes you into account. But a lot of that technology helps car companies collect data about you. Researchers are working on closing the gap between safety and privacy.

M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 ~7 min

Legacy of heading off deaths from industrial air pollution

Professor Francesca Dominici details decades-old Harvard roots of latest findings showing particles from coal-fired power plants deadliest.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 30, 2023 ~10 min


COVID inquiry heard Boris Johnson 'struggled' with graphs – if you do too, here are some tips

Communication is a two-way street.

Rob Davidson, Postgraduate Researcher in Human Geography, UCL • conversation
Nov. 28, 2023 ~6 min

NASA Laser Communication Test Gets Data from 16 Million Kilometers Away

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 26, 2023 ~5 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

Digitized records from wildlife centers show the most common ways that humans harm wild animals

Hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers across the US and Canada treat sick and injured animals and birds. Digitizing their records is yielding valuable data on human-wildlife encounters.

Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 22, 2023 ~8 min

Synthetic imagery sets new bar in AI training efficiency

MIT CSAIL researchers innovate with synthetic imagery to train AI, paving the way for more efficient and bias-reduced machine learning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 20, 2023 ~7 min

Rewarding excellence in open data

MIT researchers who share their data recognized at second annual awards celebration.

Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~7 min


Technique enables AI on edge devices to keep learning over time

With the PockEngine training method, machine-learning models can efficiently and continuously learn from user data on edge devices like smartphones.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~8 min

2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health

Thirteen new graduate student fellows will pursue exciting new paths of knowledge and discovery.

School of Engineering • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~18 min

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