Startup Deploying AI Chatbots With “Conversational Memory” for More Natural Exchanges
Startup Posh has created chatbots that use “conversational memory” to have more natural exchanges. The comedian Bill Burr has said he refuses to call into…
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Accelerating Data-Driven Discoveries in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
Life science companies use Paradigm4’s unique database management system to uncover new insights into human health. As technologies like single-cell genomic sequencing, enhanced biomedical imaging,…
MIT App Helps Patients, EMTs, and Physicians Balance Hospitals’ COVID-19 Load
Based on crowdsourced data, app helps patients, EMTs, and physicians determine real-time availability of hospital resources. As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in parts…
MIT Researchers Designed a Congestion-Control Scheme to Reduce Delays in Wireless Networks
Congestion control system could help streaming video, mobile games, and other applications run more smoothly. MIT researchers have designed a congestion-control scheme for wireless networks…
Photorealistic Simulation Engine Used to Train Driverless Cars Before They Hit the Road
Using a photorealistic simulation engine, vehicles learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash scenarios. A simulation system invented at MIT to…
Showing Robots How to Do Your Chores – Automated Robots That Learn Just by Watching
By observing humans, robots learn to perform complex tasks, such as setting a table. Training interactive robots may one day be an easy job for…
MIT Uses Artificial Intelligence to Identify Powerful New Antibiotic
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a…
Using Mathematical Theory to Find the True Potential of Algorithms
Using mathematical theory, Virginia Williams coaxes algorithms to run faster or proves they’ve hit their maximum speed. Each semester, Associate Professor Virginia Vassilevska Williams tries…
MIT Develops Machine-Learning Tool to Make Code Run Faster
Tool predicts how fast code will run on a chip: Machine-learning system should enable developers to improve computing efficiency in a range of applications. MIT…
Model Quickly Generates Brain Scan Templates for Medical-Image Analysis
Producing better guides for medical-image analysis: Model quickly generates brain scan templates that represent a given patient population. MIT researchers have devised a method that…
Optimized Design and Control Robots With Stretchy, Flexible Bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help. MIT researchers have invented a way to…
Swarms of Self-Transforming Robot Blocks Unlock Stealthy Abilities to Accomplish Complex Tasks
Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, robots can self-assemble to form various structures with applications including disaster relief. Swarms of simple, interacting…
New System Senses Tiny Changes in Shadows to Help Autonomous Vehicles See Around Corners
Helping autonomous vehicles see around corners: By sensing tiny changes in shadows, a new system identifies approaching objects that may cause a collision. To improve…
New MIT Model Recovers Valuable “Lost Dimensions” of Images and Video
Model could recreate video from motion-blurred images and “corner cameras,” may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images. MIT researchers have developed a model…
“Particle Robots” Form Large Groups to Complete Tasks
Taking a cue from biological cells, scientists from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move…
New System Simplifies Excel Programming
Customizing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel is continuing to get easier and more efficient. Developed by an MIT graduate student and Microsoft researcher, a new system…
Researchers Use Genetic Programming to Figure out What Tastes Good
Givaudan, a Swiss flavor company, turned to MIT researchers to help them analyze their taste-test results. Since testers tend to suffer from “smell fatigue” and…