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Zero Robotics invites High School Teams for 2025 Competition

Zero Robotics Invites Teams to Apply for the 2025 High School Coding Competition with the NASA Astrobee Robots on the International Space S…
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A data designer driven to collaborate with communities

Media Lab alum + MIT DUSP Prof Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data—and why we lack it for many things
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MemPal selected for 2024 Prototypes for Humanity exhibition

MemPal was selected in the Health category.
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A model of virtuosity

Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” + the artist
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Media Lab researchers take second place in MIT AI Pitch Competition

The theme for this year's competition was Generative Voice AI Solutions.
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The World at MIT: Pattie Maes

Professor Pattie Maes chose a career in computer science for practical reasons, but was drawn to the amazing research being done at MIT.
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Becoming Human - AI's Next Evolution Part Two: AI & We

Media Lab researcher Nikhil Singh and alums Aruna Sankaranarayanan and Matt Groh discuss ways that deepfakes may affect the 2024 elections.
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AI researchers build ‘future self’ chatbot to inspire wise life choices

Future You, developed by Dr. ​​Pat Pataranutaporn, allows users to explore possible futures by chatting with an older version of themselves.
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AI and the 2024 elections

Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland was among the experts participating in a panel discussion on how AI may affect the 2024 elections.
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How new science fiction could help us improve AI

In Scientific American, Dr. Pat Pataranutaporn and others consider the ways that art shapes our understanding of and interactions with AI.
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Dr. Joy Buolamwini receives Octavia Butler Award in Computer Science

Dr. Buolamwini will receive this award at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
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2024 MIT Prize for Open Data: Media Lab honorees

Media Lab students and alums are among the winners and honorees for the 2024 MIT Prize for Open Data.
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A vast new data set could supercharge the AI hunt for crypto money laundering

Labber Mark Weber and others are releasing an experimental version of an AI model for detecting money laundering on Bitcoin's blockchain.
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Cynthia Breazeal receives 2024 Robotics Medal

She was recognized for her significant contributions in establishing the field of social robotics and human-robot interaction.
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AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self

By enabling users to chat with an older version of themselves, Future You aims to reduce anxiety + guide young people to make better choices
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Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

This video series features our current students, offering glimpses into their backgrounds, their research, and the passions behind the work
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Data Provenance for AI receives 2024 Infrastructure Fund award

The project purpose is to improve transparency, documentation, and informed use of datasets in AI.
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Raechel Walker receives 2024 ACM FAccT Award

Selected proposals seek to develop positive alternative visions for the future of algorithmic systems and their research communities.
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First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”

The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.
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The Chosun Daily covers the world premiere of FLOW Symphony in Seoul

Can AI collaborate with a chamber orchestra in real time? Tod Machover, a professor at MIT Media Lab is taking on this challenge in Korea.
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Labbers awarded 2024 Education Innovation Grants

Four out of eleven selected research projects were from the Media Lab community.
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Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models

Researchers created a tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias
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Grow with Google launches a new generative AI course for educators in collaboration with MIT RAISE

The course is designed to help educators use AI tools and develop their skills with this emerging technology.
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Q&A: Ramesh Srinivasan talks new podcast ‘Utopias,’ future of media technology

Media Lab alum Ramesh Srinivasan, now a professor at UCLA, talks to the Daily Bruin about his new podcast, Utopias.
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New Faculty Appointments: Fall 2024

The MIT Media Lab is excited to welcome two new visionary faculty members starting September 2024: Behnaz Farahi and Paul Liang. Both will …
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SXSW 2025 PanelPicker Proposals

Explore the Media Lab community’s PanelPicker proposals!
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CoCo and MIT RAISE among 2023-2024 Tools Competition winners

Their awards aim to support and prepare students to navigate the changing world.
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We need to prepare for ‘addictive intelligence’

The allure of AI companions is hard to resist. Here’s how innovation in regulation can help protect people.
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Professor Sandy Pentland and alum Catherine D'Ignazio receive inaugural SERC seed grants

These grants aim to inspire MIT researchers to make a meaningful contribution to responsible technology development and deployment.
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MIT program fosters early AI education for future workforce

In a special edition of Government Technology magazine focused on AI, executive editor Noelle Knell highlights the work of Cynthia Breazeal.
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“We offer another place for knowledge”

Jospin Hassan has drawn on curriculum developed by MIT RAISE and the Personal Robots group to build + share data science and AI skill sets.
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AI and Textiles: It’s already here

In an interview with Textile Technology Source, Media Lab PhD student Irmandy Wicaksono talks about the use of AI in the textiles industry.
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Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve

Spinoff company Pienso has developed a user-friendly AI builder that empowers domain experts to build solutions without writing code.
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How AI will shape the future of education with Hal Abelson

Hal Abelson, co-director of MIT RAISE, talks to Kara Miller about the impact of AI on education.
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What happens when we give doctors an AI assistant?

Media Lab alum Matt Groh discusses a study finding that AI can help doctors diagnose dermatological conditions across different skin tones.a
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Neural hand prosthesis control test

Watch: Tech Briefs Magazine features a video of Dave Burke working with Media Lab Biomechatronics researcher Michael Fernandez.
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How data collaboration platforms can help companies build better AI

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland and other experts explore the potential of customized AI models trained with organization-specific data.
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Paul Liang joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Science Program + EECS/Schwarzman College of Computing as Asst. Professor, AI + Human Experience

Paul Liang joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing with a shar…
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Tzofi Klinghoffer selected for Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (DoD NDSEG)

Tzofi was selected in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
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Researchers leverage shadows to model 3D scenes, including objects blocked from view

This technique could lead to safer autonomous vehicles, more efficient AR/VR headsets, or faster warehouse robots.
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Building AI agents with Semantic Kernel

In the 1990s, Professor Pattie Maes, head of the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group, helped pioneer the concept of software agents.
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An artist in residence on AI's territory

Media Lab alum Alexander Reben has been named as OpenAI’s first artist in residence.
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Cynthia Breazeal is making AI fun and educational for kids

In Success Magazine, Professor Cynthia Breazeal talks about how people can use AI technologies to enhance human abilities.
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Kevin Dunnell Featured in Forbes Article

Covering a talk from PhD student Kevin Dunnell, John Werner highlights Dunnell and his work for an article on AI, text, and multimodal data.
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The Benefits of Data Sharing — Ramesh Raskar on PBS/NOVA Documentary: Secrets in Your Data

Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. The NOVA documentary, …
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Memoro and App Inventor Foundation named among Fast Company's World Changing Ideas 2024

They were honored in the Students and Education categories respectively.
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Unveiling the role of older people as co-designers in shaping social robots

On the Aging Equal Podcast, Dr. Anastasia Ostrowski talks about co-designing social robots and her work collaborating with older adults.
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AI chatbots are here to stay. Learn how they can work for you

Former Media Lab Professor W. Russell Neuman and other experts talk to CNET about the potential impacts of chatbots based on generative AI.
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Three Media Lab papers selected for honorable mentions at CHI 2024

Authors include researchers from the Fluid Interfaces, Future Sketches, and Tangible Media research groups.
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Camera Culture students selected for National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)

They've been selected as Fellows in the fields of Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
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The creative future of generative AI

Media Lab alumni Ziv Epstein and Alexander Reben joined a panel discussion on the creative future of generative AI.
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Rosalind Picard: Venturing into the unknown

Professor Rosalind Picard talks about what gave her the inspiration to found a new field, Affective Computing.
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MIT group releases white papers on governance of AI

The papers are intended as a resource for US policymakers.
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Propelling atomically layered magnets toward green computers

MIT scientists address issues to bringing 2D magnetic materials into practical use, setting the stage for more energy-efficient computers
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MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2023 Brings Dreams to Life

Ruihan Zhang, a student in the Molecular Machines group, was lead organizer of this event in collaboration with MIT Film Makers Association
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MIT AI for Filmmaking Hackathon 2024: A Leap Forward in Creative Innovation

The second iteration of this hackathon featured 66 films and 400 participants from local institutions, other states, and countries.
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Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI

A number of Media Lab researchers and alumni are included in the cohort.
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The people's place in the city of bits and atoms

Researchers in the Media Lab’s City Science group discuss the role of AI in building cities where humans can thrive.
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Experts call for legal ‘safe harbor’ so researchers, journalists and artists can evaluate AI tools

PhD student Shayne Longpre (Human Dynamics) discusses an open letter he co-authored with collaborators.
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Ten important humans behind Boston’s AI revolution

The list includes Habib Haddad, founding managing partner of the E14 Fund, and Rana el Kaliouby, co-founder and CEO of Affectiva.
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"AI Comes Out of the Closet" seeks to merge AI and LGBTQIA+ advocacy in a way as innovative as it is necessary

This research shows how AI can support LGBTQIA+ advocacy, how technology might help create a more accepting + understanding society.
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New England Journal of Medicine Series: Wearable Digital Health Technologies

Researchers in the Affective Computing group have been invited to edit a series of articles in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Personal Robots researchers win Best Paper at HRI 2024

Their paper won the award in the Theory + Methods category.
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Praneeth Vepakomma named as ADIA Lab research fellow

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab aims to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration and solve large-scale, complex problems.
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Trusting ChatGPT helps to improve it

In El País, researchers from Fluid Interfaces discuss their study that found users' beliefs about a chatbot influenced their interactions.