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Artificial scientists
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (153+ words) AI has already proved itself a valuable scientific tool. Could it take on a more central role in the research process? Stephanie Arnett/MIT Technology Review | Adobe Stock, Public Domain AI companies frequently invoke the possibility of AI-enabled scientific discovery…...
AI at MIT
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (323+ words) In almost every lab at the Institute, researchers are delving into AI. And the tools they're developing and deploying have already turbocharged existing methods and opened new pathways to discovery. Professor Ju Li posits that if AI is given autonomy…...
World models: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (172+ words) Today's AI is still unreliable. Some researchers think solving that problem requires teaching AI systems to understand the world around them. AI systems have already gained impressive mastery over the digital world, but the physical world is still humanity's domain....
10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (469+ words) What is really worth your attention in the busy, buzzy world of AI? Our reporters and editors have spent years thinking about this question, charting AI's progress and mapping out what's next. Now, for the first time, we've distilled our…...
How to build a better AI benchmark
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1150+ words) To fix the way we test and measure models, AI is learning tricks from social science. It's not easy being one of Silicon Valley's favorite benchmarks." SWE-Bench (pronounced "swee bench) launched in November 2024 to evaluate an AI model's coding skill,…...
Job titles of the future: AI embryologist
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (335+ words) Scientists are using AI to better predict embryo health in real time. Klaus Wiemer, a veteran embryologist and IVF lab director, believes artificial intelligence might help by predicting embryo health in real time and unlocking new avenues for productivity in…...
How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1137+ words) The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world. Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They'd hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body,…...
Why having "humans in the loop" in an AI war is an illusion
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (651+ words) We don't really understand AI's inner workings, so we're effectively flying blind. Most of the public conversation regarding the use of AI-driven autonomous lethal weapons centers on how much humans should remain "in the loop." Under the Pentagon's current guidelines,…...
Yann Le Cun's new venture is a contrarian bet against large language models
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1580+ words) In an exclusive interview, the AI pioneer shares his plans for his new Paris-based company, AMI Labs. Yann Le Cun is a Turing Award recipient and a top AI researcher, but he has long been a contrarian figure in the…...
This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math
3+ week, 6+ day ago (992+ words) Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a free…...