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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

MRSA bacteria, resembling purple cotton balls, overlayed with a deep learning network and a bullseye.

MIT news article

Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates

These compounds can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that causes deadly infections.

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

MIT researchers have introduced a versatile technique that gives an animator the flexibility to see how different mathematical functions deform complex 2D or 3D characters. The new technique lets animators choose the function that best fits their vision for the animation (Credits: Courtesy of the researchers).

CSAIL article

A flexible solution to help artists improve animation

Artists who bring to life heroes and villains in animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique introduced by MIT researchers.

Friday, December 15, 2023

MVT, minimum viewing time, is a dataset difficulty metric measuring the minimum presentation time required for an image to be recognized. Researchers hope this metric will be used to evaluate models' performance and biological plausibility and guide the creation of new more difficult datasets, leading to new computer vision techniques that perform better in real life (Credits: The researchers/MIT CSAIL).

CSAIL article

Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today’s AI

AI & Machine Learning

While some of your photos could be understood in an instant, why was this cat photo much more difficult?

Monday, December 11, 2023

The Generative AI + Education Symposium, part of MIT's 2023 Generative AI Week, offered thought-provoking keynotes, panel conversations, and live demonstrations of how generative AI is transforming learning experience and teaching practice from K12, post-secondary education, and workforce upskilling (Credits: Gretchen Ertl).

CSAIL article

MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines

AI & Machine Learning

The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as four subject-specific symposia, all aimed at fostering a dialogue about the opportunities and potential applications of generative artificial intelligence technologies across a diverse range of disciplines.