“Lightning” system connects photons to the electronic components of computers using a novel abstraction, creating the first photonic computing prototype to serve real-time machine-learning inference requests.

Researchers use synthetic data to improve a model’s ability to grasp conceptual information, which could enhance automatic captioning and question-answering systems.

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

Developed at MIT, D2X is a new tool that makes it easy to debug any domain-specific programming language.

Codon compiles Python code to run more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains.

Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.

Rapid increases in the speed and power of microchips have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that incredible progress may be in jeopardy.