CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The science communicator, video producer, and entrepreneur has built online communities of people who love diving into complex issues. * * * By Kathy Wren, MIT News Hank Green, a prolific digital content creator and entrepreneur with the ethos "make things, learn stuff," will deliver the address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 29. Since the 1990s, Green has launched, built, and sustained a wide-ranging varie more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI. * * * By Jane Halpern, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni were recently named to the 2024 cohort of AI2050 Fellows. The honor is announced annually by Schmidt Futures, Eric and Wendy Schmidt's philanthropic initiative that aims to a more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * In a recent commentary, a team from MIT, Equality AI, and Boston University highlights the gaps in regulation for AI models and non-AI algorithms in health care. * * * By Alex Ouyang, Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health One might argue that one of the primary duties of a physician is to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the odds: What are the chances of a medical procedure's success? Is the patient at risk  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Ten objects on display in the Koch Institute Public Galleries offer uncommon insights into the people and progress of MIT's cancer research community. * * * By Becca Hoff, Koch Institute Throughout 2024, MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research has celebrated 50 years of MIT's cancer research program and the individuals who have shaped its journey. In honor of this milestone anniversary year, on Nov. 19 the K more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * SERC Scholars from around the MIT community examine the electronic hardware waste life cycle and climate justice. * * * By Danna Lorch, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Brought together as part of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) initiative within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, a community of students known as SERC Scholars is collaborating to examine the most urgent problems human more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New products presented at the 2.009 prototype launch included a crash-detecting bicycle helmet, an augmented reality mask for divers, and a respirator for wildland firefighters. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News On an otherwise dark and rainy Monday night, attendees packed Kresge Auditorium for a lively and colorful celebration of student product designs, as part of the final presentations for MIT's popular class 2.009 (Product Engine more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The "PRoC3S" method helps an LLM create a viable action plan by testing each step in a simulation. This strategy could eventually aid in-home robots to complete more ambiguous chore requests. * * * By Alex Shipps, MIT CSAIL If someone advises you to "know your limits," they're likely suggesting you do things like exercise in moderation. To a robot, though, the motto represents learning constraints, or limitations of a sp more PR