Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking ...

Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any ...

MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming what small satellites can do. The approach combines quick bursts of speed ...

Professors and presidents are often eager to raise outside cash. Some are now facing blowback after connecting with Jeffrey Epstein. By Alan Blinder Alan Blinder, who ...

Winter is settling over the rolling hills of North Idaho, where I live. Snow ices the limbs of the bare aspens outside my window, while perfect flakes fall from the flat gray sky. This weather is my ...

Danny Deep, General Dynamics‘ executive vice president of global operations, has been promoted to president of the Reston-based Fortune 100 government contractor, the company announced Friday. Deep ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, from the apps on your phone to the cars on the road. If you want to get started with AI, you don’t need to spend a lot of money. MIT free AI courses ...

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent discovery that some of my students, past and present, ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a framework called Self-Adapting Language Models (SEAL) that enables large language models (LLMs) to continuously learn and adapt by updating their own internal ...

Since ChatGPT appeared almost three years ago, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on learning has been widely debated. Are they handy tools for personalised education, or gateways ...