2024-05-08
If sperm whales could talk, what would they say? New research on their communication reveals a complex combinatorial system that challenges our understanding of animal vocalizations. By analyzing 8,719 whale click sounds called “codas”, using machine learning, MIT CSAIL &... [video]
TechCrunch
Researchers say they have unlocked a kind of sperm whale “alphabet” with the aid of machine learning, a breakthrough in understanding cetacean communication
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
2023-02-13
MIT scientists created a new class of speedy “liquid” neural networks that can change underlying algorithms on the fly, sometimes outperforming convolutional neural nets: https://www.quantamagazine.org/ ... Image v/@QuantaMagazine https://twitter.com/...
Quanta Magazine
A look at “liquid” neural nets, which change their underlying algorithms based on observed inputs, making them more flexible than standard ML neural networks
2023-02-12
MIT scientists created a new class of speedy “liquid” neural networks that can change underlying algorithms on the fly, sometimes outperforming convolutional neural nets: https://www.quantamagazine.org/ ... Image v/@QuantaMagazine https://twitter.com/...
Quanta Magazine
A look at “liquid” neural nets, which change their underlying algorithms based on observed inputs, making them more flexible than standard ML neural networks
“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm's nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability. Tweets: @quantamagaz...
2020-09-19
BREAKING: Joe Biden was just endorsed by 24 of the 35 living winners of the Turing Award, aka “the Nobel of computing.” It's the first time in the Turing's 54-year history that its laureates have come together to endorse a presidential candidate: https://int.nyt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
24 of 35 living American Turing Award winners, including Alphabet chair John Hennessy, endorse Biden, citing the harm of Trump's immigration policies to tech
Cade Metz / New York Times :
2020-05-20
During the pandemic a fleet of 80 robots has been delivering groceries 14 hours a day to residents of a small town outside London. https://www.nytimes.com/... (@StarshipRobots v/@nytimes) #COVID19UK https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Starship Technologies' fleet of delivery robots helped residents of Milton Keynes, a small city of 270K in UK, with grocery deliveries during the lockdown
Like many other places, a community 50 miles outside London went into quarantine. A fleet of delivery robots has been helping with the groceries. Tweets: @mit_csail , @dintersmith...
2020-02-20
RIP to computing pioneer Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy-paste. RIP to computing pioneer Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy-paste. RIP to computing pioneer Larry Tesler, the inventor of copy-paste. https://gizmodo.com/... (v/@aliszewski @Gizmodo) https://twitter.com/...
Gizmodo
Larry Tesler, an influential figure at Xerox PARC and Apple who coined “cut, copy, paste” and advocated for modeless computing, has died at 74
The advent of the personal computer wasn't just about making these powerful machines available to everyone, it was also about making …
2020-02-14
BREAKING: MIT team identifies security vulnerabilities in voting app Voatz that could allow hackers to change or eliminate votes. Voatz has already been used in multiple state elections in WV, CO, OR & UT. Full story: http://news.mit.edu/... Paper: https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
VICE
Researchers: Voatz, the voting app used in W. Virginia and four other states, has elementary security flaws that could let an attacker intercept and alter votes
A mobile voting app being used in West Virginia and other states has elementary security flaws that would allow someone …
2019-11-19
BREAKING: New machine-learning system predicts if a driver is selfish or selfless. The goal is to enable self-driving cars to better handle situations like merging and taking left-hand turns. https://www.csail.mit.edu/... (joint work w/@ToyotaResearch) https://twitter.com/...
VentureBeat
Self-driving startup Wayve, which considers sophisticated sensor tech like lidar unnecessary for safe autonomous driving systems, raises $20M Series A
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
2019-09-25
Ready for the Olympics, via @BostonDynamics. https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
After many years in the lab, Boston Dynamics will begin selectively leasing its four-legged robot Spot, which can keep its balance under extreme circumstances
A new leasing program is putting dozens of robots to work in the real world — Boston Dynamics is letting its first major robot out of the lab.