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RPA Contact Center: What Grindy Tasks Can it Get Rid Of?
Discover how robotic process automation (RPA) can transform your contact center by automating repetitive tasks that slow agents down.
CrowdStrike Survey Highlights Security Challenges in AI Adoption
Ideally, generative AI should augment, not replace, cybersecurity workers. But ROI still proves a challenge.
When MIT’s interdisciplinary NEET program is a perfect fit
Junior Katie Spivakovsky describes her path through New Engineering Education Transformation to biomedical research and beyond.
AI News Round-Up 2024: 10 Biggest Stories That Dominated the Year
TechRepublic looks back at the biggest artificial intelligence stories of 2024, from Apple putting AI in phones to global governments weighing in.
MIT researchers introduce Boltz-1, a fully open-source model for predicting biomolecular structures
With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly.
Ransomware to Cause ‘Bumpy’ Security Ride in 2025
Cashed-up ransomware criminals may exploit more zero days while potential blanket ransomware payment bans hang over defenders like a shadow.
Study reveals AI chatbots can detect race, but racial bias reduces response empathy
Researchers at MIT, NYU, and UCLA develop an approach to help evaluate whether large language models like GPT-4 are equitable enough to be clinically viable for mental health support.
New simulation method sharpens our view into Earth's interior
How does the Earth generate its magnetic field? While the basic mechanisms seem to be understood, many details remain unresolved. A team of researchers has introduced a simulation method that promises new insights into the Earth's core. The method simulates not only the behavior of atoms, but also the magnetic properties of materials. The approach is significant for geophysics, but could also support the development of future technologies such as neuromorphic computing -- an innovative approach to more efficient AI systems.
Europe Selects Sites for Seven AI Factories
The dedicated AI research facilities will be located in Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and Sweden.
ChatGPT Search Enters General Availability
OpenAI’s generative search engine now accepts more naturalistic voice queries. It is available globally on any platform that uses ChatGPT.
Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in the UK at Cambridge University and Imperial College London.
Why Marc Andreessen was ‘very scared’ after meeting with the Biden administration about AI
What scared him most was what some said about the government’s role in AI, and what he described as a young staff who were “out for blood. ” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
MIT affiliates named 2024 Schmidt Futures AI2050 Fellows
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI.
MIT affiliates named 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI.
Exxon can’t resist the AI power gold rush
The oil and gas company announced that it’s planning to build a massive power plant for data centers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google’s Android XR May Usher in New Generation of Smart Glasses
Developers can try out the Android XR SDK now. Samsung has announced one upcoming set of glasses using the new OS.
AI-powered blood test first to spot earliest sign of breast cancer
A new screening method that combines laser analysis with a type of AI is the first of its kind to identify patients in the earliest stage of breast cancer, a study suggests.
Image tool to help AI scour wildlife shots for climate change clues
A new AI image tool could aid the development of algorithms to analyse wildlife images to help improve understanding of how species around the world are responding to climate change, a study suggests.
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Teaching a robot its limits, to complete open-ended tasks safely
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.
