For 19 years, the student-founded Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow has helped Palestinians and Jewish Israelis find common ground. “The idea is to create a future network of leaders that understands the advantages of working together,” says Anat Binur PhD ’11.
Via @chorallariesofmit on Instagram: “Introducing the Chorallaries 2023-24! We’re so excited to get started and make music together this upcoming year! We have a couple newbies this year, so stay tuned for their introductions in the coming weeks!”
New tools are available to help reduce the energy that AI models devour: Amid the race to make AI bigger and better, Lincoln Laboratory is developing ways to reduce power, train efficiently, and make energy use transparent.
“The atmosphere at MIT is really what allowed me to explore other fields of science, which has been key to the advances I’ve been able to make,” Moungi Bawendi said after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. “It’s a unique place, and it’s wonderful to be part of it.”
“It’s a cauldron of innovation at all levels of science,” Moungi Bawendi, a member of the MIT faculty since 1990, said of the Institute on Wednesday. Bawendi made the remarks at a press conference after winning the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
A new finger-shaped sensor allows robots to operate with greater dexterity, researchers say. This long, curved touch sensor could enable a robot to perform multiple types of grasps and manipulation tasks, beyond just pinching.
AI is often seen as replacing human work. But in a recent talk, Daron Acemoglu described a future in which AI augments jobs, boosting productivity and prosperity. “There are transformative and very consequential choices ahead of us,” he said.