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A New Way To Look At Data Privacy

Researchers create a privacy technique that protects sensitive data while maintaining a machine-learning model’s performance.

A Faster Way To Teach A Robot

A new technique helps a nontechnical user understand why a robot failed, and then fine-tune it with minimal effort to perform a task effectively.

MIT Engineers Build A Battery-Free, Wireless Underwater Camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

Robotic Hand Can Identify Objects With Just One Grasp

The three-fingered robotic gripper can “feel” with great sensitivity along the full length of each finger – not just at the tips.

Training Machines To Learn More Like Humans Do

Researchers identify a property that helps computer vision models learn to represent the visual world in a more stable, predictable way.

Researchers Use AI To Identify Similar Materials In Images

This machine-learning method could assist with robotic scene understanding, image editing, or online recommendation systems.

A Better Way To Match 3D Volumes

By mapping the volumes of objects, rather than their surfaces, a new technique could yield solutions to computer graphics problems in animation and CAD.

A More Effective Way To Train Machines For Uncertain, Real-World Situations

Researchers develop an algorithm that decides when a “student” machine should follow its teacher, and when it should learn on its own.

New Tool Helps People Choose The Right Method For Evaluating AI Models

Selecting the right method gives users a more accurate picture of how their model is behaving, so they are better equipped to correctly interpret its predictions.

MIT Engineers “Grow” Atomically Thin Transistors On Top Of Computer Chips

A new low-temperature growth and fabrication technology allows the integration of 2D materials directly onto a silicon circuit, which could lead to denser and more powerful chips.

Researchers Create A Tool For Accurately Simulating Complex Systems

The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications.

Study: AI Models Fail To Reproduce Human Judgements About Rule Violations

Models trained using common data-collection techniques judge rule violations more harshly than humans would, researchers report.

A Better Way To Study Ocean Currents

A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue.

Training Machines To Learn More Like Humans Do

Researchers identify a property that helps computer vision models learn to represent the visual world in a more stable, predictable way.

Using Reflections To See The World From New Points Of View

A new computer vision system turns any shiny object into a camera of sorts, enabling an observer to see around corners or beyond obstructions.

When Should Someone Trust An AI Assistant’s Predictions?

Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.

How Well Do Explanation Methods For Machine-Learning Models Work?

Researchers develop a way to test whether popular methods for understanding machine-learning models are working correctly.

Demystifying Machine-Learning Systems

A new method automatically describes, in natural language, what the individual components of a neural network do.

Artificial Intelligence System Rapidly Predicts How Two Proteins Will Attach

The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines.

Injecting Fairness Into Machine-Learning Models

A new technique boosts models’ ability to reduce bias, even if the dataset used to train the model is unbalanced.