From enhancing international business logistics to freeing up more hospital beds to helping farmers, MIT Professor Dimitris Bertsimas SM ’87, PhD ’88 summarized how his work in operations research has helped drive real-world improvements, while delivering the 54th annual James…
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I was originally going to write this week’s newsletter about AI and Iran, particularly the news we…
The AI agent is helping Zuckerberg get information faster by retrieving answers for him that he would typically have to go through layers of people to get, the report said.
LPG shortages linked to the West Asia war are pushing Indian manufacturing firms to plan energy-resilient kitchens. Companies are sourcing cylinders, using firewood, and adjusting menus while avoiding disruptions. Facility managers are preparing contingency plans, including shifting to induction and…
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Sam Altman’s sister accusing the billionaire OpenAI chief executive of sexually abusing her more than two decades ago, but said she can try suing under a different legal theory.
Who benefits from artificial intelligence? This basic question, which has been especially salient during the AI surge of the last few years, was front and center at a conference at MIT on Wednesday, as speakers and audience members grappled with…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher OpenAI has a new grand challenge:…
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner Institute, and Hasso Plattner Foundation. The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD), MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner…
Musk said in January that solar power could meet all of the electricity needs of the United States – including the ever-increasing demand from a growing number of data centres. Job postings on the Tesla website said it aims to…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A $5 million prize awaits proof that quantum computers can solve health care problems In a…