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AI Will Augment SEO
Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.
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Does Correcting Online Falsehoods Make Matters Worse?
A Twitter field experiment found that after corrections to tweeted misinformation, there was an increase in retweeting lower-quality and more partisan news.
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Helping Robots Collaborate to Get the Job Done
A new algorithm aims to foster cooperation between information-gathering robot teams.
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System Cleans Messy Data Tables Automatically
A system developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology automatically cleans "dirty data."
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One-Stop Machine Learning Platform Turns Healthcare Data Into Insights
Software developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses machine learning to transform healthcare data into insights that can inform...
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Robot Senses Hidden Objects
A new robot can locate and grasp hidden objects using radio waves in combination with traditional computer vision.
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System Detects Errors When Medication is Self-Administered
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to detect and reduce errors when patients administer their own medication.
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A Better Kind of Cybersecurity Strategy
Researchers contend Russia's use of North Korean IP addresses for a 2018 cyberattack underscored the need for a new cybersecurity strategy involving selective retaliation...
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To the Brain, Reading Computer Code Is Not the Same as Reading Language
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University neuroscientists have found that reading computer code activates different brain regions than reading...
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Making Data-Informed Covid-19 Testing Plans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a Web-based Covid-19 testing impact calculator.
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An LED That Can Be Integrated Directly Into Computer Chips
Researchers have developed and built a silicon-based LED that can be integrated directly onto a computer chip.
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How Humans Use Objects in Novel Ways to Solve Problems
Researchers have developed a cognitive model that learns to use objects in novel ways to solve problems, like humans do.
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A Neural Network Learns When It Should Not Be Trusted
Researchers have enabled a neural network to rapidly process data, yielding both predictions and confidence levels based on the quality of the available data.
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Computer-Aided Creativity in Robot Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system that simulates and optimizes robot design and control programs.
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AI Model Detects Asymptomatic Covid-19 Infections Through Cellphone-Recorded Coughs
A new artificial intelligence model between asymptomatic people infected with Covid-19 and healthy individuals via forced-cough recordings.
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Autonomous Boats Could Be Your Next Ride
Researchers have developed the world's first fleet of autonomous boats, along with algorithms to permit communication and collaboration among the boats.
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A Wearable Sensor to Help ALS Patients Communicate
A stretchable, skin-like device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis communicate using small...
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Helping Companies Prioritize Their Cybersecurity Investments
A platform developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can quantify security risks for companies without requiring them to disclose sensitive...
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Toward an ML Model That Can Reason About Everyday Actions
Researchers trained a hybrid language-vision machine learning model to recognize abstract concepts in video.
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Robot Takes Contact-Free Measurements of Patients' Vital Signs
Researchers are using dog-like robots from Boston Dynamics to remotely measure patients' vital signs.
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