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2 days ago · Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do. Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The …
Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
6 days ago · Plus, generative AI models have an especially short shelf-life, driven by rising demand for new AI applications. Companies release new models every few weeks, so the …
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Nov 25, 2024 · The AI-only method, in contrast, generated images of flooding in places where flooding is not physically possible. The team’s method is a proof-of-concept, meant to …
Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do - MIT News
Jan 9, 2025 · After building this model, the team conducted a behavioral experiment to see whether the AI- or human-generated vocal imitations were perceived as better by human …
What do we know about the economics of AI? - MIT News
Dec 6, 2024 · By contrast, in one paper, “The Simple Macroeconomics of AI,” published in the August issue of Economic Policy, Acemoglu estimates that over the next decade, AI will …
Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation
Nov 12, 2024 · The AI model found unexpected similarities between biological materials and “Symphony No. 9,” suggesting that both follow patterns of complexity. “Similar to how cells in …
Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a …
Nov 5, 2024 · The researchers focused on a type of generative AI model known as a transformer, which forms the backbone of LLMs like GPT-4. Transformers are trained on a massive amount …
AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self
Oct 1, 2024 · The AI system uses this information to create what the researchers call “future self memories” which provide a backstory the model pulls from when interacting with the user. For …
Need a research hypothesis? Ask AI. - MIT News
Dec 19, 2024 · “By focusing AI models on ‘thinking’ in such a manner, we can leapfrog beyond conventional methods and explore more creative uses of AI.” For the most recent paper, the …
MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI ...
Nov 22, 2024 · Reinforcement learning models, which underlie these AI decision-making systems, still often fail when faced with even small variations in the tasks they are trained to perform. In …