New hope for early pancreatic cancer intervention via AI-based risk prediction | MIT News
The first documented case of pancreatic cancer dates back to the 18th century. Since then, researchers have undertaken a protracted and challenging odyssey to understand the elusive and deadly disease. To date, there is no better cancer treatment than early intervention. Unfortunately, the pancreas, nestled deep within the abdomen, is particularly elusive for early detection. …
Reasoning and reliability in AI | MIT News
In order for natural language to be an effective form of communication, the parties involved need to be able to understand words and their context, assume that the content is largely shared in good faith and is trustworthy, reason about the information being shared, and then apply it to real-world scenarios. MIT PhD students interning with…
DeepMind AlphaGeometry solves complex geometry problems
DeepMind, the UK-based AI lab owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has developed an AI system called AlphaGeometry that can solve complex geometry problems close to human Olympiad gold medalists. In a new paper in Nature, DeepMind revealed that AlphaGeometry was able to solve 25 out of 30 benchmark geometry problems from past International Mathematical…
Wired
Writing for Wired, Institute Prof. Daron Acemoglu predicts that expectations for generative AI will need to recalibrated during the year ahead. Acemoglu notes that he believes in 2024, “generative AI will have been adopted by many companies, but it will prove to be just ‘so-so automation’ of the type that displaces workers but fails to…
Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health | MIT News
What is the likelihood of dying in a plane crash? According to a 2022 report released by the International Air Transport Association, the industry fatality risk is 0.11. In other words, on average, a person would need to take a flight every day for 25,214 years to have a 100 percent chance of experiencing a…
Stability AI releases Stable Code 3B for enhanced coding assistance
Stability AI has announced the release of Stable Code 3B, an upgraded three billion parameter AI system for automatic code generation and completion. With enhancements like larger context size and improved completion quality, Stable Code 3B aims to push the boundaries of AI-assisted software development. At just three billion parameters, Stable Code 3B is designed…
AI could boost growth but worsen inequality
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that AI could boost global productivity and growth, but may displace jobs and worsen inequality. In a new analysis, IMF economists examined AI’s potential impact on the global labour market. While many studies foresee jobs being automated by AI, the technology will often complement human work instead. The IMF…
OpenAI launches GPT Store for custom AI assistants
OpenAI has launched its new GPT Store providing users with access to custom AI assistants. Since the announcement of custom ‘GPTs’ two months ago, OpenAI says users have already created over three million custom assistants. Builders can now share their creations in the dedicated store. The store features assistants focused on a wide range of…
Copyrighted data ‘impossible’ to avoid for AI training
OpenAI made waves this week with its bold assertion to a UK parliamentary committee that it would be “impossible” to develop today’s leading AI systems without using vast amounts of copyrighted data. The company argued that advanced AI tools like ChatGPT require such broad training that adhering to copyright law would be utterly unworkable. In…
Multiple AI models help robots execute complex plans more transparently | MIT News
Your daily to-do list is likely pretty straightforward: wash the dishes, buy groceries, and other minutiae. It’s unlikely you wrote out “pick up the first dirty dish,” or “wash that plate with a sponge,” because each of these miniature steps within the chore feels intuitive. While we can routinely complete each step without much thought,…