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Projects Will Explore AI-Augmented Management and Productivity
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Projects Will Explore AI-Augmented Management and Productivity

MIT's Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has awarded seed grants to seven projects that are exploring how artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction...

Study Finds ChatGPT Boosts Worker Productivity for Some Writing Tasks
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Study Finds ChatGPT Boosts Worker Productivity for Some Writing Tasks

A study by researchers Shakked Noy and Whitney Zhang at MIT sheds light on generative AI's impact on work, finding that it increased productivity on tasks like...

This Is Your Brain on Code
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This Is Your Brain on Code

MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.

Automation Drives Income Inequality, Study Says
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Automation Drives Income Inequality, Study Says

Automation accounts for more than half of the increasing income gap between more- and less-educated workers in the United States over the last four decades, a published...

MIT Spokes Cycles Across the Country to Teach STEM Classes
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MIT Spokes Cycles Across the Country to Teach STEM Classes

Six student members of MIT Spokes rode their bicycles 3,800 miles across the United States this summer to teach STEM classes at learning festivals, summer camps...

Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation
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Analysis Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation

The types of work relationships that encourage innovation tend to be hard hit when workers go remote, according to a study conducted at MIT.

Workshop Tackles Lab-to-Market Hardware Technology Gap
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Workshop Tackles Lab-to-Market Hardware Technology Gap

A virtual workshop co-hosted by MIT, SUNY, and RPI addressed the growing gap in the transition from lab to market for new semiconductor and microelectronics technology...

Prison Education Program Focuses on Computing Skills for Women
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Prison Education Program Focuses on Computing Skills for Women

Brave Behind Bars is an introductory computer science and career-readiness program for incarcerated women founded in 2020 and based out of The Educational Justice...

Silicon Valley Beckoned, But He Went Home to Delaware
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Silicon Valley Beckoned, But He Went Home to Delaware

MIT senior Max Williamson could have chosen a path toward Silicon Valley, but instead is using his background in computer science to tackle public policy issues...

Robots Readily Adopted In the Aging Workplace, Study Finds
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Robots Readily Adopted In the Aging Workplace, Study Finds

Robots are more widely adopted in places with notably older workers, filling gaps created by a shortage of middle-aged workers in manual production tasks, according...

System Detects Errors When Medication is Self-Administered
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System Detects Errors When Medication is Self-Administered

MIT researchers have developed a system that uses sensors and artificial intelligence to reduce patient errors with self administered medications.

'We're Not Going to Run Out of Work'
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'We're Not Going to Run Out of Work'

Digitization and automation have replaced millions of middle-class jobs, yet there is reason for optimism for workers, said scholars and business leaders at an...

Engineers Design a Heated Face Mask to Filter and Inactivate Coronaviruses
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Engineers Design a Heated Face Mask to Filter and Inactivate Coronaviruses

Researchers from MIT are working to create a face mask that can filter out and inactivate coronaviruses using heat.

Machine Learning Uncovers Potential New TB Drugs
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Machine Learning Uncovers Potential New TB Drugs

MIT researchers have incorporated a new feature into machine-learning algorithms that improves biologists' ability to screen drug compounds and help predict which...

MIT College of Computing Will Share 25 New Faculty Positions
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MIT College of Computing Will Share 25 New Faculty Positions

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is creating 25 new faculty positions that will be shared with another MIT department or school to connect computing and...

A Scientific Approach to Education Reform
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A Scientific Approach to Education Reform

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the need to reinvent education. A new book by Sanjay Sarma, MIT's vice president for open learning, points a way.

MIT Researchers Lead High School Educational Initiative on Quantum Computing
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MIT Researchers Lead High School Educational Initiative on Quantum Computing

The "Qubit by Qubit" initiative aims to introduce high school students to quantum computing through two programs: a week-long summer camp, and a year-long course...

Firms That Move Quickly to Add Robots Also Add Workers, Study Finds
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Firms That Move Quickly to Add Robots Also Add Workers, Study Finds

Study finds manufacturing companies that are quick to automate can thrive, but overall employment drops.

Conformable Clothes Can Monitor Vital Signs
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Conformable Clothes Can Monitor Vital Signs

Form-fitting garments embedded with sensors could be used to remotely track a person's temperature and heart rate.

Mentoring Platform Connects Undergrads With K-12 Students
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Mentoring Platform Connects Undergrads With K-12 Students

Students from MIT and Harvard University have started CovEducation, a mentoring platform that connects volunteer college students with children from low-income...
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