Generative AI for smart grid modeling | MIT News
MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) has been awarded $1,365,000 in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to support its involvement with an innovative project, “Forming the Smart Grid Deployment Consortium (SGDC) and Expanding the HILLTOP+ Platform.” The grant was made available through ARC’s Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies, which fosters […]
The Download: tiny TikTok-style soap operas, and how algorithms change us
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The US spacecraft that landed on the moon is about to stop functioningBut another lunar lander, from Japan, has unexpectedly popped back to life. (NYT $) 2 Meet the nine-month-old $2 billion French AI startup Mistral claims it’ll rival US giants—but it’s also […]
Introducing Mistral-Large on Azure in partnership with Mistral AI
The AI industry is undergoing a significant transformation with growing interest in more efficient and cost-effective models, emblematic of a broader trend in technological advancement. In the vanguard is Mistral AI, an innovator and trailblazer. Their commitment to fostering the open-source community and achieving exceptional performance aligns harmoniously with Microsoft’s commitment to develop trustworthy, scalable, […]
New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse | MIT News
Hundreds of robots zip back and forth across the floor of a colossal robotic warehouse, grabbing items and delivering them to human workers for packing and shipping. Such warehouses are increasingly becoming part of the supply chain in many industries, from e-commerce to automotive production. However, getting 800 robots to and from their destinations efficiently […]
How Antarctica’s history of isolation is ending—thanks to Starlink
Helpful hams and secret codes By 1957,Admiral Byrd was recognized as the world’s foremost expert in Antarctic exploration and was leading America’s Operation Deep Freeze, a mission to build a permanent American presence on the continent. The US Naval Construction Battalions, known as the Seabees, were deployed to build McMurdo Station on the solid ground […]
Microsoft’s AI Access Principles: Our commitments to promote innovation and competition in the new AI economy
As we enter a new era based on artificial intelligence, we believe this is the best time to articulate principles that will govern how we will operate our AI datacenter infrastructure and other important AI assets around the world. We are announcing and publishing these principles – our “AI Access Principles” – today at the […]
“We offer another place for knowledge” | MIT News
In the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, Jospin Hassan didn’t have access to the education opportunities he sought. So, he decided to create his own. Hassan knew the booming fields of data science and artificial intelligence could bring job opportunities to his community and help solve local challenges. After earning a spot in the 2020-21 […]