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School districts and universities are banning the ChatGPT AI that writes in a human-like fashion, but some teachers say a better approach may be to incorporate it into the curriculum

The MIT-Takeda Program, a collaboration between MIT’s School of Engineering and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company, fuels the development and application of artificial intelligence capabilities to benefit human health and drug development. Part of the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, the program coalesces disparate disciplines, merges theory and practical implementation, combines algorithm and […]

Between the time you read the Wi-Fi password off of a café’s menu board and the time you can get back to your laptop to enter it, you have to hold it in mind. If you’ve ever wondered how your brain does that, you are asking a question about working memory that researchers have striven […]

About two years ago, a group of medical students at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in Turkey began meeting to study single variable calculus. None of the students had taken a course in this subject before. But with the guidance of lectures, slides, and other freely available resources on MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), they soon advanced […]

Three myths that impede their proper use — and three strategies to help your team make the most of the practice.

Four strategies to keep you from unintentionally sabotaging your team’s productivity.

Takeaways from an analysis of millions of consumer data points.

Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: Yuga Labs announces a skill-based game, Dookey Dash, accessed via a free mint for BAYC holders called Sewer Passes, running between January 18 and February 15  —  The gamified expansion of its Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem involves minting a free Sewer Pass to play a game called Dookey Dash.

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: A set of allegedly official Samsung Galaxy S23 marketing images leak, showing four colors, a refined design, and more; S23 Ultra’s camera is rumored to be 200MP  —  The Galaxy S23 from Samsung is set to be announced on the first day of February.  Even though that’s a given …

Tim Reynolds / Associated Press: A federal judge terminates FTX’s 19-year, $135M naming rights deal with Miami-Dade County’s Heat arena, a massive undertaking involving the roof and more  —  The naming rights deal between FTX and Miami-Dade County was terminated Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy court …

Gloria Mark has studied distraction since 2004. Her first book is a valuable guide to how to balance work and well-being in a world increasingly dependent on tech

How does an ensemble play music together while apart? This was the question facing Frederick Ajisafe and the rest of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. One method was to individually record tracks that were later mixed together to sound like a full ensemble. “It was a strange experience,” […]

Extreme temperatures make people less likely to pursue outdoor activities they would otherwise make part of their daily routine, a new study led by MIT researchers has confirmed. The data-rich study, set in China, shows that when hourly temperatures reach 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), people are 5 percent less likely to go to […]

Now that the holiday craze is over, here are some discounts on a variety of gadgets to help ease you into the new year.

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years.

Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people’s trust in vaccines or future willingness to get them.

Financial Times: Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its App Store removals, including the number of removal requests by country and their legal basis  —  Activists had raised concerns about how iPhone maker’s decision-making process affected freedom of expression

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Alphabet’s life sciences unit Verily lays off about 15% of its staff, or more than 200 employees, and discontinues work on several products  —  Created with sketchtool.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on Macs with a touchscreen; the first model may be a MacBook Pro with an OLED display supporting gestures, set to be released in 2025  —  Apple Inc. is working on adding touch screens to its Mac computers, a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy and […]

As a river cuts through a landscape, it can operate like a conveyer belt, moving truckloads of sediment over time. Knowing how quickly or slowly this sediment flows can help engineers plan for the downstream impact of restoring a river or removing a dam. But the models currently used to estimate sediment flow can be […]

One of the most important classes of human enzymes are protein kinases — signaling molecules that regulate nearly all cellular activities, including growth, cell division, and metabolism. Dysfunction in these cellular pathways can lead to a variety of diseases, particularly cancer. Identifying the protein kinases involved in cellular dysfunction and cancer development could yield many […]

People appreciate authenticity more than the illusion of perfection.

Shifting mindsets create new risks — and new opportunities.

The proliferation of fraud, scams, and meltdowns suggest that they don’t — but price isn’t the only way to measure real-world value.

Abhijith Ganapavaram / Reuters: The FAA is “working to restore” its Notice to Air Missions system, which has failed, causing mass disruption; FlightAware shows 400+ flights have been delayed  —  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) system that alerts pilots and other flight personnel about hazards …

Financial Times: Court documents: Sam Bankman-Fried invested $20M in Paradigm’s $2.5B Paradigm One fund in late 2021, before the fund then invested in FTX and FTX US  —  Court documents shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried’s circular transactions  —  Sam Bankman-Fried invested $20mn in a large venture capital fund …

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Cory Doctorow and law professor Rebecca Giblin on their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, and how tech platforms monetize creators via distribution bottlenecks  —  It’s a book about artists and technology and platforms and how different kinds of distribution and creation tools create chokepoints …

Aviva Intveld, an MIT senior majoring in Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, is accustomed to city life. But despite hailing from metropolitan Los Angeles, she has always maintained a love for the outdoors. “Growing up in L.A., you just have a wealth of resources when it comes to beautiful environments,” she says, “but you’re also […]

A new academic program developed at MIT aims to teach U.S. Air and Space Forces personnel to understand and utilize artificial intelligence technologies. In a recent peer-reviewed study, the program researchers found that this approach was effective and well-received by employees with diverse backgrounds and professional roles. The project, which was funded by the Department […]

NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously thought.

The tractor maker is accused of blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. A new agreement offers concessions—but campaigners say it’s not enough.

Steven Church / Bloomberg: A US bankruptcy judge approves Voyager’s request to sell its crypto platform to Binance.US for $20M, overruling objections by federal regulators and some states  —  Voyager Digital Ltd. won court approval to sell its crypto platform to Binance.US for $20 million as part of Voyager’s plan to liquidate in bankruptcy.

Makena Kelly / The Verge: Sources: Parler’s parent company laid off most of its staff and chief executives over the last few weeks, leaving the company with approximately 20 employees  —  Parlement Technologies, the parent company of “censorship-free” social media platform Parler, has laid off a majority of its staff …

More than 120 models of Siemens’ S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Oxbotica, an Oxford-based autonomous vehicle software developer for enterprise customers, raised a $140M Series C, bringing its total funding to $225M  —  Activity in the self-driving car industry, frenetic for years, has somewhat stalled in more recent times; but a handful of the most promising companies …

Removing polymers from wood, leaving tiny cavities, can drastically improve the material’s insulating properties without removing too much of its strength, which might make it useful in buildings

A tool built using the AI behind ChatGPT can help extract information from scientific paper abstracts. It could help researchers identify important information across thousands of articles

The following is a joint announcement from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT and the University of Chicago’s Behavioral Insights Parenting Lab. J-PAL North America and the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab (BIP Lab) at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy have announced a collaboration on an innovative […]

A conversation with Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger about what makes us happy in the long term.

How leaders can apply the science of emotional regulation to help their teams stay on track.

Make sure even your worst moment makes a good impression.

Right-wing networks from Brazil and the US fueled calls for violence. Experts accuse tech platforms of looking the other way.

Where you went to school won’t matter as much as what you can actually do now.

Abstaining from alcohol can have immediate benefits. But lasting gains require lasting change.

Tim Copeland / The Block: Coin ATM Rader: there are now 38,641 bitcoin ATMs globally, up from 14,051 at the start of 2021 but flat from around July 2022 when bitcoin’s price collapsed  —  – The number of Bitcoin ATMs globally has largely remained flat over the last six months.  — While that’s mostly due […]

Financial Times: VaynerMedia: in 2022, buying 1K video ad impressions on TikTok cost around 50% less than Instagram’s Reels, ~33% less than Twitter, and 62% less than Snapchat  —  Advertisers and brands say an increasing amount of digital ads spend is moving away from Meta, YouTube and Twitter

Kate Rooney / CNBC: Coinbase plans to lay off a further ~950 employees, or ~20% of its workforce, seeking to reduce its operating expense by 25% QoQ; Coinbase laid off 18% in June  —  – Coinbase is cutting a fifth of its workforce following an 18% staff reduction in June.  — CEO Brian Armstrong pointed […]

The free mental health service Koko experimented with using an AI chatbot to help respond to people seeking support has drawn criticism as being unethical and lacking transparency

A new method could greatly reduce the time and expense needed for certain important safety checks in nuclear power reactors. The approach could save money and increase total power output in the short run, and it might increase plants’ safe operating lifetimes in the long run. One of the most effective ways to control greenhouse […]

Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Meta plans to stop new software updates and some social features for the original Quest but will fix critical bugs until 2024; the headset launched in 2019  —  Meta is planning to stop supporting the original Quest VR headset with new software updates, and soon anyone using the older hardware […]