1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (574+ words) The researchers tested their vision system component in several simulation scenarios " including autonomous vehicle driving and robotic arm operations " to study its capacity to predict motion and track objects." Hop inside a robotaxi, cruising the streets of San Francisco or…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (665+ words) Researchers recently discovered that the overly agreeable behavior of chatbots depends on what role the AI plays in a conversation. The more personal a relationship, the more they will tell you what you want to hear. Drawing boundaries isn't just…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago  (714+ words) Black women like Promise Owa and Tammiyoo Desir are breaking into tech through Northeastern's Align program, overcoming barriers and inspiring others. Promise Owa decided to pivot her career after teaching kindergarten for a few years. She was known as a…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (510+ words) ISIS, Boko Haram and far-right extremist groups are using video games for recruitment and propaganda. The United Nations, alongside Northeastern researchers, is using the unique strengths of gaming to fight back. All the things that make video games great, like…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (834+ words) The debate about artistic agency in the age of AI is playing out at Northeastern's Oakland campus, where English professors are designing curricula to give creative writing students a taste of an AI-driven future. There are those who worry that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (599+ words) The Data at Hand: Data Physicalizations of Earth and Space, is the first curatorial collaboration between Center for the Arts and Mills College Art Museum. More than just numbers in a spreadsheet, data are variable, diverse and omnipresent in our…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (654+ words) An AI agent embedded in your computer? What could go wrong? A new AI agent that can run locally on computers is reverberating inside and outside Silicon Valley, performing everything from writing emails and updating calendars to implementing workflow automations…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (653+ words) A Northeastern University professor used a large language model to de-anonymize a subset of interviews conducted by Anthropic's Interviewer tool. In December, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic unveiled its newest tool, Interviewer, used in its initial implementation "to help understand…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (698+ words) Northeastern's new research group, NetSi Sport, released research analyzing how professional soccer gameplay has evolved over the last five years. The amount of passing and the accuracy of passing in the game of soccer " called football across much of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (583+ words) A new robot arm called SCCRUB has a novel design that makes it an ideal candidate as a dishwashing robot. There's a reason doing the dishes consistently ranks highly among the list of chores people hate doing. The task can…...