10 Jan, 2025

MIT researchers create new tool to fight AI image manipulation

Technology The tool, called PhotoGuard, makes small changes to images that are imperceptible to the human eye but nevertheless hamper AI-generated alterations. Researchers at MIT are working to combat AI-based image manipulation. Cody O’Loughlin/The New York Times As artificial intelligence technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, post-apocalyptic depictions of killer robots may seem […]

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‘He may be in danger’: Authorities searching for missing MIT professor in New York

Local News Heikki Rantakari, who also teaches at the University of Rochester, was last seen on Oct. 20. Heikki Rantakari Rochester police Authorities are searching for a missing MIT professor who was last seen in Rochester, New York, where he also teaches.  Police said Tuesday that Heikki Rantakari, 44, was last seen in Rochester on […]

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MIT scientist among trio to win Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on tiny quantum dots

World News Moungi Bawendi, of MIT; Louis Brus, of Columbia University; and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work on quantum dots. Permanent Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, center, announces the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, […]

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