Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT announces 2024-25 fellows

July 23, 2024
Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT
The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT (KSJ) will welcome 12 fellows in August. In addition to 10 Academic-Year Fellows, KSJ welcomes the inaugural Fellow for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East, and co-hosts a Sharon Begley Fellow with Boston-based publication STAT. The Knight Science Journalism Program, established at MIT in 1983, […]
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Collaborating to advance LEADing-edge digital financial infrastructure

July 23, 2024
Benjamin Daniel School of Humanities Arts and Social Science
MIT’s Laboratory for Economic Analysis and Design (LEAD) has been awarded a 400,000-euro grant from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German service provider focused on international cooperation for sustainable development and international education. The grant aims to create knowledge sharing opportunities for central bank leaders and help low- and middle-income countries […]
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Large language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect them to

July 23, 2024
Adam Zewe MIT News
One thing that makes large language models (LLMs) so powerful is the diversity of tasks to which they can be applied. The same machine-learning model that can help a graduate student draft an email could also aid a clinician in diagnosing cancer. However, the wide applicability of these models also makes them challenging to evaluate […]
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“The dance between autonomy and affinity creates morality”

July 18, 2024
Benjamin Daniel School of Humanities Arts and Social Science
MIT philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew believes individual rights play an important role in protecting the autonomy we value. But he also thinks we risk serious dysfunction if we ignore the importance of supporting and helping others. “We should also acknowledge another feature of our moral lives,” he says, “namely, our need for affinity or […]
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MIT SHASS announces appointment of new heads for 2024-25

July 11, 2024
School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) has announced several changes to the leadership of its academic units for the 2024-25 academic year. “I’m confident these outstanding members of the SHASS community will provide exceptional leadership. I’m excited to see each implement their vision for the future of their unit,” says Agustin […]
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