After Co-Founding a Successful Restaurant Group, He Turned to Tech to Simplify the Checkout Experience
Victor Lugger’s Big Mamma restaurant group took off – and now he’s working on a new project.
Forging the digital future
Dan Huttenlocher, SM ’84, PhD ’88, leads the way up to the eighth floor of Building 45, the recently completed headquarters of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “There’s an amazing view of the Great Dome here,” he says, pointing out a panoramic view of campus and the Boston skyline beyond. The floor features a…
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The Download: rethinking AI benchmarks, and the ethics of AI agents
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The way we measure progress in AI is terrible Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example,…
We need to start wrestling with the ethics of AI agents
Generative AI models have become remarkably good at conversing with us, and creating images, videos, and music for us, but they’re not all that good at doing things for us. AI agents promise to change that. Think of them as AI models with a script and a purpose. They tend to come in one of…
The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
Every time a new AI model is released, it’s typically touted as acing its performance against a series of benchmarks. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for example, was launched in May with a compilation of results that showed its performance topping every other AI company’s latest model in several tests. The problem is that these benchmarks are poorly…
Almost 100% of Gen Zers Surveyed Admitted to Using AI Tools at Work. Here’s Why They Say It Is a ‘Catalyst’ for Their Careers.
Gen Z is not only using AI at work, but they are proud of it, too.
‘Father Time Always Wins’: Warren Buffett, 94, Just Announced Major Changes to His Plan to Give Away His Money
Warren Buffett continued his Thanksgiving tradition with a $1.1 billion donation of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family’s foundations.
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