Our third class of OpenAI Scholars presented their final projects at virtual Demo Day, showcasing their research results from over the past five months. These projects investigated problems such as analyzing how GPT-2 represents grammar, measuring the interpretability of models…
Continue ReadingCSAIL robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
With every droplet that we can’t see, touch, or feel dispersed into the air, the threat of spreading Covid-19 persists. It’s become increasingly critical to keep these heavy droplets from lingering — especially on surfaces, which are welcoming and generous…
Continue ReadingLetting robots manipulate cables
For humans, it can be challenging to manipulate thin flexible objects like ropes, wires, or cables. But if these problems are hard for humans, they are nearly impossible for robots. As a cable slides between the fingers, its shape is…
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Heavy industry co-operates to take on climate change challenge
A group of Australia’s largest industrial companies has joined a new initiative designed to help them co-operate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from operations and supply chains. Companies including BHP, Woodside, BlueScope Steel, BP Australia, Orica, APA Group and Australia…
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A Future of Retreating Glaciers in the Himalayas
Glaciers in the Himalayas, like this one snaking through a pass in the Zanskar region of northern India, serve as “water towers” to people living downstream. Credit: Maneesham/ Climate change has hastened glacial melting across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region,…
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Climate change: Arctic heatwave temperatures reach possible all-time high
The UN weather agency warned that average temperatures in Siberia were 10°C above average last month , a spate of exceptional heat that has fanned devastating fires in the Arctic Circle and contributed to a rapid depletion in ice sea…
Continue ReadingClimate change is different kind of crisis that we need to escape
Global Changes Leading to Shorter, Younger Trees Scientists say natural and human-driven disturbances are altering the world’s forests, increasing tree mortality and reducing ecosystem recovery. By Courtesy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory captions off, selected Scientists say natural and human-driven disturbances…
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Lt. Gov. Barnes Says Public Can Still Comment On Climate Change
Credit Pixabay.com Sztrapacska74 A Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change is set to release a report this fall and the chair says public comment is still being accepted. Last October Governor Tony Evers issued an Executive Order establishing the effort…
Continue ReadingThe Farmers’ Market and climate change
The carbon footprint of eating is time sensitive. On a lovely late July evening, I wanted a mixed green salad with dinner. I had gone to the farmers’ market on Saturday, so I had locally grown spinach, tomato, onion, pepper,…
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