A new theoretical approach for generating quantum states could lead to improved accuracy and reliability of information and decision systems.

A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.

The Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers.

MIT graduate student Sheng-Hung Lee and Devin Liddell of Teague highlight four types of AI technologies that could aid senior citizens in their homes. “To better understand how seniors want AIs and robots to help in their homes, we asked them,” they write. “We recruited seniors from the MIT AgeLab’s research cohort — each around 70 years old and in the early stages of retirement — and then engaged in wide-ranging conversations about their aspirations and fears about these technologies.”