Anthropic Proposes Targeted Transparency Framework for Frontier AI Systems

Anthropic Proposes Targeted Transparency Framework for Frontier AI Systems

As the development of large-scale AI systems accelerates, concerns about safety, oversight, and risk management are becoming increasingly critical. In response, Anthropic has introduced a targeted transparency framework aimed specifically at frontier AI models—those with the highest potential impact and risk—while deliberately excluding smaller developers and startups to avoid stifling innovation across the broader AI … Read More

2024 BAIR Graduate Directory – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog

2024 BAIR Graduate Directory – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog


Every year, the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab graduates some of the most talented and innovative minds in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our Ph.D. graduates have each expanded the frontiers of AI research and are now ready to embark on new adventures in academia, industry, and beyond.

These fantastic individuals bring with them a wealth of knowledge, fresh ideas, and a drive to continue contributing to the advancement of AI. Their work at BAIR, ranging from deep learning, robotics, and natural language processing to computer vision, security, and much more, has contributed significantly to their fields and has had transformative impacts on society.

This website is dedicated to showcasing our colleagues, making it easier for academic institutions, research organizations, and industry leaders to discover and recruit from the newest generation of AI pioneers. Here, you’ll find detailed profiles, research interests, and contact information for each of our graduates. We invite you to explore the potential collaborations and opportunities these graduates present as they seek to apply their expertise and insights in new environments.

Join us in celebrating the achievements of BAIR’s latest PhD graduates. Their journey is just beginning, and the future they will help build is bright!

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MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health | MIT News

MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health | MIT News

Leveraging the strengths of two world-class research institutions, MIT and Mass General Brigham (MGB) recently celebrated the launch of the MIT-MGB Seed Program. The new initiative, which is supported by Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), will fund joint research projects led by researchers at MIT and Mass General Brigham. These collaborative projects will advance research in … Read More

How to counter people like Terrence Howard? • AI Blog

How to counter people like Terrence Howard? • AI Blog

In a world filled with misinformation and oddball theories, it’s inevitable to come across individuals who hold beliefs that defy basic logic and established facts. One such example is actor Terrence Howard, who famously claimed that 1 x 1 = 2. As baffling as this assertion might be, it presents an opportunity to explore how … Read More

Why I Think Copilot Means the End of Office as We Know It

Why I Think Copilot Means the End of Office as We Know It

This month, Microsoft refined its Copilot pricing for Office 365, and you get a lot for your extra $30 a month. But this also reminds me of a product called Crosstalk that I followed back in the early 90s, right before the Internet. At the time, I worked for IBM, which was thinking about competing … Read More

Midjourney V7: Faster, smarter, more realistic

Midjourney V7: Faster, smarter, more realistic

Midjourney has unveiled its long-awaited V7 image generation model – its first major upgrade in over a year. Now available in public alpha, V7 introduces significant enhancements in both visual quality and user functionality, signaling a bold new phase for one of the most widely-used AI image tools on the web. V7 features a completely … Read More

A Code Implementation for Designing Intelligent Multi-Agent Workflows with the BeeAI Framework

A Code Implementation for Designing Intelligent Multi-Agent Workflows with the BeeAI Framework

BeeAI FrameworkIn this tutorial, we explore the power and flexibility of the beeai-framework by building a fully functional multi-agent system from the ground up. We walk through the essential components, custom agents, tools, memory management, and event monitoring, to show how BeeAI simplifies the development of intelligent, cooperative agents. Along the way, we demonstrate how … Read More

Modeling Extremely Large Images with xT – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog

Modeling Extremely Large Images with xT – The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog


As computer vision researchers, we believe that every pixel can tell a story. However, there seems to be a writer’s block settling into the field when it comes to dealing with large images. Large images are no longer rare—the cameras we carry in our pockets and those orbiting our planet snap pictures so big and detailed that they stretch our current best models and hardware to their breaking points when handling them. Generally, we face a quadratic increase in memory usage as a function of image size.

Today, we make one of two sub-optimal choices when handling large images: down-sampling or cropping. These two methods incur significant losses in the amount of information and context present in an image. We take another look at these approaches and introduce $x$T, a new framework to model large images end-to-end on contemporary GPUs while effectively aggregating global context with local details.



Architecture for the $x$T framework.

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Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely | MIT News

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely | MIT News

Diffusion models like OpenAI’s DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainstorm new designs. Humans can prompt these systems to generate an image, create a video, or refine a blueprint, and come back with ideas they hadn’t considered before. But did you know that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models are also making headway in creating … Read More

Real Faces or AI Creations? • AI Blog

Real Faces or AI Creations? • AI Blog

AI-generated images are not just hyper-realistic; they can also be crafted to embody an infinite variety of features, expressions, and aesthetics. A recent example is a post by Moritz Stellmacher on X that showcases a very intriguing human portrait, leaving viewers puzzled about whether it’s a photograph of a real person or an AI creation. This … Read More