Researchers & clinicians must label countless images to train their AI system before it can accurately segment. Instead of having humans mark up each picture manually, the team simulated how users would annotate >50K scans, including MRIs, CTs, X-rays & ultrasounds, across
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AI Systems Delineate Medical Image Regions for Biomedical Workers
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To the untrained eye, a medical image like an MRI or X-ray appears to be a murky collection of black-and-white blobs. 🩻
— MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) 10 septembre 2024
When trained to understand the boundaries of biological structures, AI systems can delineate regions of interest for biomedical workers. MIT CSAIL, MGH, and… pic.twitter.com/0SGlzN7169To the untrained eye, a medical image like an MRI or X-ray appears to be a murky collection of black-and-white blobs. When trained to understand the boundaries of biological structures, AI systems can delineate regions of interest for biomedical workers. MIT CSAIL, MGH, and
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Dennis Ritchie 83rd Birthday Unix C Programming Pioneer
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Today would have been the 83rd birthday of Dennis Ritchie, inventor of C and co-creator of Unix: http://
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Grace Hopper’s 1947 Computer Bug: The First Actual Moth
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#otd in 1947 Grace Hopper found the first actual computer “bug”: a moth stuck in Harvard’s Mark II. (But no, she didn’t actually coin the term.) https://
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Most Used Programming Languages Survey 2026
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Libraries vs Innovation: Why Programmers Reinvent Solutions
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"Telling a programmer there’s already a library to do X is like telling a songwriter there’s already a song about love." — Pete Cordell
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Celebrating John McCarthy: Father of AI and LISP
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Happy birthday to the late John McCarthy, father of AI & LISP: http://
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MIT Professor Peter Shor Advises Aspiring Computer Science Researchers
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MIT professor Peter Shor gives advice to aspiring computer science researchers.
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Full video: https://t.co/CdQsbmZJLD pic.twitter.com/mkOAvRaB5yMIT professor Peter Shor gives advice to aspiring computer science researchers. Full video: https://
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Gemini Pro 1.5 vs Sonnet 3.5: LLM Performance Across Programming Languages
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After benchmarking more than 80 LLMs, @zimmskal & team found that the best model isn't always a great match for your programming language. Google's Gemini Pro 1.5 worked well for Go, but not so much for Java & Ruby, for example. The best overall LLM was Anthropic’s Sonnet 3.5.
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Byte Magazine First Issue Published in 1975
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The first issue of the defunct computer magazine Byte was published this month in 1975. v/Small Systems Journal