MIT hackers took their show on the road over spring break, nabbing this Civil War-era cannon from Caltech in California and bestowing it with a uniquely MIT signature -- a mold of the MIT 'brass rat.' The cannon was in front of the Green Building through Campus Preview Weekend until 30 students and alumni from Caltech drove across the country to retrieve it on Monday, April 10. Photo / Donna Coveney
Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.
Inviting recent postdocs and sabbatical-eligible faculty to pursue their research at MIT, new programs envision eventually supporting 16 Israeli scholars on campus annually.