Stopping the spread of political misinformation on social media may seem like an impossible task. But a new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds that most people who share false news stories online do so unintentionally, and that their sharing habits can be modified through reminders about accuracy.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/social-media-false-news-reminders-0317

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Researchers at MIT and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are combining machine learning and human-computer interaction to create a better electronic health record (EHR). They developed MedKnowts, a system that unifies the processes of looking up medical records and documenting patient information into a single, interactive interface.

Read the article: http://news.mit.edu/2021/medknowts-electronic-health-record-0923

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MIT researchers have now incorporated certain social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to understand what it means to help or hinder one another, and to learn to perform these social behaviors on their own.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/robots-social-skills-1105

Audio Article: Giving robots social skills

A machine-learning expert from MIT and a psychology researcher/clinician from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have teamed up to develop tools for mental health care delivery. They hope that their algorithms will eventually equip physicians and patients with useful information about individual disease trajectory and effective treatment.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/deploying-machine-learning-improve-mental-health-rosalind-picard-0126

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Studying a powerful type of cyberattack, researchers identified a flaw in how it’s been analyzed before, then developed new techniques that stop it in its tracks.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2022/side-channel-attacks-detection-0609

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Andrew Obuchowski talks about tips for hiring a stellar IT team.

Tips for Hiring a Stellar IT Team

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