Accelerating AI at the speed of light
MIT alumnus Yichen Shen PhD '16 is the CEO of Lightelligence, an MIT spinout using photonics to reinvent computing for artificial intelligence.
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MIT alumnus Yichen Shen PhD '16 is the CEO of Lightelligence, an MIT spinout using photonics to reinvent computing for artificial intelligence.
Credits: Courtesy of STEX25 Next image For all the progress that’s been made in the field of artificial intelligence, the world’s most flexible, efficient information processor remains the human brain. Although we can quickly make decisions based on incomplete and changing information, many of today’s artificial intelligence systems only work after being trained on well-labeled data, and when new information is available, a complete retraining is often required to incorporate it. Now the startup Nara Logics, co-founded by an MIT alumnus, is trying to ta...
Credits: Photo: Bryce Vickmark Caption: This image shows how lung cancer cells with a mutation of a gene (in green) invade surrounding tissues and start to spread, called metastasis. Credits: Image: Scott Wilkinson, Adam Marcus, National Cancer Institute and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Previous image Next image In the fight against severe diseases like cancer, patients often endure a discomforting, weekslong gap between when treatment begins and when doctors can tell if it...