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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Sunday August 18, 2024 ( 3 items )  

MIT: 3 Questions - How to Prove Humanity Online
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Aug. 16, 2024, with Nouran Soliman, an electrical engineering and computer science graduate student, and Tobin South, a graduate student in the Media Lab: * * * AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could "personhood credentials" protect people against digital imposters? * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News As artificial intelligence agents become more adv  more

MIT: When the Lights Turned on in the Universe
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * By studying ancient, supermassive black holes called quasars, Dominika Durovcikova is illuminating an early moment when galaxies could first be observed. * * * By Austin Chen, MIT News correspondent Watching crowds of people hustle along Massachusetts Avenue from her window seat in MIT's student center, Dominika Durovcikova has just one wish. "What I would really like t  more

Occidental College Launches 4-3 Pathway to Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy
LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 17 -- Occidental College issued the following news: By Laura Paisley Through a new partnership, aspiring physical therapists can complete their bachelor's degree at Occidental and earn priority consideration for a three-year graduate program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (MCPHS). The 4-3 Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) pathway offers an opportunity for qualified Occidental students to complete a bachelor's degree in designated subjec  more