Opinion

[RETRACTED] Opinion piece on MIT CSAIL research

Addendum (December 18, 9:02 PM): The headline of this piece has been further retracted to "Opinion piece on MIT CSAIL research." All previous mentions of the original title, including in the previous addenda, have been removed upon request.

Addendum (December 14, 12:04 PM): The headline of this piece has been shortened to its current title, with its subhead removed. The partial title removal is intended to reflect that all of the content and claims present in the article have been retracted from publication.

Addendum (December 12, 6:27 PM): A public notice has since been published to formally announce the retraction of this piece, which contains additional information regarding the decision-making behind the retraction and a list of corrections to factual errors identified in the piece. 

Publisher's Note (December 9, 1:10 PM): After careful deliberation amongst the Executive Committee and our faculty advisors, we have decided to pull this article from our publication. This article is being retracted in full. Our decision was made in light of increasing hostile rhetoric and action against Professor Daniela Rus and her laboratory. — Ellie Montemayor, Publisher