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Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners Published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:40:00 -0400 | (Link) The associate professors of EECS and chemistry, respectively, are honored for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service at MIT. Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere Published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 | (Link) Founded […]

A philosophy of work Published: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400 | (Link) As the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, Michal Masny is advancing dialogue, teaching, and research into the social and ethical dimensions of new computing technologies. New technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they’re still learning Published: Thu, 09 Apr […]

Evaluating the ethics of autonomous systems Published: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 | (Link) MIT researchers developed a testing framework that pinpoints situations where AI decision-support systems are not treating people and communities fairly. Preview tool helps makers visualize 3D-printed objects Published: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 | (Link) By quickly generating aesthetically […]

Seeing sounds Published: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:45:00 -0400 | (Link) Mariano Salcedo ’25, a master’s student in the new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, is designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds. MIT engineers design proteins by their motion, not just their shape Published: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:20:00 […]

What’s the right path for AI? Published: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:30:00 -0400 | (Link) Conference speakers discussed the unfolding trajectory of AI and the benefits of shaping technology to meets people’s needs. MIT and Hasso Plattner Institute establish collaborative hub for AI and creativity Published: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:45:00 -0400 | (Link) Jointly […]

Can AI help predict which heart-failure patients will worsen within a year? Published: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:30:00 -0400 | (Link) Researchers at MIT, Mass General Brigham, and Harvard Medical School developed a deep-learning model to forecast a patient’s heart failure prognosis up to a year in advance. 3 Questions: On the future of AI […]

A “ChatGPT for spreadsheets” helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster Published: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) The approach could help engineers tackle extremely complex design problems, from power grid optimization to vehicle design. Featured video: Coding for underwater robotics Published: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:15:00 -0500 | (Link) Lincoln Laboratory intern Ivy […]

New method could increase LLM training efficiency Published: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy. Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world Published: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:40:00 -0500 | […]

Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users Published: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:25:00 -0500 | (Link) Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds leading AI models perform worse for users with lower English proficiency, less formal education, and non-US origins. Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language […]

Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models Published: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:30:00 -0500 | (Link) EnCompass executes AI agent programs by backtracking and making multiple attempts, finding the best set of outputs generated by an LLM. It could help coders work with AI agents more efficiently. Brian […]

Why it’s critical to move beyond overly aggregated machine-learning metrics Published: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:30:00 -0500 | (Link) New research detects hidden evidence of mistaken correlations — and provides a method to improve accuracy. At MIT, a continued commitment to understanding intelligence Published: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:50:00 -0500 | (Link) With support from […]

At MIT, a continued commitment to understanding intelligence Published: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:50:00 -0500 | (Link) With support from the Siegel Family Endowment, the newly renamed MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence investigates how brains produce intelligence and how it can be replicated to solve problems. Generative AI tool helps 3D print personal items […]

3 Questions: How AI could optimize the power grid Published: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) While the growing energy demands of AI are worrying, some techniques can also help make power grids cleaner and more efficient. Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather Published: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:55:00 -0500 | (Link) […]

MIT in the media: 2025 in review Published: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:20:00 -0500 | (Link) MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges. Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:20:00 -0500 | (Link) CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” […]

MIT in the media: 2025 in review Published: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:20:00 -0500 | (Link) MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges. Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:20:00 -0500 | (Link) CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” […]

Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:20:00 -0500 | (Link) CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” neural nets can learn effectively when guided by another network’s built-in biases using their guidance method. A new way to increase the capabilities of large language models Published: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 […]

New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) The technique can help scientists in economics, public health, and other fields understand whether to trust the results of their experiments. New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 | […]

MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 | (Link) The speech-to-reality system combines 3D generative AI and robotic assembly to create objects on demand. Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) Founded by MIT alumni, […]

Researchers discover a shortcoming that makes LLMs less reliable Published: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) Large language models can learn to mistakenly link certain sentence patterns with specific topics — and may then repeat these patterns instead of reasoning. MIT scientists debut a generative AI model that could create molecules addressing hard-to-treat […]

The cost of thinking Published: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:45:00 -0500 | (Link) MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems. New AI agent learns to use CAD to create 3D objects from sketches Published: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500 | (Link) The virtual VideoCAD […]