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From chip design to biotech, education, mathematics, and beyond, AI is driving innovation and transformation across diverse fields. There is virtually no industry untouched by the influence of AI, with its impact felt in healthcare, finance, transportation, customer service, and more.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:02:13 +0000
Project Prometheus has raised over $6 billion in funding and hired over 100 employees, a handful of whom joined through its acquisition of General Agents, according to records and sources.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:04:54 +0000
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:24:53 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we cover the news of the week and take a closer look at the Gemini 3, Google’s latest AI model and chatbot.
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:30:00 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about some of the latest drug trends and all the ways drugs are changing as they continue to be intertwined with tech.
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms.
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000
The Trump administration’s pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Recent findings reveal that even simple pricing algorithms can make things more expensive.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500
Large language models can learn to mistakenly link certain sentence patterns with specific topics — and may then repeat these patterns instead of reasoning.
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:25:00 -0500
BoltzGen generates protein binders for any biological target from scratch, expanding AI’s reach from understanding biology toward engineering it.
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0500
AI supports the clean energy transition as it manages power grid operations, helps plan infrastructure investments, guides development of novel materials, and more.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:45:00 -0500
MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500
The virtual VideoCAD tool could boost designers’ productivity and help train engineers learning computer-aided design.
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:10:00 -0500
Industry leaders agree collaboration is key to advancing critical technologies.
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500
Associate Professor Phillip Isola studies the ways in which intelligent machines “think,” in an effort to safely integrate AI into human society.
Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:55:00 -0500
MIT faculty and MITEI member company experts address power demand from data centers.
Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:40:00 -0500
MIT PhD students who interned with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Summer Program are pushing AI tools to be more flexible, efficient, and grounded in truth.
Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500
The coding framework uses modular concepts and simple synchronization rules to make software clearer, safer, and easier for LLMs to generate.
Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500
A new approach developed at MIT could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings.
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:45:00 -0500
MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab, led by Associate Professor Justin Reich, is working to help educators by listening to and sharing their stories.
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:55:00 -0500
MIT PhD student and CSAIL researcher Justin Kay describes his work combining AI and computer vision systems to monitor the ecosystems that support our planet.
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500
The FSNet system, developed at MIT, could help power grid operators rapidly find feasible solutions for optimizing the flow of electricity.
Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400
PhD student Miranda Schwacke explores how computing inspired by the human brain can fuel energy-efficient artificial intelligence.
Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:25:00 -0400
Professors Facundo Batista and Dina Katabi, along with three additional MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:10:00 -0400
How the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is shaping AI-sociotechnical systems for the future.
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:30:00 -0400
To reduce waste, the Refashion program helps users create outlines for adaptable clothing, such as pants that can be reconfigured into a dress. Each component of these pieces can be replaced, rearranged, or restyled.
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400
After being trained with this technique, vision-language models can better identify a unique item in a new scene.
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:25:00 -0400
The former department chair was an early innovator in the use of artificial intelligence to both study and influence how children learn music.
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:20:00 -0400
Media Lab PhD student Kimaya Lecamwasam researches how music can shape well-being.
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:40:00 -0400
An algorithm can change the face of food assistance policy in the Global South, says MIT assistant professor and J-WAFS researcher Ali Aouad.
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400
Acting as a “virtual spectrometer,” SpectroGen generates spectroscopic data in any modality, such as X-ray or infrared, to quickly assess a material’s quality.
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:15:00 -0400
Co-founded by an MIT alumnus, Watershed Bio offers researchers who aren’t software engineers a way to run large-scale analyses to accelerate biology.
Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Receiving the Robert A. Muh award, the technologist and author heralded a bright future for AI, breakthroughs in longevity, and more.
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:10:00 -0400
The MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Program will unite faculty and students from both institutions to advance AI and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 -0400
New tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:55:00 -0400
Assistant Professor Priya Donti’s research applies machine learning to optimize renewable energy.
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400
The approach combines physics and machine learning to avoid damaging disruptions when powering down tokamak fusion machines.
Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers developed a way to 3D print alloys that are much stronger than conventionally manufactured versions.
Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400
MIT CSAIL and McMaster researchers used a generative AI model to reveal how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic attacks disease-causing bacteria, speeding up a process that normally takes years.
Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:55:00 -0400
Bakshi will help shape and scale entrepreneurship education and platform at MIT.
Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:30:00 -0400
Optimized for generative AI, TX-GAIN is driving innovation in biodefense, materials discovery, cybersecurity, and other areas of research and development.
Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Explosive growth of AI data centers is expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers are now seeking solutions to reduce these environmental harms.
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400
The new “CRESt” platform could help find solutions to real-world energy problems that have plagued the materials science and engineering community for decades.
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
By enabling rapid annotation of areas of interest in medical images, the tool can help scientists study new treatments or map disease progression.
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Economics doctoral student Whitney Zhang investigates how technologies and organizational decisions shape labor markets.
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:15:00 -0400
Department of Mathematics researchers David Roe and Andrew Sutherland seek to advance automated theorem proving; four additional MIT alumni also awarded.
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400
With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
This year’s delta v summer accelerator offered an up-close look at how AI is changing the process of building a startup.
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
At the inaugural MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium Symposium, researchers and business leaders discussed potential advancements centered on this powerful technology.
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models will perform based on smaller models in the same family.
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:45:00 -0400
The research center, sponsored by the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration, will advance the simulation of extreme environments, such as those in hypersonic flight and atmospheric reentry.
Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.
Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:30:00 -0400
MIT CSAIL researchers developed SustainaPrint, a system that reinforces only the weakest zones of eco-friendly 3D prints, achieving strong results with less plastic.
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:55:00 -0400
System developed at MIT could provide realistic predictions for a wide variety of reactions, while maintaining real-world physical constraints.
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400
Artificially created data offer benefits from cost savings to privacy preservation, but their limitations require careful planning and evaluation, Kalyan Veeramachaneni says.
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:45:00 -0400
Professor Caroline Uhler discusses her work at the Schmidt Center, thorny problems in math, and the ongoing quest to understand some of the most complex interactions in biology.
Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:50:00 -0400
VaxSeer uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400
New research shows the natural variability in climate data can cause AI models to struggle at predicting local temperature and rainfall.
