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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.
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:15:17 +0000
Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000
It’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us appreciate humans more too.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:00:12 +0000
A day after Google announced its first model capable of reasoning over problems, OpenAI has upped the stakes with an improved version of its own.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:24:50 +0000
Chatbots aren't very good at picking gifts, but that didn't stop me from burning the planet in a quest for the perfect baking equipment.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
It’s still possible to just take normal-looking photos. Use these apps for Android and iOS to give your phone’s camera a more natural eye.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer.
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:41:44 +0000
WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000
Botto is a 'decentralized AI artist' whose work has fetched millions. As AI improves, its creators may give it fewer guardrails to test its emerging personality.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000
From energy to resources, data centers have grown too greedy.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500
Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Corvus Robotics, founded by Mohammed Kabir ’21, is using drones that can navigate in GPS-denied environments to expedite inventory management.
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:40:00 -0500
The neuroscientist turned entrepreneur will be hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and focus on advancing the intersection of behavioral science and AI across MIT.
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500
MIT engineers developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials.
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500
An electronic stacking technique could exponentially increase the number of transistors on chips, enabling more efficient AI hardware.
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:50:00 -0500
Junior Katie Spivakovsky describes her path through New Engineering Education Transformation to biomedical research and beyond.
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly.
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:10:00 -0500
Researchers at MIT, NYU, and UCLA develop an approach to help evaluate whether large language models like GPT-4 are equitable enough to be clinically viable for mental health support.
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0500
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in the UK at Cambridge University and Imperial College London.
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500
Five MIT faculty members and two additional alumni are honored with fellowships to advance research on beneficial AI.
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500
The “PRoC3S” method helps an LLM create a viable action plan by testing each step in a simulation. This strategy could eventually aid in-home robots to complete more ambiguous chore requests.
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:25:00 -0500
In a recent commentary, a team from MIT, Equality AI, and Boston University highlights the gaps in regulation for AI models and non-AI algorithms in health care.
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
A new technique identifies and removes the training examples that contribute most to a machine-learning model’s failures.
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:20:00 -0500
Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds this effect occurs even when reward models are trained on factual data.
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Using LLMs to convert machine-learning explanations into readable narratives could help users make better decisions about when to trust a model.
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500
MIT CSAIL director and EECS professor named a co-recipient of the honor for her robotics research, which has expanded our understanding of what a robot can be.
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:10:00 -0500
Researchers develop “ContextCite,” an innovative method to track AI’s source attribution and detect potential misinformation.
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy.
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:30:00 -0500
Researchers have developed a web plug-in to help those looking to protect their mental health make more informed decisions.
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:45:00 -0500
First organized MIT delegation highlights the Institute's growing commitment to addressing climate change by showcasing research on biodiversity conservation, AI, and the role of local communities.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Researchers propose a simple fix to an existing technique that could help artists, designers, and engineers create better 3D models.
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500
This new device uses light to perform the key operations of a deep neural network on a chip, opening the door to high-speed processors that can learn in real-time.
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Associate Professor Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data — and why we lack it for many things.
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:10:00 -0500
Marzyeh Ghassemi works to ensure health-care models are trained to be robust and fair.
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:20:00 -0500
The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:30:00 -0500
The MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology Consortium provides data-driven insights into driver behavior, along with trust in AI and advanced vehicle technology.
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500
In a talk at MIT, White House science advisor Arati Prabhakar outlined challenges in medicine, climate, and AI, while expressing resolve to tackle hard problems.
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500
The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:15:00 -0500
The Tree-D Fusion system integrates generative AI and genus-conditioned algorithms to create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees across North America.
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:30:00 -0500
Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the MIT Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” and the artist.
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:50:00 -0500
MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for creating robotics training data.
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0500
Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:10:00 -0500
Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference.
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:45:00 -0500
An AI method developed by Professor Markus Buehler finds hidden links between science and art to suggest novel materials.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500
By sidestepping the need for costly interventions, a new method could potentially reveal gene regulatory programs, paving the way for targeted treatments.
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0500
A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects. The system could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns, such as health data and fashion designs.
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks.
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:40:00 -0500
Exploring biodiversity, linguistic diversity, and collective AI-generated poetry, her work will be honored with a $100K prize, artist residency, and public lecture at MIT in spring 2025.
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0500
Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology.
Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:40:00 -0400
The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400
Inspired by large language models, researchers develop a training technique that pools diverse data to teach robots new skills.
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:40:00 -0400
By allowing users to clearly see data referenced by a large language model, this tool speeds manual validation to help users spot AI errors.
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:10:00 -0400
A new method can train a neural network to sort corrupted data while anticipating next steps. It can make flexible plans for robots, generate high-quality video, and help AI agents navigate digital environments.
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400
Alumni-founded Ambience Healthcare automates routine tasks for clinicians before, during, and after patient visits.
Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400
Associate Professor Julian Shun develops high-performance algorithms and frameworks for large-scale graph processing.
Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:30:00 -0400
David Singer, head of the MIT Department of Political Science, discusses the Strengthening Democracy Initiative, focused on the rigorous study of elections, public opinion, and political participation.
Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400
By enabling users to chat with an older version of themselves, Future You is aimed at reducing anxiety and guiding young people to make better choices.
Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400
A new method called Clio enables robots to quickly map a scene and identify the items they need to complete a given set of tasks.
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400
The technique leverages quantum properties of light to guarantee security while preserving the accuracy of a deep-learning model.
