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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.
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:21:08 +0000
Google’s latest AI image model is vastly better than the previous release at generating text in images. You can expect companies to go buck wild with this update.
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:26:17 +0000
A federal prosecutor alleged that one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:19:48 +0000
The new AI-DADA tool lets you create a unique Swatch design using AI prompts. You can’t make a custom MoonSwatch yet—but it’s not entirely off the table.
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Generative AI is making it even easier for attackers to exploit old and often forgotten network equipment. Replacing it takes investment, but Cisco is making the case that it’s worth it.
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:50:39 +0000
The draft order, obtained by WIRED, instructs the US Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating AI.
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:45:35 +0000
Record sales, a strong financial forecast, and CEO Jensen Huang’s impassioned arguments on his company’s earnings call weren’t enough to push Nvidia shares back to their October high.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:03:52 +0000
DeepMind’s chief says he envisions Gemini as an operating system for physical robots. The company has hired Aaron Saunders to help make that a reality.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:02:50 +0000
Brisk It’s Zelos-450 boasts gimmicky generative AI. However, it’s a stellar piece of hardware, especially at this price.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:09:44 +0000
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss our scoop about how the Department of Homeland Security illegally collected Chicago residents’ data for months, as well as the news of the week.
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:01:20 +0000
In a closed-door workshop led by Anthropic and Stanford, leading AI startups and researchers discussed guidelines for chatbot companions, especially for younger users.
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.
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0400
MIT CSAIL researchers developed a tool that can model the shape and movements of fetuses in 3D, potentially assisting doctors in finding abnormalities and making diagnoses.
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.
Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:00:00 -0400
Tools build on years of research at Lincoln Laboratory to develop a rapid brain health screening capability and may also be applicable to civilian settings such as sporting events and medical offices.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400
Solubility predictions could make it easier to design and synthesize new drugs, while minimizing the use of more hazardous solvents.
