Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language models
Whether you’re a scientist brainstorming research ideas or a CEO hoping to automate a task in human resources or finance,…
Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
Brian Hedden PhD ’12 has been appointed co-associate dean of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at MIT,…
Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellows
Antonio Torralba, Delta Electronics Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and faculty head of artificial intelligence and decision-making at…
3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs
In the pursuit of solutions to complex global challenges including disease, energy demands, and climate change, scientific researchers, including at…
Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship
MIT senior Katie Spivakovsky has been selected as a 2026-27 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in biological sciences…
Counter intelligence
How can artificial intelligence step out of a screen and become something we can physically touch and interact with? That…
SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group
What if ultrasound imaging is no longer confined to hospitals? Patients with chronic conditions, such as hypertension and heart failure,…
How generative AI can help scientists synthesize complex materials
Generative artificial intelligence models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds…
The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence
To what extent can an artificial system be rational? A new MIT course, 6.S044/24.S00 (AI and Rationality), doesn’t seek to…
Why it’s critical to move beyond overly aggregated machine-learning metrics
MIT researchers have identified significant examples of machine-learning model failure when those models are applied to data other than what…