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Bringing meaning into technology deployment

The MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium showcases projects at the intersection of technology, ethics, and social responsibility.

June 11, 2025

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Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing

By performing deep learning at the speed of light, this chip could give edge devices new capabilities for real-time data analysis.

June 11, 2025

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Have a damaged painting? Restore it in just hours with an AI-generated “mask”

A new method can physically restore original paintings using digitally constructed films, which can be removed if desired.

June 11, 2025

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Inroads to personalized AI trip planning

A new framework from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab supercharges language models, so they can reason over, interactively develop, and verify valid, complex travel agendas.

June 10, 2025

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Melding data, systems, and society

A new book from Professor Munther Dahleh details the creation of a unique kind of transdisciplinary center, uniting many specialties through a common need for data science.

June 10, 2025

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How we really judge AI

Forget optimists vs. Luddites. Most people evaluate AI based on its perceived capability and their need for personalization.

June 10, 2025

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Annaliese Meyer stands with her Envisioning the Future of Computing prize winner statue.

Envisioning a future where health care tech leaves some behind

The winning essay of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize puts health care disparities at the forefront.

June 9, 2025

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Helping machines understand visual content with AI

Coactive, founded by two MIT alumni, has built an AI-powered platform to unlock new insights from content of all types.

June 9, 2025

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Teaching AI models what they don’t know

A team of MIT researchers founded Themis AI to quantify AI model uncertainty and address knowledge gaps.

June 3, 2025

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AI stirs up the recipe for concrete in MIT study

With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature.

June 2, 2025

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Teaching AI models the broad strokes to sketch more like humans do

SketchAgent, a drawing system developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, sketches up concepts stroke-by-stroke, teaching language models to visually express concepts on their own and collaborate with humans.

June 2, 2025

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3 Questions: How to help students recognize potential bias in their AI datasets

Courses on developing AI models for health care need to focus more on identifying and addressing bias, says Leo Anthony Celi.

June 2, 2025

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Rationale engineering generates a compact new tool for gene therapy

Researchers redesign a compact RNA-guided enzyme from bacteria, making it an efficient editor of human DNA.

May 28, 2025

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An anomaly detection framework anyone can use

PhD student Sarah Alnegheimish wants to make machine learning systems accessible.

May 28, 2025

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