AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond

The damage AI algorithms cause is not easily remedied. Breaking algorithmic harms into four categories results in pieces that better align with the law and points the way to better regulation.

Sylvia Lu, Faculty Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan • conversation
Nov. 22, 2024 ~10 min

MIT researchers develop an efficient way to train more reliable AI agents

The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 22, 2024 ~7 min


Advancing urban tree monitoring with AI-powered digital twins

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.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 21, 2024 ~8 min

Robo price-fixing: Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents

RealPage, Inc. provides software that lets landlords keep rental prices high. The Justice Department cried foul on the price-fixing practice.

Roger Alford, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame • conversation
Nov. 18, 2024 ~8 min

A causal theory for studying the cause-and-effect relationships of genes

By sidestepping the need for costly interventions, a new method could potentially reveal gene regulatory programs, paving the way for targeted treatments.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 7, 2024 ~7 min

Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world

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.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 5, 2024 ~7 min

Empowering systemic racism research at MIT and beyond

Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.

Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
Nov. 4, 2024 ~7 min

Revealing causal links in complex systems

MIT engineers’ algorithm may have wide impact, from forecasting climate to projecting population growth to designing efficient aircraft.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 1, 2024 ~8 min


AI was central to two of 2024’s Nobel prize categories. It’s a sign of things to come

AI will feature in future Nobel prizes as scientists exploit the power of this technology for research.

Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath • conversation
Oct. 10, 2024 ~5 min

How AI is improving simulations with smarter sampling techniques

MIT CSAIL researchers created an AI-powered method for low-discrepancy sampling, which uniformly distributes data points to boost simulation accuracy.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 2, 2024 ~8 min

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