Helping robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environments

New algorithm helps robots practice skills like sweeping and placing objects, potentially helping them improve at important tasks in houses, hospitals, and factories.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Aug. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Method prevents an AI model from being overconfident about wrong answers

More efficient than other approaches, the “Thermometer” technique could help someone know when they should trust a large language model.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 31, 2024 ~7 min


Study: When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairness

Introducing structured randomization into decisions based on machine-learning model predictions can address inherent uncertainties while maintaining efficiency.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 24, 2024 ~7 min

MIT researchers advance automated interpretability in AI models

MAIA is a multimodal agent that can iteratively design experiments to better understand various components of AI systems.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 23, 2024 ~10 min

Large language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect them to

A new study shows someone’s beliefs about an LLM play a significant role in the model’s performance and are important for how it is deployed.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 23, 2024 ~8 min

Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way

Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 17, 2024 ~7 min

How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed

A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 16, 2024 ~7 min

Reasoning skills of large language models are often overestimated

New CSAIL research highlights how LLMs excel in familiar scenarios but struggle in novel ones, questioning their true reasoning abilities versus reliance on memorization.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 11, 2024 ~6 min


MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases

This new tool offers an easier way for people to analyze complex tabular data.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 8, 2024 ~7 min

A smarter way to streamline drug discovery

The SPARROW algorithm automatically identifies the best molecules to test as potential new medicines, given the vast number of factors affecting each choice.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 17, 2024 ~8 min

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