High-performance computing, with much less code

The Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers.

Adam Conner-Simons | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 13, 2025 ~5 min

To understand the future of AI, take a look at the failings of Google Translate

Nearly 20 years after it was launched, machine translation is still a long way from replacing translators.

Adam Lopez, Reader in Informatics, University of Edinburgh • conversation
March 10, 2025 ~8 min


AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation

Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.

Rutvik Desai, Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 ~8 min

Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

A new study shows LLMs represent different data types based on their underlying meaning and reason about data in their dominant language.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 19, 2025 ~8 min

Here’s how researchers are helping AIs get their facts straight

Having AI models say how confident they are in their answers could help minimize inaccurate responses. Just don’t be overconfident about their confidence scores.

Lu Wang, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
Feb. 10, 2025 ~8 min

Bilingualism may have real benefits for kids with autism

New research indicates that multilingual children may have enhanced executive function and perspective taking skills.

Janette Neuwahl Tannen-U. Miami • futurity
Feb. 6, 2025 ~6 min

AI gives nonprogrammers a boost in writing computer code

Writing computer code is helpful for people in many disciplines, but learning to program is hard. Large language models can help nonprogrammers skip the difficult details.

Daniel Zingaro, Associate Professor of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto • conversation
Jan. 31, 2025 ~5 min

Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus

A machine learning expert breaks down where the money goes in building big AIs, and how DeepSeek found ways to do it far more cheaply.

Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan • conversation
Jan. 29, 2025 ~7 min


‘Sorry, I didn’t get that’: AI misunderstands some people’s words more than others

Speaking with an AI bot can be amusing and even helpful – if it understands you. How well AIs do that is a matter of whose speech they’ve been trained on.

Roberto Rey Agudo, Research Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College • conversation
Jan. 27, 2025 ~7 min

Brain chemicals get busy when you process the emotion of words

A new study represents a first-of-its-kind exploration of how neurotransmitters process the emotional content of language.

John Pastor - Virginia Tech • futurity
Jan. 21, 2025 ~7 min

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