Enabling AI to explain its predictions in plain language

Using LLMs to convert machine-learning explanations into readable narratives could help users make better decisions about when to trust a model.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 10, 2024 ~7 min

Citation tool offers a new approach to trustworthy AI-generated content

Researchers develop “ContextCite,” an innovative method to track AI’s source attribution and detect potential misinformation.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 9, 2024 ~8 min


Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.

MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Dec. 5, 2024 ~9 min

A new way to create realistic 3D shapes using generative AI

Researchers propose a simple fix to an existing technique that could help artists, designers, and engineers create better 3D models.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 4, 2024 ~7 min

From refugee to MIT graduate student

As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.

Marisa Demers | MIT Open Learning • mit
Dec. 3, 2024 ~6 min

Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence

Noam Chomsky’s notion of the human instinct for freedom ties together his many intellectual pursuits, from educating creative, independent citizens to rejecting social and economic hierarchies.

Robert F. Barsky, Professor of Humanities and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University • conversation
Dec. 3, 2024 ~15 min

Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with extreme energy efficiency

This new device uses light to perform the key operations of a deep neural network on a chip, opening the door to high-speed processors that can learn in real-time.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 2, 2024 ~8 min

New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 25, 2024 ~8 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

AI could soon be making major scientific discoveries. A machine could even win a Nobel Prize one day

We’ve only just scratched the surface of what AI can achieve in science.

Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath • conversation
Nov. 21, 2024 ~8 min

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