New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots

Human Guided Exploration (HuGE) enables AI agents to learn quickly with some help from humans, even if the humans make mistakes.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 27, 2023 ~8 min

Technique enables AI on edge devices to keep learning over time

With the PockEngine training method, machine-learning models can efficiently and continuously learn from user data on edge devices like smartphones.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~8 min


New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space

Researchers coaxed a family of generative AI models to work together to solve multistep robot manipulation problems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Oct. 17, 2023 ~10 min

A more effective experimental design for engineering a cell into a new state

By focusing on causal relationships in genome regulation, a new AI method could help scientists identify new immunotherapy techniques or regenerative therapies.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Oct. 2, 2023 ~8 min

AI models are powerful, but are they biologically plausible?

A new study bridging neuroscience and machine learning offers insights into the potential role of astrocytes in the human brain.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Aug. 15, 2023 ~9 min

New quantum magnet unleashes electronics potential

Researchers discover how to control the anomalous Hall effect and Berry curvature to create flexible quantum magnets for use in computers, robotics, and sensors.

Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
July 25, 2023 ~7 min

Learning the language of molecules to predict their properties

This AI system only needs a small amount of data to predict molecular properties, which could speed up drug discovery and material development.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
July 7, 2023 ~7 min

When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do

Training artificial neural networks with data from real brains can make computer vision more robust.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
June 30, 2023 ~10 min


Computer vision system marries image recognition and generation

MAGE merges the two key tasks of image generation and recognition, typically trained separately, into a single system.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 28, 2023 ~6 min

Scaling audio-visual learning without labels

A new multimodal technique blends major self-supervised learning methods to learn more similarly to humans.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
June 5, 2023 ~9 min

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