Using language to give robots a better grasp of an open-ended world

By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~9 min

MIT researchers make language models scalable self-learners

The scientists used a natural language-based logical inference dataset to create smaller language models that outperformed much larger counterparts.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 8, 2023 ~8 min


New insights into training dynamics of deep classifiers

MIT researchers uncover the structural properties and dynamics of deep classifiers, offering novel explanations for optimization, generalization, and approximation in deep networks.

Center for Brains, Minds and Machines • mit
March 8, 2023 ~6 min

Large language models are biased. Can logic help save them?

MIT researchers trained logic-aware language models to reduce harmful stereotypes like gender and racial biases.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 3, 2023 ~7 min

Cognitive scientists develop new model explaining difficulty in language comprehension

Built on recent advances in machine learning, the model predicts how well individuals will produce and comprehend sentences.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
Dec. 22, 2022 ~10 min

This is your brain. This is your brain on code

MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.

Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 21, 2022 ~9 min

Large language models help decipher clinical notes

Researchers used a powerful deep-learning model to extract important data from electronic health records that could assist with personalized medicine.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 1, 2022 ~9 min

Ushering in a new era of computing

Dan Huttenlocher is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the inaugural dean at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Daniel de Wolff | MIT Industrial Liaison Program • mit
Nov. 30, 2022 ~7 min


Designing zeolites, porous materials made to trap molecules

MIT engineers are controlling pore openings for maximum molecule capture.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Aug. 24, 2022 ~16 min

Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

Using a randomized field experiment, researchers discover that Wikipedia articles affect judges’ legal reasoning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 27, 2022 ~8 min

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