MIT launches Working Group on Generative AI and the Work of the Future

New initiative is convening leading companies and nonprofits with support from Google’s Community Grants Fund.

MIT Industrial Performance Center • mit
March 28, 2024 ~6 min

Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI

The 16 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore generative AI’s impact on privacy, art, drug discovery, aging, and more.

Mary Beth Gallagher | School of Engineering • mit
March 28, 2024 ~4 min


Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution

Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 12, 2024 ~9 min

MIT, Applied Materials, and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub to bring 200mm advanced research capabilities to MIT.nano

State-of-the-art toolset will bridge academic innovations and industry pathways to scale for semiconductors, microelectronics, and other critical technologies.

MIT.nano • mit
Jan. 30, 2024 ~7 min

Accelerated climate action needed to sharply reduce current risks to life and life-support systems

2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Dec. 6, 2023 ~11 min

Improving US air quality, equitably

Study finds climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Sept. 27, 2023 ~5 min

MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI

The 27 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.

MIT News • mit
Sept. 18, 2023 ~9 min

Using AI to protect against AI image manipulation

“PhotoGuard,” developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, prevents unauthorized image manipulation, safeguarding authenticity in the era of advanced generative models.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 31, 2023 ~10 min


Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront

The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.

Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing • mit
June 8, 2023 ~12 min

Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Feb. 23, 2023 ~4 min

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