‘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

Astronauts Stay Busy on International Space Station Awaiting Flight Home

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 26, 2025 ~6 min


Is this the new playbook for curing rare childhood diseases?

When his son received a devastating diagnosis, Fernando Goldsztein MBA ’03 founded an initiative to help him and others.

Danna Lorch | MIT Sloan School of Management • mit
Jan. 24, 2025 ~9 min

The technology that runs Congress lags so far behind the modern world that its flag-tracking system just caught up to 2017-era Pizza Hut

The information systems Congress uses have existed largely unchanged for decades, while the world has experienced an information revolution.

Lorelei Kelly, Research Lead, Modernizing Congress, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~9 min

Reproductive health care faces legal and surveillance challenges post-Roe – new research offers guidance

Patients rely on abortion clinics to protect their privacy. The providers have work to do to catch up to today’s digital surveillance threats.

Nora McDonald, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~8 min

Toward video generative models of the molecular world

Starting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 23, 2025 ~8 min

Researchers: Female Family Ties Important to Social Networks

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 22, 2025 ~4 min

Meta Ends Third-party Fact-Checking, Adds ‘Community Notes’ System

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 22, 2025 ~6 min


Musk: Third Person Receives Computer-Brain Connection from Neuralink

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 21, 2025 ~5 min

Toward sustainable decarbonization of aviation in Latin America

Special report describes targets for advancing technologically feasible and economically viable strategies.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
Jan. 21, 2025 ~6 min

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