New tool helps people choose the right method for evaluating AI models

Selecting the right method gives users a more accurate picture of how their model is behaving, so they are better equipped to correctly interpret its predictions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 31, 2023 ~7 min

Probabilistic AI that knows how well it’s working

It’s more important than ever for artificial intelligence to estimate how accurately it is explaining data.

Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
May 25, 2023 ~6 min


Using AI, scientists find a drug that could combat drug-resistant infections

The machine-learning algorithm identified a compound that kills Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacterium that lurks in many hospital settings.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2023 ~8 min

Researchers use AI to identify similar materials in images

This machine-learning method could assist with robotic scene understanding, image editing, or online recommendation systems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 23, 2023 ~8 min

A better way to study ocean currents

A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 17, 2023 ~8 min

Success at the intersection of technology and finance

Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin visits MIT, discusses how technology will continue to transform trading and investing.

MIT Career Advising and Professional Development • mit
May 10, 2023 ~7 min

Study: AI models fail to reproduce human judgements about rule violations

Models trained using common data-collection techniques judge rule violations more harshly than humans would, researchers report.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 10, 2023 ~8 min

Inaugural J-WAFS Grand Challenge aims to develop enhanced crop variants and move them from lab to land

Matt Shoulders will lead an interdisciplinary team to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
May 10, 2023 ~14 min


Using reflections to see the world from new points of view

A new computer vision system turns any shiny object into a camera of sorts, enabling an observer to see around corners or beyond obstructions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 10, 2023 ~8 min

Training machines to learn more like humans do

Researchers identify a property that helps computer vision models learn to represent the visual world in a more stable, predictable way.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 9, 2023 ~9 min

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