Validation technique could help scientists make more accurate forecasts

MIT researchers developed a new approach for assessing predictions with a spatial dimension, like forecasting weather or mapping air pollution.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 7, 2025 ~7 min

Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population management

Assistant Professor Sara Beery is using automation to improve monitoring of migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

Avery Plachcinski | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
Feb. 6, 2025 ~13 min


User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models

By automatically generating code that leverages two types of data redundancy, the system saves bandwidth, memory, and computation.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 3, 2025 ~6 min

Ecologists find computer vision models’ blind spots in retrieving wildlife images

Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 20, 2024 ~9 min

Researchers reduce bias in AI models while preserving or improving accuracy

A new technique identifies and removes the training examples that contribute most to a machine-learning model’s failures.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 11, 2024 ~7 min

Study: Some language reward models exhibit political bias

Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds this effect occurs even when reward models are trained on factual data.

Ellen Hoffman | Media Lab • mit
Dec. 10, 2024 ~7 min

Enabling AI to explain its predictions in plain language

Using LLMs to convert machine-learning explanations into readable narratives could help users make better decisions about when to trust a model.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 10, 2024 ~7 min

Citation tool offers a new approach to trustworthy AI-generated content

Researchers develop “ContextCite,” an innovative method to track AI’s source attribution and detect potential misinformation.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 9, 2024 ~8 min


Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.

MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Dec. 5, 2024 ~9 min

Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with extreme energy efficiency

This new device uses light to perform the key operations of a deep neural network on a chip, opening the door to high-speed processors that can learn in real-time.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 2, 2024 ~8 min

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