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3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quint

MIT Sports Lab researchers are applying AI technologies to help figure skaters improve. They also have thoughts on whether five-rotation jumps are humanly possible.

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Artificial Intelligence

“This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radio

MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer.

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Artificial Intelligence

SMART launches new Wearable Imaging for Transforming Elderly Care research group

WITEC is working to develop the first wearable ultrasound imaging system to monitor chronic conditions in real-time, with the goal of enabling earlier detection and timely intervention.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

“Robot, make me a chair”

An AI-driven system lets users design and build simple, multicomponent objects by describing them with words.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Deep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell

The approach could apply to more complex tissues and organs, helping researchers to identify early signs of disease.

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Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity

New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age

The new certificate program will equip naval officers with skills needed to solve the military’s hardest problems.

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Artificial IntelligenceRobotics

MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics

The speech-to-reality system combines 3D generative AI and robotic assembly to create objects on demand.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

This new technique enables LLMs to dynamically adjust the amount of computation they use for reasoning, based on the difficulty of the question.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningRobotics

New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe

MIT CSAIL and LIDS researchers developed a mathematically grounded system that lets soft robots deform, adapt, and interact with people and objects, without violating safety limits.

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Artificial IntelligenceIndustryMachine LearningRobotics

MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway

AquaCulture Shock program, in collaboration with MIT-Scandinavia MISTI, offers international internships for AI and autonomy in aquaculture

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