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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Guided learning lets “untrainable” neural networks realize their potential

CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” neural nets can learn effectively when guided by another network’s built-in biases using their guidance method.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks

The “self-steering” DisCIPL system directs small models to work together on tasks with constraints, like itinerary planning and budgeting.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

The technique can help scientists in economics, public health, and other fields understand whether to trust the results of their experiments.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningRobotics

MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee

With insect-like speed and agility, the tiny robot could someday aid in search-and-rescue missions.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Researchers discover a shortcoming that makes LLMs less reliable

Large language models can learn to mistakenly link certain sentence patterns with specific topics — and may then repeat these patterns instead of reasoning.

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Artificial IntelligenceAutonomous VehiclesMachine LearningRobotics

Teaching robots to map large environments

A new approach developed at MIT could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings.

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Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

3 Questions: How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems

MIT PhD student and CSAIL researcher Justin Kay describes his work combining AI and computer vision systems to monitor the ecosystems that support our planet.

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Artificial IntelligenceFinance

Improving the workplace of the future

Economics doctoral student Whitney Zhang investigates how technologies and organizational decisions shape labor markets.

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Artificial IntelligenceEnergyMachine Learning

With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.

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Artificial Intelligence

A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions

System developed at MIT could provide realistic predictions for a wide variety of reactions, while maintaining real-world physical constraints.

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