Research

Q&A: How AI came to model the “messy” human mind

Assistant Professor Benjamin Lindquist studies how engineers deliberately injected randomness into early AI, giving rise to deep-learning models that sometimes hallucinate.

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Why teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable

A model developed by researchers at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital adjusts scans on the fly to track fetal movement, potentially sparing families repeat hospital visits.

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State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report finds corporate commitment at record high, but governance lags behind

MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics finds sustainability commitments are strong, but governance gaps and external disruptions prevent execution.

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AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate

A new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell engineering, improve disease models, and inform therapies.

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How artificial neural networks build their own learning machinery

Machine-learning networks can learn without detailed instructions from a designer. Those that do may offer insight into how the brain reorganizes itself during learning.

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MIT Transit Lab to develop an AI platform for public transit agencies

With $2.1 million funding from Google.org, the open-source Public Transit Intelligence Hub will unify public transit monitoring, operations, and passenger communication.

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