Technology and society

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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Helping K-12 schools navigate the complex world of AI

MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab, led by Associate Professor Justin Reich, is working to help educators by listening to and sharing their stories.

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Creating AI that matters

How the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is shaping AI-sociotechnical systems for the future.

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Artificial Intelligence

Remembering Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro  Bamberger, a pioneer in music education

The former department chair was an early innovator in the use of artificial intelligence to both study and influence how children learn music.

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Artificial Intelligence

Ray Kurzweil ’70 reinforces his optimism in tech progress

Receiving the Robert A. Muh award, the technologist and author heralded a bright future for AI, breakthroughs in longevity, and more.

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MBZUAI launch international collaboration to shape the future of AI

The MIT–MBZUAI Collaborative Research Program will unite faculty and students from both institutions to advance AI and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.

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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 IntelligenceIndustryMachine LearningRobotics

At the inaugural MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium Symposium, researchers and business leaders discussed potential advancements centered on this powerful technology.

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Artificial IntelligenceSocial Media

Pedestrians now walk faster and linger less, researchers find

A computer vision study compares changes in pedestrian behavior since 1980, providing information for urban designers about creating public spaces.

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The Language/AI Incubator, an MIT Human Insight Collaborative project, is investigating how AI can improve communications among patients and practitioners.

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