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AI shapes autonomous underwater “gliders”

July 10, 2025

An AI pipeline developed by CSAIL researchers enables unique hydrodynamic designs for bodyboard-sized vehicles that glide underwater and could help scientists gather marine data.

Confronting the AI/energy conundrum

July 9, 2025

The MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research symposium explores artificial intelligence as both a problem and a solution for the clean energy transition.

Study could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning

July 9, 2025

Researchers developed a way to make large language models more adaptable to challenging tasks like strategic planning or process optimization.

The high-tech wizardry of integrated photonics

July 2, 2025

PhD candidate Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable previously unimaginable applications, like pocket-sized 3D printers.

New imaging technique reconstructs the shapes of hidden objects

July 2, 2025

By leveraging reflections from wireless signals like Wi-Fi, the system could allow robots to find and manipulate items that are blocked from view.

President Emeritus Reif reflects on successes as a technical leader

July 2, 2025

At a fireside chat, L. Rafael Reif and Anantha P. Chandrakasan discussed the importance of developing engineering leadership skills to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely

June 30, 2025

MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.

Researchers present bold ideas for AI at MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium kickoff event

June 26, 2025

Presentations targeted high-impact intersections of AI and other areas, such as health care, business, and education.

LLMs factor in unrelated information when recommending medical treatments

June 25, 2025

Researchers find nonclinical information in patient messages — like typos, extra white space, and colorful language — reduces the accuracy of an AI model.

The tenured engineers of 2025

June 25, 2025

Eleven faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.