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January 9, 2026

3 Questions: How AI could optimize the power grid

While the growing energy demands of AI are worrying, some techniques can also help make power grids cleaner and more efficient.

January 7, 2026

MIT scientists investigate memorization risk in the age of clinical AI

New research demonstrates how AI models can be tested to ensure they don’t cause harm by revealing anonymized patient health data.

December 5, 2025

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.

December 1, 2025

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.

November 13, 2025

Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence

Associate Professor Phillip Isola studies the ways in which intelligent machines “think,” in an effort to safely integrate AI into human society.

Caption:The “steerable scene generation” system creates digital scenes of things like kitchens, living rooms, and restaurants that engineers can use to simulate lots of real-world robot interactions and scenarios.
October 15, 2025

Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots

New tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.

October 15, 2025

Helping scientists run complex data analyses without writing code

Co-founded by an EECS alumnus, Watershed Bio offers researchers who aren’t software engineers a way to run large-scale analyses to accelerate biology.

October 8, 2025

Fighting for the health of the planet with AI

Assistant Professor Priya Donti’s research applies machine learning to optimize renewable energy.

MIA 10-Year Anniversary Celebration

🥳 You’re invited – please join us on Friday, October 17 for our MIA 10-Year Anniversary Celebration!  📅 Friday, October 17 📍 Broad Institute – 300 Binney St. (2110 – Charles) ✍️ Register

September 10, 2025

A human-centered approach to data visualization

Balancing automation and agency, Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops interactive data visualizations that amplify human creativity and cognition.