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- Featured video: Coding for underwater roboticsby Erin Lee | Tim Briggs | MIT Lincoln Laboratory on February 27, 2026 at 10:15 pm
Lincoln Laboratory intern Ivy Mahncke developed and tested algorithms to help human divers and robots navigate underwater.
- New method could increase LLM training efficiencyby Adam Zewe | MIT News on February 26, 2026 at 5:00 am
By leveraging idle computing time, researchers can double the speed of model training while preserving accuracy.
- Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real worldby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on February 25, 2026 at 7:40 pm
To help generative AI models create durable, real-world accessories and decor, the PhysiOpt system runs physics simulations and makes subtle tweaks to its 3D blueprints.
- AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biologyby Adam Zewe | MIT News on February 25, 2026 at 10:00 am
By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments.
- Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policyby Stefanie Koperniak | Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education on February 25, 2026 at 5:00 am
Strahinja Janjusevic brings an international perspective and US Naval Academy education to his graduate research in the MIT Technology and Policy Program.
- Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable usersby Center for Constructive Communication on February 19, 2026 at 11:25 pm
Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds leading AI models perform worse for users with lower English proficiency, less formal education, and non-US origins.
- Exposing biases, moods, personalities, and abstract concepts hidden in large language modelsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News on February 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm
A new method developed at MIT could root out vulnerabilities and improve LLM safety and performance.
- Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissionsby Adam Zewe | MIT News on February 19, 2026 at 5:00 am
By minimizing the need to drive around looking for a parking spot, this technique can save drivers up to 35 minutes — and give them a realistic estimate of total travel time.
- Personalization features can make LLMs more agreeableby Adam Zewe | MIT News on February 18, 2026 at 5:00 am
The context of long-term conversations can cause an LLM to begin mirroring the user’s viewpoints, possibly reducing accuracy or creating a virtual echo-chamber.
- New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight povertyby Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) on February 12, 2026 at 11:50 pm
Project AI Evidence will connect governments, tech companies, and nonprofits with world-class economists at MIT and across J-PAL’s global network to evaluate and improve AI solutions.
- Accelerating science with AI and simulationsby Zach Winn | MIT News on February 12, 2026 at 5:00 am
Associate Professor Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli has spent his career applying AI to improve scientific discovery. Now he believes we are at an inflection point.
- Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threatby Daniel J. Darling | Department of Biological Engineering on February 11, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Driven by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, drug-resistant infections are on the rise, while development of new antibacterial tools has slowed.
- AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathwaysby David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory on February 10, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Opening a new window on the brainstem, a new tool reliably and finely resolves distinct nerve bundles in live diffusion MRI scans, revealing signs of injury or disease.
- 3 Questions: Using AI to help Olympic skaters land a quintby Abby Abazorius | MIT News on February 10, 2026 at 5:00 am
MIT Sports Lab researchers are applying AI technologies to help figure skaters improve. They also have thoughts on whether five-rotation jumps are humanly possible.
- Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliableby Adam Zewe | MIT News on February 9, 2026 at 5:00 am
Removing just a tiny fraction of the crowdsourced data that informs online ranking platforms can significantly change the results.
- “This is science!” – MIT president talks about the importance of America’s research enterprise on GBH’s Boston Public Radioon February 6, 2026 at 5:38 pm
MIT faculty join The Curiosity Desk to discuss football, math, Olympic figure skating, AI and the quest to cure ovarian cancer.
- Helping AI agents search to get the best results out of large language modelsby Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL on February 5, 2026 at 9:30 pm
EnCompass executes AI agent programs by backtracking and making multiple attempts, finding the best set of outputs generated by an LLM. It could help coders work with AI agents more efficiently.
- Brian Hedden named co-associate dean of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computingby Amanda Diehl | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing on February 4, 2026 at 6:25 pm
He joins Nikos Trichakis in guiding the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
- Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellowsby Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on February 4, 2026 at 6:15 pm
Torralba’s research focuses on computer vision, machine learning, and human visual perception.
- 3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugsby Mindy Blodgett | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science on February 4, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Professor James Collins discusses how collaboration has been central to his research into combining computational predictions with new experimental platforms.
























