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April 17, 2025
A faster way to solve complex planning problems
By eliminating redundant computations, a new data-driven method can streamline processes like scheduling trains, routing delivery drivers, or assigning airline crews.
Training LLMs to self-detoxify their language
A new method from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab helps large language models to steer their own responses toward safer, more ethical, value-aligned outputs.
New method efficiently safeguards sensitive AI training data
The approach maintains an AI model’s accuracy while ensuring attackers can’t extract secret information.
Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?
A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it.
New method assesses and improves the reliability of radiologists’ diagnostic reports
The framework helps clinicians choose phrases that more accurately reflect the likelihood that certain conditions are present in X-rays.
Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy
At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.
Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data
More than 1 million people are contributing their data to Vana’s decentralized network, which started as an MIT class project.
Researchers teach LLMs to solve complex planning challenges
This new framework leverages a model’s reasoning abilities to create a “smart assistant” that finds the optimal solution to multistep problems.
Pattie Maes receives ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
Professor of media technology honored for research in human-computer interaction that is considered both fundamental and influential.
For this computer scientist, MIT Open Learning was the start of a life-changing journey
Ana Trišović, who studies the democratization of AI, reflects on a career path that she began as a student downloading free MIT resources in Serbia.
Making higher education more accessible to students in Pakistan
EduFi, founded by an MIT alumna, provides low-interest student loans to families in Pakistan so more can attend college.
MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail
A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.
How To Fine-Tune Your AI Prompts For A Competitive Edge At Work
Struggling with generic output from ChatGPT? Master AI prompts to generate smarter content that boosts productivity.
AI’s Human Side: Wellbeing And The Quadruple Bottom Line
The AI narrative usually fixates on its capacity to amplify efficiency and effectiveness. What if we use it to expand the bottom line to people, planet, profit, purpose?
20,000 AI-Generated Songs Uploaded To Deezer Every Single Day
AI-generated music is still a minority of the 100,000-plus songs uploaded to Deezer every day, but at the current growth rate, it could soon be the vast majority.
Potential Medicaid Cuts Threaten Maternal Healthcare
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Medicaid cuts, a $400 million obesity bet, a study of bias in clinical AI, Amgen’s AI hire from Nike, and more.
Snowflake CEO Says AI ROI Starts With Getting The Data Right
In a world chasing agentic AI and automation-first SaaS, Sridhar Ramaswamy argues the path to enterprise value starts not with models — but with clean, connected data.
From Stadiums To Sidelines: How AI Is Reinventing The Future Of Sports
