Julie Shah named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
An expert in robotics and AI, Shah succeeds Steven Barrett at AeroAstro.
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MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning
At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
Extracting hydrogen from rocks
Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.
Second round of seed grants awarded to MIT scholars studying the impact and applications of generative AI
The 16 finalists — representing every school at MIT — will explore generative AI’s impact on privacy, art, drug discovery, aging, and more.
Five MIT faculty members take on Cancer Grand Challenges
Joining three teams backed by a total of $75 million, MIT researchers will tackle some of cancer’s toughest challenges.
Using generative AI to improve software testing
MIT spinout DataCebo helps companies bolster their datasets by creating synthetic data that mimic the real thing.
Dealing with the limitations of our noisy world
Tamara Broderick uses statistical approaches to understand and quantify the uncertainty that can affect study results.
3 Questions: Shaping the future of work in an age of AI
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, faculty co-directors of the new MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, describe why the work matters and what they hope to achieve.
The creative future of generative AI
An MIT panel charts how artificial intelligence will impact art and design.
MIT in the media: 2023 in review
MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.