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AI maps how a new antibiotic targets gut bacteria

MIT CSAIL and McMaster researchers used a generative AI model to reveal how a narrow-spectrum antibiotic attacks disease-causing bacteria, speeding up a process that normally takes years.

Responding to the climate impact of generative AI

Explosive growth of AI data centers is expected to increase greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers are now seeking solutions to reduce these environmental harms.

MIT affiliates win AI for Math grants to accelerate mathematical discovery

Department of Mathematics researchers David Roe and Andrew Sutherland seek to advance automated theorem proving; four additional MIT alumni also awarded.

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models will perform based on smaller models in the same family.

Machine-learning tool gives doctors a more detailed 3D picture of fetal health

MIT CSAIL researchers developed a tool that can model the shape and movements of fetuses in 3D, potentially assisting doctors in finding abnormalities and making diagnoses.

A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions

System developed at MIT could provide realistic predictions for a wide variety of reactions, while maintaining real-world physical constraints.

3 Questions: The pros and cons of synthetic data in AI

Artificially created data offer benefits from cost savings to privacy preservation, but their limitations require careful planning and evaluation, Kalyan Veeramachaneni says.

MIT researchers develop AI tool to improve flu vaccine strain selection

VaxSeer uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork.

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction

New research shows the natural variability in climate data can cause AI models to struggle at predicting local temperature and rainfall.

Can large language models figure out the real world?

New test could help determine if AI systems that make accurate predictions in one area can understand it well enough to apply that ability to a different area.