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How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing

The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence.

3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design

Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI’s neural network before their chatbot ever says a word.

Helping AI models to meet the real world

Through research and entrepreneurship, Professor Devavrat Shah is helping to design methods that can handle constant decision-making using limited computational resources.

Jesse Thaler named director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science

The professor of physics and inaugural director of the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will lead LNS and continue his research in particle physics.

Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?

Computer scientist Phillip Isola cuts through the hype to explain how AI agents work and what the future might hold for this rapidly advancing technology.

3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics

In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how design can make complex computational systems visible.

Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents

A new system, known as Murakkab, optimizes the design and deployment of multistep workflows that power AI applications.

NSF renews support for MIT-led AI and physics institute, expanding a new model for discovery

IAIFI enters its second phase with increased funding, broader ambitions, and a growing community at the frontier of AI and fundamental physics.

MIT researchers teach AI models to interpret charts

The new ChartNet training dataset could improve the accuracy of vision-language models that help analyze business trends or interpret scientific figures.

Justin Solomon appointed associate dean of engineering education

MIT faculty member in electrical engineering and computer science to focus on innovation in engineering education and new pedagogical approaches.