Technology and society
Technology and society

Technology and society

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The sweet taste of a new idea

Sendhil Mullainathan brings a lifetime of unique perspectives to research in behavioral economics and machine learning.

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Study shows vision-language models can’t handle queries with negation words

Words like “no” and “not” can cause this popular class of AI models to fail unexpectedly in high-stakes settings, such as medical diagnosis.

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MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.

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Merging design and computer science in creative ways

MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw connects humans, machines, and the physical world using AI and augmented reality.

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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.

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“An AI future that honors dignity for everyone”

As artificial intelligence develops, we must ask vital questions about ourselves and our society, Ben Vinson III contends in the 2025 Compton Lecture.

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Bridging philosophy and AI to explore computing ethics

In a new MIT course co-taught by EECS and philosophy professors, students tackle moral dilemmas of the digital age.

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Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

The consortium will bring researchers and industry together to focus on impact.

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The multifaceted challenge of powering AI

Providing electricity to power-hungry data centers is stressing grids, raising prices for consumers, and slowing the transition to clean energy.

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Algorithms and AI for a better world

Assistant Professor Manish Raghavan wants computational techniques to help solve societal problems.