AI

The controversial AI search engine, accused of aggressively scraping content, went all in on providing AI-generated election information.

The rise of large language models (LLMs) and foundation models (FMs) has revolutionized the field of natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). These powerful models, trained on vast amounts of data, can generate human-like text, answer questions, and even engage in creative writing tasks. However, training and deploying such models from scratch is

The emergence of generative AI has ushered in a new era of possibilities, enabling the creation of human-like text, images, code, and more. However, as exciting as these advancements are, data scientists often face challenges when it comes to developing UIs and to prototyping and interacting with their business users. Traditionally, building frontend and backend

Generative AI continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible. One area garnering significant attention is the use of generative AI to analyze audio and video transcripts, increasing our ability to extract valuable insights from content stored in audio or video files. Speech data is unique and complex, which makes it difficult to analyze and

When Nikola Tesla predicted we’d have handheld phones that could display videos, photographs, and more, his musings seemed like a distant dream. Nearly 100 years later, smartphones are like an extra appendage for many of us. Digital fabrication engineers are now working toward expanding the display capabilities of other everyday objects. One avenue they’re exploring is

As Hollywood studios, actors, and writers wrangle over the use of AI in films, a major new release has fully embraced it.

Large language models can do impressive things, like write poetry or generate viable computer programs, even though these models are trained to predict words that come next in a piece of text. Such surprising capabilities can make it seem like the models are implicitly learning some general truths about the world. But that isn’t necessarily

At the turn of the 20th century, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about the conditions and culture of Black people in Philadelphia, documenting also the racist attitudes and beliefs that pervaded the white society around them. He described how unequal outcomes in domains like health could be attributed not only to racist ideas, but to racism

Artist and designer Es Devlin is the recipient of the 2025 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT. The $100,000 prize, to be awarded at a gala in her honor, also includes an artist residency at MIT in spring 2025, during which Es Devlin will present her work in a lecture open to the public

Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semiconductor technology is held back by a fundamental physical limit that prevents transistors from operating below a certain voltage. This limit, known as “Boltzmann tyranny,” hinders the energy efficiency of computers