Computer science majors, professors, grapple with AI advancements

These are not your father’s computer science students. And for good reason. To find a job in the fast-growing, fast-moving field, college graduates are required to possess more than simple coding ...
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Rodney Brooks slams AI hype and predicts robotics progress in 15 years

Few voices in artificial intelligence carry as much weight as Rodney Brooks. As a co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics, ...
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4 Indian American researchers named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Four Indian American researchers — Aayush Jain, Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla and Aditi Raghunathan from Carnegie Mellon University ...
MIT Technology Review

Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

‘Check back in 15 years’: Robotics legend Rodney Brooks rejects AI hype but won’t call it a bubble

The entrepreneur and former MIT professor thinks practical humanoid robots and superintelligence are centuries away.
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AI agents abound, unbound by rules or safety disclosures

MIT CSAIL's 2025 AI Agent Index puts opaque automated systems under the microscope AI agents are becoming more common and ...

Inside the Race to Achieve the Singularity—Before Moore’s Law Runs Out

AI optimists envision a future where artificial general intelligence (AGI) surpasses human intelligence, but the path remains riddled with scientific and logistical hurdles.
Princeton University

Seven faculty members win Sloan Research Fellowships for early-career researchers

Computer scientists Maria Apostolaki, Benjamin Eysenbach, and Yasaman Ghasempour; chemists William Jacobs and Erin Stache; physicist Isobel Ojalvo; and mathematician Bartolomeo Stellato are members of ...
WBUR

Lock it down or let it be: MIT students mull campus security after professor's killing, Brown shooting

As MIT resumed classes this week, security was top of mind for some students still reeling after last semester ended with one of its famed professors fatally shot off-campus days after a mass shooting ...
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MIT CSAIL creates generative AI tool to 3D print personal items

According to MIT CSAIL, generative AI has reshaped digital content creation, but its leap into the physical world has lagged. While AI can generate personalized 3D models, those designs often fail ...
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MorphoChrome pairs software with handheld device to make everyday objects iridescent

Gemstones like precious opal are beautiful to look at and deceivingly complex. As you look at such gems from different angles, you'll see a variety of tints glisten, causing you to question what color ...
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Boltz PBC Launches with $28M to Democratize AI Platforms for Drug Discovery

In November 2024, Boltz-1 debuted as a fully commercially available AI model to achieve AlphaFold 3-level accuracy in predicting the 3D structure of biomolecular complexes. Since that time, the ...