Decoding the Magic of AI Art: Unveiling the Process of Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making significant strides and currently has the potential to revolutionize the art world by enabling the creation of art that is not only unique and diverse but also highly personalized and interactive. The growing...
MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail
Around 11 billion tons of goods, or about 1.5 tons per person worldwide, are transported by sea each year, representing about 90 percent of global trade by volume. Internationally, the merchant shipping fleet numbers around 110,000 vessels. These ships, and the ports...
AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches
The ability to generate high-quality images quickly is crucial for producing realistic simulated environments that can be used to train self-driving cars to avoid unpredictable hazards, making them safer on real streets. But the generative artificial intelligence...
At the core of problem-solving
As director of the MIT BioMicro Center (BMC), Stuart Levine ’97 wholeheartedly embraces the variety of challenges he tackles each day. One of over 50 core facilities providing shared resources across the Institute, the BMC supplies integrated high-throughput genomics,...
“An AI future that honors dignity for everyone”
Ben Vinson III, president of Howard University, made a compelling call for artificial intelligence to be “developed with wisdom,” as he delivered MIT’s annual Karl Taylor Compton Lecture on campus Monday. The broad-ranging talk posed a series of searching questions...
Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway, practicing “base recovery” protocol after a simulated attack. For hours, his team walked over the area in chemical protection...
🚀AI Revolution: Key Updates
Latest Developments in Artificial Intelligence The AI landscape is rapidly evolving, with significant advancements and strategic shifts across various sectors. Here's an overview of the most recent developments: OpenAI's Strategic Moves Premium Subscription Model:...
Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction
Imagine that a robot is helping you clean the dishes. You ask it to grab a soapy bowl out of the sink, but its gripper slightly misses the mark. Using a new framework developed by MIT and NVIDIA researchers, you could correct that robot’s behavior with simple...
3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI
For over 30 years, science photographer Felice Frankel has helped MIT professors, researchers, and students communicate their work visually. Throughout that time, she has seen the development of various tools to support the creation of compelling images: some helpful,...
Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award
MIT Professor Markus J. Buehler has been named the recipient of the 2025 Washington Award, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed engineering honors. The Washington Award is conferred to “an engineer(s) whose professional attainments have preeminently advanced...
Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AI
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries. MIT and GlobalFoundries (GF), a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors, have announced a new research agreement to jointly pursue advancements and...