New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

The artificial intelligence models that turn text into images are also useful for generating new materials. Over the last few years, generative materials models from companies like Google, Microsoft, and Meta have drawn on their training data to help researchers design tens of millions of new materials. But when it comes to designing materials with…

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Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have designed novel antibiotics that can combat two hard-to-treat infections: drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Using generative AI algorithms, the research team designed more than 36 million possible compounds and computationally screened them for antimicrobial properties. The top candidates they discovered are structurally distinct from any…

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Evaluating social and ethical risks from generative AI

Evaluating social and ethical risks from generative AI

Introducing a context-based framework for comprehensively evaluating the social and ethical risks of AI systems Generative AI systems are already being used to write books, create graphic designs, assist medical practitioners, and are becoming increasingly capable. Ensuring these systems are developed and deployed responsibly requires carefully evaluating the potential ethical and social risks they may…

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Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

Introducing the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium

From crafting complex code to revolutionizing the hiring process, generative artificial intelligence is reshaping industries faster than ever before — pushing the boundaries of creativity, productivity, and collaboration across countless domains. Enter the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium, a collaboration between industry leaders and MIT’s top minds. As MIT President Sally Kornbluth highlighted last year, the…

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