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.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
April 14, 2025 ~11 min

Getting AIs working toward human goals − study shows how to measure misalignment

Aligning AIs with people’s goals and values is tricky. A new technique quantifies how far off human and machine are from each other.

Aidan Kierans, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut • conversation
April 14, 2025 ~5 min


New initiative to advance innovations in pediatric care

The Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub aims to break down barriers to pediatric innovation and foster transformative research to improve children’s health outcomes.

Zach Goodale | School of Engineering • mit
April 11, 2025 ~7 min

New method efficiently safeguards sensitive AI training data

The approach maintains an AI model’s accuracy while ensuring attackers can’t extract secret information.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
April 11, 2025 ~7 min

Harmful effects of digital tech – the science ‘needs fixing’, experts argue

From social media to AI, online technologies are changing too fast for the scientific infrastructure used to gauge its public health harms, say two leaders in

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 10, 2025 ~7 min

Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers

AI can process data from wearable devices to better monitor your health and detect problems sooner. The trick is teaching AI algorithms how to cut through the noise.

Eloy Geenjaar, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
April 10, 2025 ~9 min

What would happen if Section 230 went away? A legal expert explains the consequences of repealing ‘the law that built the internet’

The law is the balance point between limiting hate speech and misinformation and keeping censorship in check. Here’s what could happen if Congress kicks it out from under the internet.

Daryl Lim, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Penn State • conversation
April 9, 2025 ~8 min

Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?

A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
April 9, 2025 ~8 min


Boats can spread termites all over the world

New research sheds light on the role boats play in the worldwide spread of destructive, invasive termite species.

Lourdes Mederos-U. Florida • futurity
April 8, 2025 ~7 min

Food scrap system pulls drinking water out of thin air

"This material gives us a way to tap into nature's most abundant resources and make water from air—anytime, anywhere."

UT Austin • futurity
April 8, 2025 ~5 min

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