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      "id": 17993,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-models-simulate-wider-range-of-real-world-scenarios-0810",
      "title": "With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios",
      "summary": "“GeoPT” helps AI models understand the basics of physics so they can simulate how objects respond to things like wind and water more efficiently and accurately.",
      "authors": "Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "environment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T19:25:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 16248,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/solving-solvent-problem-sodium-metal-batteries-0804",
      "title": "Solving the solvent problem",
      "summary": "By focusing on electrolytes, MIT scientists are making sodium-metal batteries a more practical energy storage option.",
      "authors": "Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "environment",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T18:50:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16248"
    },
    {
      "id": 16249,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/medical-ai-assistance-benefits-vary-based-on-user-expertise-0804",
      "title": "The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise",
      "summary": "Study finds non-experts deferred to LLM-based diagnostic assistance, even when it was wrong, while clinicians caught AI errors.",
      "authors": "Adam Zewe | MIT News",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T09:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16249"
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      "id": 14924,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/daniela-rus-receives-bavarian-minister-presidents-high-tech-prize-0730",
      "title": "Daniela Rus receives Bavarian Minister-President's High-Tech Prize",
      "summary": "Director of CSAIL and MIT professor honored for her contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems.",
      "authors": "Rachel Gordon | Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T21:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 14925,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/connecting-research-to-policy-on-capitol-hill-0730",
      "title": "Connecting research to policy on Capitol Hill",
      "summary": "MIT students and postdocs discussed science funding and research with policymakers in Washington during the MIT Science Policy Initiative’s annual Congressional Visit Days.",
      "authors": "Science Policy Initiative",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "regulation,children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T20:35:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 14562,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-an-mit-database-evolved-into-global-standard-data-sharing-0729",
      "title": "How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing",
      "summary": "The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence.",
      "authors": "Emma Foehringer Merchant | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "healthcare",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T14:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 13041,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/working-automate-nuclear-plant-operations-lauren-fortier-0724",
      "title": "Working to automate nuclear plant operations",
      "summary": "PhD student Lauren Fortier is building on the experience she gained operating a nuclear plant for the Navy to solve a critical hurdle in the wider adoption of the energy source.",
      "authors": "Poornima Apte | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education,environment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-24T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 13042,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-projects-selected-funding-under-doe-genesis-mission-0723",
      "title": "MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission",
      "summary": "Initial research projects advance national priorities across natural resources, manufacturing, nuclear physics, and more.",
      "authors": "Office of the Vice President for Research",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "environment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-23T12:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 10618,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-neural-transparency-and-future-of-ai-design-0715",
      "title": "3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design",
      "summary": "Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural network before their chatbot ever says a word.",
      "authors": "Media Lab",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-07-15T20:25:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10618"
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      "id": 10236,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/can-ai-build-jet-engine-jarvis-challenge-tests-ai-copilots-in-tough-tech-engineering-0714",
      "title": "Can AI build a jet engine? JARVIS Challenge tests role of AI copilots in tough-tech engineering",
      "summary": "MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems.",
      "authors": "Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-14T18:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1592,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-cybersecurity-clinic-preventing-cyberattacks-0713",
      "title": "How MIT students are helping to prevent cyberattacks",
      "summary": "Students from the MIT Cybersecurity Clinic help local governments and other vulnerable organizations defend against digital threats.",
      "authors": "Nicole Estvanik Taylor | Department of Urban Studies and Planning",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-13T19:10:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1592"
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      "id": 1594,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-agents-create-virtual-playgrounds-to-help-robots-get-crucial-training-data-0713",
      "title": "AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data",
      "summary": "“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, where robots can simulate everyday chores.",
      "authors": "Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy,environment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-13T18:50:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1596,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-method-keeps-kids-safe-from-illegal-ai-generated-content-0713",
      "title": "New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content",
      "summary": "Researchers developed an auditing technique to test generative AI models for malicious capabilities, without prompting them for illegal outputs.",
      "authors": "Adam Zewe | MIT News",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education,transparency",
      "published_at": "2026-07-13T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1596"
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      "id": 1598,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709",
      "title": "Tiny robot boats build floating structures",
      "summary": "MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.",
      "authors": "Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy,environment",
      "published_at": "2026-07-09T15:50:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
      "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1598"
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      "id": 1600,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/how-novice-coders-can-develop-ai-programs-for-military-applications-0707",
      "title": "How novice coders can develop AI programs for military applications",
      "summary": "A USAF cadet and a Lincoln Laboratory researcher found AI chatbots can help nontechnical service members produce viable software applications for their unique problems.",
      "authors": "Haley Wahl | MIT Lincoln Laboratory",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "military-security",
      "published_at": "2026-07-07T17:25:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1602,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/toward-future-preserves-benefits-neurotechnology-for-all-0706",
      "title": "Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all",
      "summary": "PhD student Rachel Sava, winner of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize, explores transformative improvements and dystopian risks of neural technology.",
      "authors": "Amanda Diehl | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-07-06T19:50:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1604,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/agentic-ai-and-what-do-we-want-it-be-0630",
      "title": "Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?",
      "summary": "Computer scientist Phillip Isola cuts through the hype to explain how AI agents work and what the future might hold for this rapidly advancing technology.",
      "authors": "Adam Zewe | MIT News",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy",
      "published_at": "2026-06-30T15:30:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1605,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/inaugural-mit-music-technology-research-showcase-celebrates-work-students-0629",
      "title": "Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students",
      "summary": "Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd.",
      "authors": "Dan Pecci | MIT Music and Theater Arts",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "children-education",
      "published_at": "2026-06-29T19:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1606,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/llms-help-robots-understand-vague-instructions-and-focus-key-details-0626",
      "title": "LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details",
      "summary": "To help robots do chores in places like homes and factories, a new approach from MIT uses one language model to clarify users’ instructions, then another to ignore irrelevant info.",
      "authors": "Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy",
      "published_at": "2026-06-26T13:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1608,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/improving-ai-agent-speed-and-energy-efficiency-0625",
      "title": "Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents",
      "summary": "A new system, known as Murakkab, optimizes the design and deployment of multistep workflows that power AI applications.",
      "authors": "Adam Zewe | MIT News",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "agents-autonomy,environment",
      "published_at": "2026-06-25T04:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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      "id": 1610,
      "url": "https://news.mit.edu/2026/exploring-societal-impacts-of-ai-0623",
      "title": "Exploring the societal impacts of AI",
      "summary": "During the AI and Society Forum, leading MIT researchers examined critical questions about AI’s influence on employment and democracy.",
      "authors": "Benjamin Daniel | School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences",
      "category": "news",
      "topics": "jobs-economy",
      "published_at": "2026-06-23T20:40:00.000Z",
      "source": "MIT News",
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