As the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences marks 75 years, Dean Agustín Rayo reflects on how AI is reshaping higher education and why SHASS disciplines continue to be central to MIT’s mission.

An MIT-led team is designing artificial intelligence systems for medical diagnosis that are more collaborative and forthcoming about uncertainty.

Conference speakers discussed the unfolding trajectory of AI and the benefits of shaping technology to meets people’s needs.

Jointly led by the MIT Morningside Academy for Design, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, the hub will foster a dynamic community where computing, creativity, and human-centered innovation meet.

MIT computer science students design AI chatbots to help young users become more social, and socially confident.

In Compton Lecture at MIT, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns of dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, and civic life, and urges curbs to tech use.

An AI control system co-developed by SMART researchers enables soft robotic arms to learn a broad set of motions once and adapt instantly to changing conditions without retraining.