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ChatGPT Can Pass Engineering Homework, But Struggles With Deeper Thinking

ChatGPT outperformed on simple math tasks but faltered on open-ended questions in an undergraduate control systems course, earning a low B overall. The study warns that relying solely on AI may lead to passing grades without deep learning.

18 Apr 2025

Binghamton Launches AI and Society Institute to Harness Supercomputing Power for Public Good

Binghamton University will lead a new Institute for AI and Society, backed by $5M in New York state funding and powered by Empire AI, the nation’s top academic AI supercomputer. Researchers will use this boost to tackle online antisemitism, climate tech, and accessible robotics.

17 Apr 2025

Scientists Stress Test OpenAI Models to Accelerate Scientific Discovery Across U.S. National Labs

More than 1,600 scientists across nine U.S. national labs took part in a first-of-its-kind AI Jam Session to test OpenAI’s cutting-edge models on complex scientific tasks. Brookhaven researchers explored AI’s potential in spectroscopy, accelerator physics, nanomaterials, and more.

17 Apr 2025

Penn Engineers Unleash Programmable Photonic Chip That Trains AI at the Speed of Light

Penn Engineers have unveiled the first programmable chip capable of training nonlinear neural networks using only light, revolutionizing photonic AI. This innovation promises rapid, energy-efficient AI training and marks a significant step toward fully light-powered computing.

16 Apr 2025

MIT AI Breakthrough Automates Molecular Design and Synthesis with Unmatched Accuracy

MIT researchers developed Llamole, a multimodal AI system combining large language models with graph-based AI to automate molecular design and synthesis. It significantly boosts success rates and simplifies drug discovery by interpreting natural language queries and generating viable synthesis plans.

10 Apr 2025

How AI Coding Tools Open the Door to Hackers Through Fake Packages

UTSA researchers revealed that large language models (LLMs) frequently hallucinate non-existent software packages in generated code, posing a serious cybersecurity threat. Their analysis found that up to 1 in 5 packages suggested by open-source LLMs could lead to malicious code injection.

9 Apr 2025

Can AI Be Fair in Medicine? Study Finds Socioeconomic Bias in Generative Models

A large-scale analysis by Mount Sinai researchers reveals that generative AI models can alter medical recommendations based solely on a patient’s socioeconomic and demographic background. The study calls for early AI assurance protocols to prevent bias and ensure equitable healthcare delivery.

7 Apr 2025

Radiologists Often Misjudge Certainty—New MIT Framework Improves Diagnostic Language Accuracy

MIT and Harvard-affiliated researchers developed a framework to assess and improve how reliably radiologists express diagnostic certainty using natural language. Their findings reveal radiologists often miscalibrate terms like “likely” or “possibly,” impacting clinical decisions.

3 Apr 2025

AI Gives Robots Human-Like Perception and Planning Skills for High-Stakes Missions

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are advancing robotic perception with AI-powered Full Scene Extraction, enabling autonomous agents to understand complex environments and reason like humans. This breakthrough holds promise for high-risk missions like search and rescue or military operations.

3 Apr 2025

ESCARGOT Proves Agentic AI Is the Future of Biomedical Research

Agentic AI models, like ESCARGOT, represent a major leap beyond traditional AI by autonomously coordinating multiple AI agents to solve complex biomedical problems. In Alzheimer’s research, this model outperformed ChatGPT by delivering significantly more accurate insights using a graph-based reasoning approach.

3 Apr 2025

LLMs Transform Teaching by Automating Tasks and Powering Personalized Education

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can revolutionize personalized education by generating tailored learning materials and automating assessments. This study shows how teacher-LLM collaboration can reduce workload and enhance student engagement.

2 Apr 2025

NdLinear Reinvents Neural Layers To Boost Accuracy And Slash Parameters In AI Models

A new study proposes NdLinear, a multi-dimensional linear layer that preserves data structure and slashes parameter counts across neural networks — from CNNs to Transformers. It outperforms standard layers in accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

24 Mar 2025

New AI Model Fights Malware with Machine-Generated Defense Rules

Researchers are developing a security-focused LLM to combat AI-generated malware, aiming to automate malware detection and defense at scale.

20 Mar 2025

Researchers Cut AI Energy Use by 90% with Smarter, Leaner Models

Researchers at Saarland University and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence have developed techniques to reduce AI energy consumption by up to 90%, making AI models smaller, more efficient, and more accessible to businesses. Their approach, showcased at Hannover Messe, aims to revolutionize sustainable AI.

19 Mar 2025

AI Model Analyzes Entire Nights of Sleep to Transform Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders

Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed an AI model, PFTSleep, that analyzes entire nights of sleep with unprecedented accuracy. Trained on over 1 million hours of data, it classifies sleep stages more effectively than traditional methods, paving the way for advanced clinical applications.

18 Mar 2025

Open-Source AI Beats GPT-4 in Diagnosing Tough Medical Cases, Study Finds

A new NIH-funded study shows that an open-source AI model, Llama 3.1 405B, matches and even surpasses GPT-4 in diagnosing complex medical cases. This marks a major leap for open-source AI in clinical decision-making.

16 Mar 2025

AI Fails at Basic Time and Date Tasks — Here's Why It’s a Big Deal

A new study from the University of Edinburgh reveals that advanced AI models struggle to read clocks and calculate calendar dates, tasks humans perform with ease. Researchers warn that these basic shortcomings could hinder AI’s use in real-world, time-sensitive applications.

16 Mar 2025

AI Empowers Citizen Scientists While Tackling Health Inequities, Study Finds

A Stanford Medicine study highlights how AI can transform citizen science and promote health equity by making research more inclusive, engaging, and accessible. The paper also warns of ethical risks like bias and privacy, calling for responsible AI use in public health.

16 Mar 2025

Can AI Get Smarter And More Reliable? New Study Shows The Path Forward

A new paper in Engineering explores how artificial intelligence can advance beyond large language models (LLMs) by focusing on knowledge empowerment, model collaboration, and model co-evolution. These strategies aim to tackle LLM limitations like hallucinations, inefficiency, and poor interpretability.

12 Mar 2025

Why AI Needs Better Data Systems to Reach Its Full Potential

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences emphasize the urgent need to align AI data systems with the complex, multi-level nature of scientific data to improve AI performance and reliability. They call for global standards and frameworks to structure data properly and foster AI's healthy development.

11 Mar 2025

Large Language Models News and Research

ChatGPT Can Pass Engineering Homework, But Struggles With Deeper Thinking

Binghamton Launches AI and Society Institute to Harness Supercomputing Power for Public Good

Scientists Stress Test OpenAI Models to Accelerate Scientific Discovery Across U.S. National Labs

Penn Engineers Unleash Programmable Photonic Chip That Trains AI at the Speed of Light

MIT AI Breakthrough Automates Molecular Design and Synthesis with Unmatched Accuracy

How AI Coding Tools Open the Door to Hackers Through Fake Packages

Can AI Be Fair in Medicine? Study Finds Socioeconomic Bias in Generative Models

Radiologists Often Misjudge Certainty—New MIT Framework Improves Diagnostic Language Accuracy

AI Gives Robots Human-Like Perception and Planning Skills for High-Stakes Missions

ESCARGOT Proves Agentic AI Is the Future of Biomedical Research

LLMs Transform Teaching by Automating Tasks and Powering Personalized Education

NdLinear Reinvents Neural Layers To Boost Accuracy And Slash Parameters In AI Models

New AI Model Fights Malware with Machine-Generated Defense Rules

Researchers Cut AI Energy Use by 90% with Smarter, Leaner Models

AI Model Analyzes Entire Nights of Sleep to Transform Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders

Open-Source AI Beats GPT-4 in Diagnosing Tough Medical Cases, Study Finds

AI Fails at Basic Time and Date Tasks — Here's Why It’s a Big Deal

AI Empowers Citizen Scientists While Tackling Health Inequities, Study Finds

Can AI Get Smarter And More Reliable? New Study Shows The Path Forward

Why AI Needs Better Data Systems to Reach Its Full Potential

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