New research finds 78 percent of organizations use third-party AI tools. MIT Sloan Management Review provides guidance on how companies can guard against financial, reputational, and legal risks.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences faculty members Ev Fedorenko, Ted Gibson, and Roger Levy believe they can answer a fundamental question: What is the purpose of language?

PhD student Avni Singhal uses computational tools to help design new materials that address environmental challenges. She is also a key student voice on the DMSE graduate committee. “It’s given me a lot of insight into how our department works,” she says.

Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile “dark earth,” a new study shows. This rich soil also holds vast stores of carbon, sequestered for centuries — an Indigenous practice that could inform similar efforts to address climate change today.

MIT Professor and RLE Principal Investigator James Fujimoto ’79, SM ’81, PhD ’84; RLE Research Affiliate Eric Swanson SM ’84; and David Huang PhD ’93 have been honored with a Lasker Award for their work on optical coherence tomography. 

Via @ultismite on Instagram: A great first practice! We had lots of new faces and a little surprise from the sprinklers too.