Humans decide which tasks to use general-purpose large language models for, “so we have to take the human in the loop into account,” says Ashesh Rambachan. A new method evaluates a model based on its alignment with a human’s beliefs about its capabilities.

The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical orbit of any known planet, scientists report. It appears to be a juvenile planet in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, and its orbit is providing some answers to how such large, scorching planets evolve.

Fifty-five years ago, on July 20, 1969, NASA landed the Apollo 11 mission, and the first humans, on the moon. The mission’s computer system, called the Apollo Guidance Computer, was designed by the MIT Instrumentation Lab, now the independent Draper.

Jordan McRae ’05 and his team at Mobilus developed a wearable device that transmits the sound of a voice even in a noisy setting. The device integrates into standard safety helmets and is already being used in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, construction, and energy.

The forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap aims to make MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat. The roadmap will include an assessment of current and future conditions on campus as well as strategies and proposed interventions.

In class 2.702 (Systems Engineering and Naval Ship Design), naval officers get hands-on experience in project management skills central to their future careers. The class is part of Course 2N, which educates active duty officers in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.