In 15 TED Talk-style presentations, MIT faculty recently discussed their pioneering research that incorporates social, ethical, and technical considerations and expertise, each supported by seed grants established by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), a cross-cutting initiative of…
Unpacking Reasoning in Modern LLMs: Why Final Answers Aren’t Enough Recent advancements in reasoning-focused LLMs like OpenAI’s o1/3 and DeepSeek-R1 have led to notable improvements on complex tasks. However, the step-by-step reasoning behind these models remains unclear. Most evaluations focus…
In this tutorial, we’ll harness Riza’s secure Python execution as the cornerstone of a powerful, tool-augmented AI agent in Google Colab. Beginning with seamless API key management, through Colab secrets, environment variables, or hidden prompts, we’ll configure your Riza credentials…
As more connected devices demand an increasing amount of bandwidth for tasks like teleworking and cloud computing, it will become extremely challenging to manage the finite amount of wireless spectrum available for all users to share. Engineers are employing artificial…
Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying areas needing repair, then mixing an exact shade to fill in one area at a time. Often, a painting can have thousands of…
Mistral AI has officially introduced Magistral, its latest series of reasoning-optimized large language models (LLMs). This marks a significant step forward in the evolution of LLM capabilities. The Magistral series includes Magistral Small, a 24B-parameter open-source model under the permissive…
As the demand for reasoning-heavy tasks grows, large language models (LLMs) are increasingly expected to generate longer sequences or parallel chains of reasoning. However, inference-time performance is severely limited by the memory footprint of the key–value (KV) cache, not just…
Introduction: The Challenge of Memorization in Language Models Modern language models face increasing scrutiny regarding their memorization behavior. With models such as an 8-billion parameter transformer trained on 15 trillion tokens, researchers question whether these models memorize their training data…
Research that crosses the traditional boundaries of academic disciplines, and boundaries between academia, industry, and government, is increasingly widespread, and has sometimes led to the spawning of significant new disciplines. But Munther Dahleh, a professor of electrical engineering and computer…
Travel agents help to provide end-to-end logistics — like transportation, accommodations, meals, and lodging — for businesspeople, vacationers, and everyone in between. For those looking to make their own arrangements, large language models (LLMs) seem like they would be a…
