A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems This new technique enables LLMs to dynamically adjust the amount of computation they use for reasoning, based on the difficulty of the question.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/smar....ter-way-large-langua

The cost of thinking MIT neuroscientists find a surprising parallel in the ways humans and new AI models solve complex problems.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/cost-of-thinking-1119

How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future AI supports the clean energy transition as it manages power grid operations, helps plan infrastructure investments, guides development of novel materials, and more.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/how-....ai-can-help-achieve-

MIT scientists debut a generative AI model that could create molecules addressing hard-to-treat diseases BoltzGen generates protein binders for any biological target from scratch, expanding AI’s reach from understanding biology toward engineering it.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-....scientists-debut-gen

Researchers discover a shortcoming that makes LLMs less reliable Large language models can learn to mistakenly link certain sentence patterns with specific topics — and may then repeat these patterns instead of reasoning.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/shor....tcoming-makes-llms-l