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New MIT class uses anthropology to improve chatbots https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-class-uses-anthropology-to-improve-chatbots-0311 MIT computer science students design AI chatbots to help young users become more social, and socially confident.

New MIT class uses anthropology to improve chatbots

MIT’s new interdisciplinary class "Humane User Experience Design" blends anthropology, human-computer interaction, and UX design to teach students how to create humane, culturally informed AI chatbots that improve social engagement, ethical interaction, and real-world conversational experiences.

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A better method for planning complex visual tasks https://news.mit.edu/2026/better-method-planning-complex-visual-tasks-0311 A new hybrid system could help robots navigate in changing environments or increase the efficiency of multirobot assembly teams.

A better method for planning complex visual tasks

A new AI-driven system generates plans for long-term, complex tasks about twice as well as some existing methods. The technique, developed at MIT, uses two vision-language models that work together to simulate actions and produce files for formal planning software.

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3 Questions: Building predictive models to characterize tumor progression https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-building-predictive-models-characterize-tumor-progression-0310 Assistant Professor Matthew Jones is working to decode molecular processes on the genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironment levels to anticipate how and when tumors evolve to resist treatment.

3 Questions: Building predictive models to characterize tumor progression

MIT Assistant Professor Matthew G. Jones is working to decode molecular processes on the genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironment levels to anticipate how and when tumors evolve to resist treatment.

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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-professor-joseph-paradiso-sensing-innovations-0310 From early motion-sensing platforms to environmental monitoring, the professor and head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences has turned decades of cross-disciplinary research into real-world impact.

How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology

MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Paradiso pioneers wearable and environmental sensing technologies, bridging art, medicine, and ecology. His interdisciplinary research transforms motion, health, and ecological data into real-world applications that connect people and understand the world.

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Setting Up a Google Colab AI-Assisted Coding Environment That Actually Works https://machinelearningmastery.com/setting-up-a-google-colab-ai-assisted-coding-environment-that-actually-works/ This article focuses on Google Colab , an increasingly popular, free, and accessible, cloud-based Python environment that is well-suited for prototyping data analysis workflows and experimental code before moving to production systems.

Setting Up a Google Colab AI-Assisted Coding Environment That Actually Works - MachineLearningMastery.com

This step-by-step tutorial explores how to make effective use of its recently introduced AI-assisted coding features.

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The 6 Best AI Agent Memory Frameworks You Should Try in 2026 https://machinelearningmastery.com/the-6-best-ai-agent-memory-frameworks-you-should-try-in-2026/ Memory helps <a href="https://www.

The 6 Best AI Agent Memory Frameworks You Should Try in 2026 - MachineLearningMastery.com

Are you building agents that remember? Here are the frameworks that will help you implement effective memory systems for your AI agents.

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Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions https://news.mit.edu/2026/improving-ai-models-ability-explain-predictions-0309 A new approach could help users know whether to trust a model’s predictions in safety-critical applications like health care and autonomous driving.

Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions

A new technique transforms any computer vision model into one that can explain its predictions using a set of concepts a human could understand. The method generates more appropriate concepts that boost the accuracy of the model.

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Claude Skill incoming! Generating Postman collections with AI https://feed.thoughtbot.com/link/24077/17295913/claude-skill-incoming-generating-postman-collections-with-ai When speed matters more than perfection, API documentation can quickly become a bottleneck. In this post, I share how we used thoughtbot’s Claude Skill to generate Postman collections directly from a Rails codebase.

Claude Skill incoming! Generating Postman collections with AI

When speed matters more than perfection, API documentation can quickly become a bottleneck. In this post, I share how we used thoughtbot’s Claude Skill to generate Postman collections directly from a Rails codebase.

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