OpenAI withdrew three of its 722 preprints on math problems within 24 hours of release due to a sign error that cascaded through dependent papers. The company revised 14 additional manuscripts and acknowledged the need for better verification protocols, though mathematicians remain skeptical following OpenAI's rushed Navier-Stokes announcement in September.
Stanford PhD student Samuel King used generative AI to design genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses, raising questions about whether AI can create new life forms. MIT Technology Review is hosting a conversation between senior AI reporter James O'Donnell and King about his work and recognition as an Innovator Under 35.
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ModelRudder adds experimental per-task model routing to native Codex and Claude Code, allowing users to allocate stronger models to tasks that need them. The free, MIT-licensed preview runs locally on macOS, Linux/WSL, and Windows, requiring Node.js 24+ and a TypeSafe Jev API key for routing decisions across Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus models.
In September 2026, MIT professor Dor Minzer and his students rushed to publish a 95-page paper on computational complexity after learning that OpenAI had allegedly proved the famous unique games conjecture. Minzer's team had independently achieved a milestone result on a closely related problem, and their quick publication was vindicated when OpenAI announced its proof in October alongside hundreds of other mathematical results, with experts praising Minzer's contribution as genuinely significant.
Margaret Hamilton was Director of Software Engineering at MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory, leading a team of over 400 that developed flight software for Apollo and Skylab. She founded Hamilton Technologies and Higher Order Software, created the Universal Systems Language, and coined the term 'software engineering.' She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the NASA Exceptional Space Act Award in 2003.
Infants as young as 4-6 months old can infer social closeness between people based on saliva-sharing behaviors like kissing or sharing food, according to research from UC Santa Barbara, Harvard, and MIT published in Evolution and Human Behavior. The study found that babies looked longer at individuals who shared saliva with others, suggesting they understand that such intimate contact indicates close relationships.
bigarrow is a lightweight macOS CLI tool that lets AI agents draw arrows, boxes, and text on screen to guide users through actions they must perform manually, such as clicking permission dialogs or entering authentication codes. The tool is click-through, requires no permissions, and integrates with Claude Code and other agents via a simple Swift binary.
A lightweight JavaScript JPEG XL encoder library (12 KB gzipped) for offline image encoding in web apps and photography tools with no runtime dependencies, supporting lossless and lossy compression, various color depths, and metadata handling.
Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist whose software powered the Apollo 11 moon landing, has died at 90. She developed the onboard flight software that detected and compensated for a critical hardware error minutes before the 1969 lunar landing, allowing the mission to proceed successfully. Hamilton was recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 for her groundbreaking work.
Margaret Hamilton led the Software Engineering Division at MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed the Apollo program's flight software in the 1960s. An iconic 1969 photograph of Hamilton standing beside code listings has become widely shared, and the Apollo software was recently added to GitHub. Hamilton is credited with popularizing the concept of software engineering.
Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led the development of software for NASA's Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, has died at age 90. Her work on priority-driven software prevented a critical computer error during the 1969 landing and helped establish the field of software engineering. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 for her contributions to space exploration.
MITx, MIT's open online learning platform, served over 338,000 learners this past year and celebrated the 10th anniversary of its MicroMasters Programs, which offer affordable and flexible pathways to advanced education. The article highlights learner success stories, including Joshua Gayman, who completed the MicroMasters in Finance to deepen his quantitative skills and advance his career in real estate and investment management.
Better Call GPT is a plugin for Claude Code that enables voice interaction while coding. Users can speak commands while the AI works on their repository, with voice handling casual conversation and only forwarding actual work requests to Claude Code. The system ensures voice input never approves permission prompts, which require keyboard confirmation.