AI Research Dispatch

AI research dispatch tracking model releases, lab updates, benchmarks, safety work, and academic papers with links to primary or source materials and context.

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MindTopo reveals VLMs’ spatial reasoning abilities

At a glance MindTopo is a new benchmark for testing topological reasoning in AI, evaluating whether multimodal models can understand concepts such as connectivity, enclosure, order, separation, and …

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Our approach to bioresilience

The global biosecurity landscape is rapidly evolving. Shifting natural ecosystems, global travel and the potential misuse of AI require greater vigilance — yet AI is also a critical tool for our …

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Introducing Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber

Google has invested in cybersecurity for years, pioneering automated vulnerability discovery to secure the world’s codebases. Tools like CodeMender , our code security agent, can automatically find …

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Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots

From feet to fingertips — we are teaching robots intelligent whole-body control, fine dexterity, and teamwork to complete a broad range of complex tasks For decades, we’ve dreamed of robots that …

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Working to automate nuclear plant operations

In pursuit of autonomous nuclear plant operations It turns out the research for the master’s was just the tip of the iceberg. There was still work left to be done. For the future viability of nuclear …

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Connecting research to policy on Capitol Hill

This spring, 25 MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to meet with congressional staffers and advocate for sustained federal investment in scientific research. With recent cuts to National …

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Solving the solvent problem

Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt, …