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Five faculty members and two alumni from MIT have been named to the 2026 cohort of AI2050 Fellows, a program aimed at advancing research in beneficial artificial intelligence. The initiative, led by Schmidt Sciences, focuses on addressing significant challenges in AI to ensure its positive impact on society by 2050.
- The 2026 AI2050 Fellows include five MIT faculty members and two alumni, recognized for their contributions to artificial intelligence research.
- The AI2050 initiative, co-chaired by Eric Schmidt and James Manyika, aims to explore how AI can be beneficial to society by 2050.
- Sendhil Mullainathan, a professor at MIT, is focused on human-centered AI and has a background in behavioral science and poverty action.
- Alex Damian, an assistant professor, researches deep learning optimization and model training.
- Bailey Flanigan, a career development assistant professor, combines political science and computer science to enhance democratic participation.
- Yunha Hwang, another assistant professor, works on genomic AI for biological discovery and enzyme function determination.
- Manish Raghavan, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, studies algorithmic fairness and its implications in hiring.
- Alumni Irene Chen, Allison Z. Koenecke, and former postdoc Juan Carlos Perdomo are also recognized as Early Career Fellows in this initiative.
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