Language models’ ability to understand 3D space is improving, but they still lag behind in spatial reasoning. A new benchmark from AI Lab researchers uses the Rubik’s Cube to evaluate how well language models handle spatial transformation over time. bit.ly/4sGnBGx

This week, @princeton.edu is hosting the 29th Annual ALTA Conference, April 9–11, co-organized by @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social, Associate Research Scholar at @princetonainews.bsky.social and CDH affiliate! Theme: "Reimagining African Language Pedagogy in the Digital Age." Open to all to attend.

On Mar. 18, Karthik Narasimhan sat down with Ankush Gola ’15 to discuss @langchain.bsky.social, the startup he co-founded that provides the framework for building AI agents and LLM-powered applications. ai.princeton.edu/news/2026/la...

What if every time you visited a page online you could expect something new and personalized? Enter the Web World Model, a framework that maintains the logical consistency of standard web code while enabling the unlimited environment of an LLM: bit.ly/4aMwIzF

Next week! For our Modeling Culture program, @zoeleblanc.bsky.social presents two projects exploring how computational methods can help us understand past and present struggles to make information more just. Join us on Tuesday, March 3, 4:30 PM @ CDH!

Princeton is leading a new wave of collaboration, from using LLMs to piece together ancient fragments to humanists helping engineers build more ethical, accessible models. This is the future of interdisciplinary research. #DigitalHumanities #History #AI #Princeton

New Deep Dive from @anilananth.bsky.social on our blog: @msalganik.bsky.social & colleagues developed a way to create and analyze an individual’s "Book of Life." The eventual goal? Train language models on data from millions of Books of Life to predict an individual's life outcome: bit.ly/473NmIy

Congratulations to Sayash Kapoor on being awarded the Jacobus Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed on a graduate student at @princeton.edu. Kapoor will be honored in a ceremony this weekend. engineering.princeton.edu/news/2026/02... @sayash.bsky.social

Autonomous spacecraft are still a far off ideal 🚀 But Ryne Beeson and @stella.to are taking the first steps in that direction by finding the optimal trajectories to a given planet or moon with the help of machine learning: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...

Here's a round up of the research being showcased by Princeton students, post-docs, research software engineers and faculty for the @neuripsconf.bsky.social this week: blog.ai.princeton.edu/2025/12/02/p...

Could geometry could be the key to unlock human-like intelligence in AI? 📐🧠 @timbuschman.bsky.social, @gautamreddy.bsky.social and Adel Ardalan dive into how neural networks use geometry to help models understand the world instead of just pattern-match it. On our blog now: bit.ly/49COIw8

👋Meet the Postdoc! Meet Andrew Nam, a researcher with our Natural and Artificial Minds initiative. His interests are abstract and rule-based reasoning, rapid learning, and out-of-distribution generalization in both biological and artificial intelligence systems. ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/me...

Join us 11/6 with the Princeton AI Lab (@princetonainews.bsky.social) at 2-4 pm for the Policy Fellows Seminar. Learn from the researchers of the AI Lab who work closely with governmental agencies at the state & federal level to advance the responsible development and utilization of AI. Info 👇

AI meets ancient art 🤝 In our latest blog post, read about the Princeton researchers combining machine learning and the principles of kirigami to transform flat surfaces into mesmerizing structures: blog.ai.princeton.edu/2025/10/31/u...

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A new paper from @princetonneuro.bsky.social scientists shows people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the opportunity for learning arises. The results could help researchers build better AI. Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...

We welcomed 2 new associate research scholars this fall 🥳 Liam Fowl and @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social will be supporting the ongoing research at Princeton Language and Intelligence. Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...

🚨 Call for Seed Grant Proposals 🚨 The AI Lab is now reviewing seed grants to support research in large AI models, natural and artificial minds, AI for invention and other AI-related projects. Deadline for proposals is 10/31. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/seed-...

📣 New preprint! We know humans are biased against AI-creativity. But what about LLMs, now often judging creativity in various contexts? Do they replicate, transform, or amplify this bias? We tested it. Turns out: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831 🧵

How can AI and other computational approaches help us to understand the distant past? @jrladd.com will share work from two cultural analytics projects that address these challenges by combining analog research methods and machine learning to study the print culture of the 16th and 17th centuries.

WATCH: Princeton assistant prof of computer science @tridao.bsky.social on the Unsupervised Learning podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlSa...

This fall, we're welcoming 8 new postdocs! From reinforcement learning to human-AI collaboration, their work will power forward our initiatives. Meet them and learn more about their research: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...

We're excited to announce our new AI Corporate Affiliate Program – and are looking for members for the 2025-26 academic year. For more information: ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/corpo...

Could your AI assistant get gaslit? 🤯 Research from Princeton shows how memory injection attacks create security risks. 🔗https://blog.ai.princeton.edu/2025/09/09/when-your-ai-assistant-gets-gaslithow-real-ai-agents-with-fake-memories-shows-that-smart-assistants-can-go-dangerously-off-script/

"Writing an essay is hard because it forces you to use your brain in ways you haven't before, and that is precisely why it's useful." For our August feature, we invited science fiction writer Ted Chiang to respond to a series of questions related to AI and its impact on humanities scholarship.

Shoutout to all the Princeton researchers participating in the International Conference on Machine Learning #ICML2025 Browse through some of the cutting edge research from AI Lab students, post-docs and faculty being presented this year: pli.princeton.edu/blog/2025/pr...

🧠🔍 New Deep Dive alert Researchers from Princeton’s AI Lab are using tools from cognitive science to better understand how modern AI “thinks.” By applying methods from human cognition they hope to shed light on black-box models: bit.ly/4lUFDl5

That's a wrap on the @princetonpiirs.bsky.social Global Seminar in Kenya! Students discovered how to teach a computer to understand African languages & explored the current landscape of language technologies in Africa. Thanks to @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social for this pic from the final poster session!

When it comes to AI tools for science, biosecurity isn't a maybe — it's a must. Our latest Deep Dive blog explores how we can build biosecurity safeguards into scientific AI, to protect against misuse. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3Ghe7PJ

Today @nature.com Human Behavior published a paper on how machine learning is helping reveal what makes economic games complex for people. Read our new blog post breaking down the research from paper author Zhu Jian-Qiao: bit.ly/4k8bops

“Our team of research software engineers have played a key role in the cutting-edge research in AI at Princeton that is being picked up by industry and also garnering awards and recognition at leading conferences.” Meet the AI Lab RSEs: bit.ly/3T6h4Fy

🚨The AI Lab is hiring! We're looking for a full-time Research Software Engineer to contribute to the current research that the AI Lab supports across the university. For more information and application: bit.ly/44f8Fom

Can AI allow computers to ensure safe autonomous systems? Professors Amir Ali Ahmadi and @praveshkkothari.bsky.social received an AI Lab seed grant to explore AI enhancement in mathematical proof systems used to ensure safety and efficiency in complex technologies. bit.ly/4493AxL

🚨The AI Lab is hiring! We're seeking out AI Policy Fellows to work with federal or state government on AI policy initiatives. For more information and to apply: bit.ly/4dSclAO

A grant of nearly $10 million was announced May 28 to fund a Princeton-led effort using AI to develop advanced semiconductors for wireless communication and remote sensing. The effort will be directed by Kaushik Sengupta, professor of electrical and computer engineering. Read more: bit.ly/3FoaXt9

New on the CITP #Blog: Mihir Kshirsagar makes the case for why the National Science Foundation (#NSF) National AI Research & Development Strategic Plan should prioritize diffusion over innovation: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/05/30/w... @princetonainews.bsky.social

From the new Seed Grant series on our blog 📢 With the support of the AI Lab Seed Grant, Deborah Levy and colleagues are developing an AI-powered tool to help researchers studying aphasia to convert their articles into aphasia-friendly versions: blog.ai.princeton.edu

“We believe that one of the ways we can take our civilization forward is to really understand about nature, and the best way we can do that is through science." WATCH executive Pushmeet Kohli discuss Google DeepMind's mission to use AI to benefit humanity: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/wa...

Meet the Postdoc! This month, we're spotlighting Ni "Jenny" Zhan, a postdoctoral researcher for the AI Lab initiative AI for Accelerating Invention. She works on AI for design and simulation of dynamic processes and materials. Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/me...

Yesterday the AI Lab hosted a year-end celebration to reflect on the work supported by our research initiatives and celebrate our collective achievements. Thanks to everyone who made this year a success — we look forward to the exciting path ahead!

The AI Lab is launching a new effort to connect computer science students looking for AI projects with faculty across campus. "It’s a win-win," said Olga Russakovsky, associate director of the AI Lab. Read more: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/ai...

“We designed TigerData to empower researchers to do the things they want to do with their data, both for present projects and for future endeavors.” A new data management service coming to Princeton enables researchers to work with data in better ways: bit.ly/44wUnkT

Get to know the AI Lab's postdoctoral researchers with our new Q&A series, Meet the Postdoc First up, we're spotlighting @kawinethayarajh.bsky.social, who works on understanding how AI will operate as a part of human systems with Princeton Language + Intelligence: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/me...

“The thing that this service provides for Princeton researchers is a stamp of confidence saying that we reviewed the environment and it’s safe.” Read about the Princeton AI Sandbox; a secure environment for campus researchers to explore using LLMs: bit.ly/3GKScAg

“The scaling of intelligence will continue, but we as a community, I hope, will do it in a more exciting, smart way.” @yejinchoinka.bsky.social talked about the future of AI for our Distinguished Lecture Series. Watch: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/wa...

WE'RE HIRING: The AI Lab is looking for undergrad work-study students to provide office support in Fall 2025 Apply: princeton.studentemployment.ngwebsolutions.com/JobXJobDetai...

In our blog’s new Deep Dive Series, @anilananth.bsky.social explores how @profsanjeevarora.bsky.social and a team at Princeton Language + Intelligence are asking: Do LLMs experience metacognition? And if so – how can it be leveraged to give models new skills? blog.ai.princeton.edu/2025/04/29/d...

In our latest blog post, @happybuzaaba1.bsky.social, Alexander Wettig, David Ifeoluwa Adelani, and Christiane Fellbaum describe the training setting and data for producing Lugha-Llama, an Africa-centric language model Read now: blog.ai.princeton.edu/2025/04/22/l...

We are hosting @reproml.org 2025 on Aug. 21. There will be invited talks, oral presentations, and poster sessions. Keynote speakers include @randomwalker.bsky.social, @soumithchintala.bsky.social, @jfrankle.com, @jessedodge.bsky.social, @stellaathena.bsky.social Register now: bit.ly/4cP8vIq

“Large language models have a problem, and that is that they misrepresent the truth.” Renowned computer scientist Kathleen McKeown discussed the issue of AI hallucinations in a talk for the AI Lab distinguished lecture series on April 4. Watch: bit.ly/3Y9wY52