
AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **AI helps design new materials that work in the real world** (MIT AI News) - [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-helps-design-new-materials-that-work-in-real-world-0826) - **System helps humans predict when self-driving cars will make mistakes** (MIT AI News) - [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/system-helps-humans-predict-when-self-driving-cars-will-make-mistakes-0902) - **A better way to model the behavior of metal alloys** (MIT AI News) - [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/better-way-to-model-metal-alloys-behavior-0619) - **MIT…
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