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Pattie Maes told The Washington Post about new findings from her yearslong investigation into how AI affects human cognition.
MIT Media Lab finds ChatGPT use weakens brain connectivity - raising questions about long-term cognitive costs
In a 2025 MIT Media Lab study titled "Your Brain on ChatGPT," researchers wired 54 people with EEG sensors and asked them to write essays.
Poet Will Dowd used the MIT Media Lab's Dormio project to seed his dreams with recorded poetry from Harvard University’s audio archive.
Studies from the MIT Media Lab and Georgetown University show AI chatbots and summaries implant false memories in users.
"Plato's [Al]legory of the Cave" by Sam Chin, Cathy Fang, and Ruipeng Wang wins Best in Show at Expanded 2026.
Celebrating the 2026 MAS fellowship recipients and their outstanding contributions across the Lab.
Research from Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab tests how much of your AI process your colleagues actually need to see.
By Adam Conner-SimonsMany people find AI-based chatbots helpful in keeping up with news, but a study by Pattie Maes and her colleagues at t…
Read more about where the Media Lab has been, and where it’s going, in MIT Technology Review.
MemPal, developed by the Fluid Interfaces group, is featured in WBUR for its use of AI to support memory in older adults.
Media Lab spinoff Augmental, which was co-founded by Media Lab alum Tomás Vega and Corten Singer, has launched MouthPad.
Alumni Maxim Lobovsky, David Cranor, and Natan Linder discuss launching hardware startups in a new MechE course.
AI Is Making Us Worse at Spotting Lies, MIT Media Lab's Anku Rani Warns
New research found relying too much on AI negatively affected people’s ability to identify misinformation.
Media Lab study shows that, much like how GPS has weakened our navigation skills, AI can make us worse at detecting fake news.
Fluid Interfaces alum Harpreet Sareen is turning houseplants into sensors that make city life safer, smarter, and more alive.
Nataliya Kos'myna, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, and J. Nathan Matias are named 2026–27 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellows.
In a Bloomberg Businessweek interview, Pattie Maes, head of the Fluid Interfaces group, said AI should augment cognition, not replace it.
The AI tools we build, have, undoubtedly, an impact on our cognition, and more specifically, attention, memory, engagement, among many…
‘Advancing Humans with AI’ makes bettering lives the focus
Media Lab alum Adam Haar Horowitz, a cognitive scientist and CEO of DUST, treats sleep hours as a space to design and influence thought.
A collaboration between Responsive Environments and Fluid Interfaces wins the Lasting Impact Award at ACM Augmented Humans 2026.
A one-month residency in Asia to scale research with mass manufacturing for affordability or unprecedented magnitudes.
In The Guardian, Pat Pataranutaporn warns that missing AI disclaimers in health content can lead users to trust information too easily.
Media Lab alum Adam Haar Horowitz and his work mentioned in the Vogue article.
Study from the Fluid Interfaces exploring dreams was referenced by TIME magazine.
How MIT alumni created an experimental installation at the MIT Museum to turn our innermost worlds into collective experiences.
An immersive MIT Museum installation invites visitors into a shared dream world shaped by art, science, and Media Lab research.
In the latest episode of Who I Met Today, Kye Shimizu discusses the bold and varied projects emerging from MIT Media Lab.
Media Lab spinoff Tulip raises $120M at a $1.3B valuation to scale its AI platform for frontline manufacturing worldwide
Why can people watch the same video footage and see different things? Neuroscience can help explain
Dream engineering, pioneered at the MIT Media Lab, is named the most powerful idea of the 21st century by BBC Science Focus experts.
Researchers are scrambling to figure out why generative AI appears to lead some people to a state of “psychosis.”
It may have profound implications for society and what it means to be human
MIT researchers find chatbot relationships can reduce loneliness, while one in five Americans report intimate A.I. encounters despite risks.
Discover how MIT's Adam Horowitz and the Fluid Interfaces group use dream engineering and sleep science to boost creativity and cognition.
OpenAI’s push for broader appeal raised safety concerns. With new safeguards in place, can the company keep growing at the same pace?
MIT Media Lab deepens KBTG partnership in Bangkok, advancing AI, social algorithms, and community innovation across Thailand.
UNESCO’s Member States took the final step towards adopting the first global normative framework on the ethics of neurotechnology.
What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?
Rapid advances in neural implants and AI are pushing society to defend its most private territory — the human mind.
With this funding, Valdemar will continue his work on AI for supporting human reasoning and critical thinking.
Xin Liu and Chloe Bensahel are finalists in the Art and Science category at the 2025 Falling Walls Science Summit.
Manuel Cherep accepts Best Poster Award at the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium Symposium for research on LLM agents.
Boston startup AlterEgo unveiled a wearable built on MIT research that converts silent muscle signals into speech, aiming to reshape how we
Three Space Lab, founded by Fluid Interfaces alum Scott Greenwald, raises $3M to expand its AI-driven VR real estate platform.
New study analyses how ChatGPT affects our brain.
The evolutionary reason why ChatGPT is dangerous for your brain.
Voting for SXSW 2026 is open until August 24!
MIT Media Lab research warns AI grief tech may comfort but risks creating false memories.
Project investigating the implications of neurotechnology for children's rights today and beyond.
Prof. Pattie Maes on designing AI to boost creativity, awareness, and support human wellbeing.
Research from Stanford, MIT, and UC Berkeley finds that generative AI models have largely stopped providing disclaimers about medical advice
By Charlie FinkSan Francisco-based startup Mentra has raised $8 million to launch MentraOS 2.0, an open-source operating system designed sp…
How can we design AI tools that protect the messy, communal discovery at the heart of learning?
In this episode Maes shares her benchmarks for this goal, along with research on outcomes for humans using AI every day.
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
From CNN to The New Yorker, international outlets spotlight Nataliya Kos’myna’s research on how AI tools affect cognitive function.
Study: Using AI Could Cost You Brainpower
Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original.
Caitlin Morris designs digital learning platforms that make room for the “social magic” that influences curiosity and motivation.
Pattie Maes and Ed Boyden receive Aging Brain Initiative seed grants to advance innovative Alzheimer’s research.
Media Lab projects honored in Fast Company's 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards.