Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland and other experts explore the potential of customized AI models trained with organization-specific data.

Media Lab alumni Ziv Epstein and Alexander Reben joined a panel discussion on the creative future of generative AI.

The papers are intended as a resource for US policymakers.

PhD student Shayne Longpre (Human Dynamics) discusses an open letter he co-authored with collaborators.

The research on video doorbells—which includes a paper from the Human Dynamics group—hasn't found strong evidence that they reduce crime.

In a new working paper, researchers consider the most effective ways to label online content as AI-generated, misleading, or both.

Robert Mahari, a PhD student in the Human Dynamics group, and other experts talk to Inside Higher Ed about copyright & generative AI tools.

In Scientific American, Dr. Alex Lipton and Media Lab Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland call for the creation of new banking regulations.

GeekWire reports on research that people were less likely to visit socioeconomically different areas while returning to pre-pandemic habits.

Media Lab Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, MIT CSAIL Director Daniela Rus, and Prof. Josh Tenenbaum discuss the future of intelligence.

Postdoc Ziv Epstein, PhD student Robert Mahari, & Harvard Law lecturer Jessica Fjeld consider the issues of generative AI and copyright law.

Media Lab PhD student Isabella Loaiza is building data-driven tools to help people all over the world navigate the future of work.

In a new study, researchers from MIT and other universities show that personal mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't fully recovered.

Ziv Epstein, a researcher in the Human Dynamics group, discusses the relationship between humans and AI and where it could be headed.

Lawsuits over the development and use of AI tools can have huge implications on the creative process and intellectual property ownership.

Newly published research shows that a focus on sharing can make it harder for social media users to tell whether content is accurate.

Public interest tax analyst Don Griswold introduces Tech for Transparency, inspired by Media Lab Professor Alex Pentland's research.

A global "AI Bill of Rights" that would help protect fairness, promote accountability, support innovation, and develop ethical guidelines.

Of 25 proposed interventions for democracy tested, one developed by Human Dynamics researchers was among the most effective.

Critics, practitioners, and researchers like Human Dynamics PhD student Ziv Epstein talk about AI-generated art..

Human Dynamics group members explore how technical CBDC design choices can be used to make a CBDC inherently resistant to money laundering.

Ziv Epstein talks about his latest research project, which will attempt to "map the networks of cooperation and serendipity at Burning Man."

New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.

Digital literacy helps people identify misinformation — but it doesn’t necessarily stop them from spreading it.

Leaders often have to decide whether to delegate projects to individuals or a group. According to a new study, it should depend on the task.

Watch: Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland and Consumer Reports Digital Lab co-hosted a virtual event to discuss an early draft of a Data Rights Protocol.

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland speaks during a TEDxMIT event about how distributed data technologies can help community social structures.

Boston.com reports on research conducted by Human Dynamics head Sandy Pentland, visiting professor Esteban Moro, and collaborators.

By leveraging algorithms and unorthodox data sources, an MIT researcher has made Valencia a Covid-19 data pioneer

Congratulations to the team at Media Lab spinoff Ginger, which is merging with Headspace!