English teachers who judged the essays were able to identify work written by AI.

Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ...

A team of neurologists and AI specialists at MIT's Media Lab has led a study looking into the brain impacts of large language model (LLM) use among people who engage with them for study or work. They ...

Using ChatGPT on a long-term basis could have negative effects on brain function. That’s according to a study led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which found that using a large ...

Researchers have been putting ChatGPT essays to the test against real students. A new study reveals that the AI generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students. While the AI essays ...

AI users ‘performed worse than their counterparts … at all levels,’ study reveals Prolonged use of artificial intelligence for essay-writing tasks may weaken brain function and critical thinking ...

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TIME reporter Andrew Chow discussed the findings of a new study about how ChatGPT affects critical thinking with Nataliya Kosymyna. Kosymyna was part of a team of researchers at MIT’s Media Lab who ...