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Early methods for studying affective use and emotional wellbeing in ChatGPT: An OpenAI and MIT Media Lab Research collaboration

Editor’s Note: This blog was written jointly with OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab. It also appears here. 
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Personal Robots research on front cover of Science Robotics March 2025 issue

The March 2025 cover story for Science Robotics highlights a recent study conducted by researchers in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots group.
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New platform lets anyone rapidly prototype large, sturdy interactive structures

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.
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Introducing MIT Media Lab's Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) Research Program

The MIT Media Lab announced the launch of its multi-faculty research program, "Advancing Humans with AI" (AHA)
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Meet the 2025 LEGO Papert Fellows

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's fellowship!
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Prof. Deblina Sarkar receives Bochorer Best award for her achievements in science and technology

The award ceremony honored ten individuals shaping contemporary Bengali society.
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Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors

A new low-power system using radio frequency waves takes a major step toward autonomous, indoor drone navigation.
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Pattie Maes receives ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award

This award is given to individuals whose research in human-computer interaction is considered both fundamental and influential.
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New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions

Sometimes, it might be better to train a robot in an environment that’s different from the one where it will be deployed.
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Mitchel Resnick receives 2025 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education

This award honors an individual or group in recognition of a significant contribution to computer science education.
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WHx Program: Unlocking Women's Health through Transformative Technologies
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From The Wall Street Journal: AI Has Shown Me My Future. Here’s What I’ve Learned.

The tool is the brainchild of a team that includes MIT Media Lab postdoctorate Pat Pataranutaporn, who studies AI systems that help people f
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A Bionic Leg Controlled by the Brain

Hugh Herr pioneers brain-controlled prosthetics, merging tech and biology to restore mobility and enhance human potential beyond limits.
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Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound

Gabriela Torres Vives, et al. "Enhancing the Privacy of a Digital Pound." Bank of England and MIT Digital Currency Initiative, December 2024

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Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication

As part of a biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
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Imagine what we can co-create.Every day, we collaborate with global leaders to spark creativity and shape the future. Through groundbreakin…
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New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.
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Brain-controlled prosthetic limbs take steps closer to reality

In a cover story, Science News highlights research from the Media Lab’s Biomechatronics group and the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at MIT
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A model of virtuosity

Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” + the artist
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“Wearable” devices for cells

These devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even help restore some brain function.
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A data designer driven to collaborate with communities

Media Lab alum + MIT DUSP Prof Catherine D’Ignazio thinks carefully about how we acquire and display data—and why we lack it for many things
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AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self

By enabling users to chat with an older version of themselves, Future You aims to reduce anxiety + guide young people to make better choices
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Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators

This video series features our current students, offering glimpses into their backgrounds, their research, and the passions behind the work
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
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Behnaz Farahi joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Sciences Program as Assistant Professor, Transformative Design

Behnaz Farahi joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) as Assistant Professor, Transformative…
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Member Collaboration Story—At World Mental Health Day, Samsung + MIT Media Lab Highlight Sleep’s Impact on Mental Health

In honor of World Mental Health Day, Samsung is emphasizing its collaboration with the MIT Media Lab to explore the mind-body connection, a…
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Startup’s displays engineer light to create immersive experiences without the headsets

“We are adding a new layer of control between the world of computers and what your eyes see,” says Barmak Heshmat, co-founder of Brelyon
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Paul Liang joins MIT Media Lab Media Arts + Science Program + EECS/Schwarzman College of Computing as Asst. Professor, AI + Human Experience

Paul Liang joins the MIT Media Lab's Program in Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing with a shar…
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Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in U.S. prison environments

MIT researchers identify facility-level factors that could worsen heat impacts for incarcerated people.
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First AI + Education Summit is an international push for “AI fluency”

The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries.
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Study: Transparency is often lacking in datasets used to train large language models

Researchers created a tool that enables an AI practitioner to find data that suits their model, which could improve accuracy and reduce bias
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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
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Earth observation technology trends for climate intelligence

As climate-related disasters become more frequent, the need for actionable climate intelligence has never been greater.  Earth Observa…
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Castrol collaboration supports research on Lunar Landings

Castrol supports the AstroAnt Payload Program, a robotic swarm designed for tasks on spacecraft, rovers, and landers.
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Mohammad Tariqul Islam receives MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellowship

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the heart of NCB’s research, which fuses AI with life sciences.
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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
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Hao-Tung Yang wins the T.S. Lin Fellowship Award

Hao-Tung's goal is to advance non-invasive treatments for brain diseases.
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Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics

Researchers created a water-soluble version of an important bacterial enzyme, which can be used in drug screens to identify new antibiotics.
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The Media Lab at the 2024 Core77 Design Awards

Congratulations to the winners and honorees of the 2024 Core77 Design Awards!
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A parabolic roller coaster into the future of space and lunar exploration

Media Lab SEI’s 2024 microgravity flight features 37 parabolas and projects focused on health in space, walking in zero gravity, and more!
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Danielle Wood named 2024 Just Tech Fellow

Wood will lead projects that apply satellite Earth Observation technology for environmental management.
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
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A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally
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Research Group Overviews

Learn more about all of the research groups, centers, and initiatives at the MIT Media Lab.
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Media Lab Community Awards and Recognitions

View recent awards and recognitions received by members of the Media Lab community in the modules attached here.
Jan. 1, 2023
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Congratulations to everyone graduating in 2024!

We're so proud of everything you've accomplished here, and can't wait to see what you do next.
May 16, 2024
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people