MIT and partners launch Public AI Observatory based on 24,521 real conversations
ShayneRedford · x · 2026-08-19
Researchers across MIT, Stanford, and 12 academic institutions launched the Public AI Observatory, an independent public infrastructure to measure how people actually use AI assistants in the wild. Built from 24,521 consented conversations across 52 models, the project was featured on the front page of the Washington Post and in a long piece in MIT Technology Review.
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