NYT Cites MIT–OpenAI Study Linking Extended Chatbot Use to Poorer Well-Being
patpat_mit · x · 2026-10-18
The New York Times cites MIT–OpenAI research co-authored at the MIT Media Lab finding that extended chatbot use was associated with poorer well-being, raising questions about whether AI conversations can distort users' sense of reality. The team asks how AI should be designed to support human agency and genuine connection.
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