In the Media

In an Opinion piece for The New York Times, columnist David Brooks highlights a recent MIT study that explores the impact of ChatGPT use on brain function by asking subjects to write essays while using large language models, traditional search engines, or only their own brains. “The subjects who relied only on their own brains showed higher connectivity across a bunch of brain regions,” explains Brooks. “Search engine users experienced less brain connectivity and A.I. users least of all.”