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From @techreview: Explore “a completely subjective list of Institute inventions that have left life easier, less stressful, and even a little more fun,” including several from the Media Lab! technologyreview.com/2026/10…
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MIT announces the MIT for America initiative. The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-americ…
The @space_enabled group at the MIT Media Lab is excited to host Zero Robotics, and is inviting high school students everywhere to join the 2027 High School Tournament!
Zero Robotics is a programming competition where students write code to control Astrobee, the free-flying robot that lives aboard the International Space Station. Teams of students work together to solve a game challenge using Astrobee and compete against teams from around the world.
The five-week program runs from Monday, January 11 to Friday, February 12, 2027, with the final event planned for Friday, February 19, 2027.
Zero Robotics is recruiting teams internationally! Grab at least three teammates and register by December 16, 2026: media.mit.edu/events/zero-ro…
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What happens to learning when students decide for themselves when to use AI?
TODAY: AHA Seminar with Osbert Bastani (Associate Professor, UPenn), from chess academies to AI tutors, on what his field studies reveal about AI in real classrooms.
Link: zoom.us/j/91647096870
Media Lab Professor @ishii_mit received the IDSA Special Achievement Award in recognition of his work integrating physical and digital environments.
Over three decades, Professor Ishii’s research has shown how bringing the arts, science, engineering, and design together creates innovations with real-world applications. His models now influence product development across industries, shaping how millions of people interact with information and each other.
news.mit.edu/2026/hiroshi-is…
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Rather than asking what AI can do, ImpactBench asks what AI does to people: how it shapes human psychology, autonomy, and wellbeing. media.mit.edu/posts/research…
At 5pm ET tonight, October 8, Professor @STurkle will join @AHA_MediaLab for an in-person conversation about her new book, "Artificial Intimacy," followed by an open Q+A with the audience. This event will not be livestreamed or recorded.
media.mit.edu/events/aha-sem…
In her new book, “Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines,” MIT Prof. @STurkle offers a sharp critique of chatbots, which offer a kind of “pretend empathy” that may damage human relationships. @mit_shass @MITPSTS
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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
ALT Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.
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Most AI benchmarks measure what models can do. ImpactBench measures what AI does to us.
800+ behavioral metrics. 48,540 conversations. Ten models. Undesirable behaviors avoided in only 53.1% of evaluations.
Explore: impactbench.media.mit.edu
Headlines and conversations about the risks of AI are everywhere — but many of them focus on end-of-the-world scenarios, while the everyday dangers of AI go unmeasured.
That’s why the MIT Media Lab’s Advancing Humans with AI (@aha_medialab) program, in collaboration with the @USCMarshall's Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making, UC @BerkeleyHaas, and the Psychology of Technology Institute (@psych_of_tech), is launching ImpactBench, an expert-guided, open and evolving evaluation framework for measuring AI’s impact on human wellbeing.
Its findings also inform a consumer-facing tool, the AI Nutrition Label, which provides simple, at-a-glance ratings, modeled on food nutrition labels, showing how a given AI system scores on avoiding harm and promoting wellbeing.
Learn more: media.mit.edu/posts/research…
Curious about applying to the Media Lab? Register for the Virtual Open House for Prospective Students on October 9! You’ll have an opportunity to hear from staff, faculty, and students; learn about the academic program and the research groups; and ask questions.
Learn more and register for the webinar: media.mit.edu/events/2026-ma…
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“I feel the story I’m telling is the inner history of technology,” @MITPSTS professor @STurkle says. Her new book, "Artificial Intimacy," critiques chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage. news.mit.edu/2026/when-we-ta…
In her new book, “Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines,” MIT Prof. @STurkle offers a sharp critique of chatbots, which offer a kind of “pretend empathy” that may damage human relationships. @mit_shass @MITPSTS
news.mit.edu/2026/when-we-ta…
At 5pm on October 8, Professor Turkle will join the Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) program at the Media Lab for an in-person conversation about the book and open Q+A with the audience. This event will not be livestreamed or recorded.
media.mit.edu/events/aha-sem…
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Boston-area friends—I’m playing two concerts at MIT this Saturday, October 3! 📷
I’ll be at the piano, joined by the MIT Chamber Chorus and student performers, celebrating my residency at MIT. Piano, voices, improvisation, and a few musical surprises with jam_bot—it’s a part of my musical world I’m excited to share with you.
📷 Thomas Tull Concert Hall
MIT · Cambridge, MA
📷 October 3 · 5 PM & 8 PM
📷 $10 general / $5 MIT
Tickets at bit.ly/jordan-jambot-2026
Bring a friend and join us. I’d love to see some familiar faces—and meet some new ones!
#MITArts #jam_bot #MITFutureFest @medialab #bostonmusicscene
Curious about applying to the Media Lab? Register for the Virtual Open House for Prospective Students on October 9! You’ll have an opportunity to hear from staff, faculty, and students; learn about the academic program and the research groups; and ask questions.
Learn more and register for the webinar: media.mit.edu/events/2026-ma…
MIT Media Lab retweeted
Just published in Science Advances: HITMAN, our new technology for treating one of the deadliest brain cancers.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers, with a median survival of only 12–15 months even with the best available care—creating an urgent need for new therapies.
HITMAN — employs injectable nano-antennas approximately 150 nanometers in size. Activated wirelessly by a low-frequency magnetic field applied from outside the body, these nano-antennas generated highly localized electric fields that selectively killed glioblastoma cells and extended survival by more than 50% in pre-clinical animal studies.
#Glioblastoma #CancerResearch #Nanotechnology #Bioelectronics #magnetoelectric
@MIT @mit_nano @medialab @kochinstitute
MIT researchers have invented a new microscope that can image electrical activity in neurons distributed across the brain of an entire organism. Professor @eboyden3, the senior author of the study, holds a joint appointment in Media Arts and Sciences (the academic program at the Media Lab) and @mcgovernmit.
news.mit.edu/2026/high-speed…
