MIT Study Finds Using ChatGPT Lowers Brain Activity

The results found that participants who used ChatGPT while writing essays experienced a decrease in brain activity.
Published: 6/20/2025, 11:07:27 PM EDT

Researchers at MIT put three groups of people to work on essays to study the cognitive effects of using large language model chatbots. The results found that participants who used ChatGPT while writing essays experienced a decrease in neural activity.