India, June 19 -- A recent study by researchers at the MIT Media Lab has raised concerns over the impact of ChatGPT on young people's cognitive engagement and learning. Conducted over several months, the study involved 54 participants aged 18 to 39 from the Boston area. Each was asked to write SAT-style essays using either ChatGPT, Google Search, or no digital tool at all.

The findings were striking. EEG scans tracking brain activity across 32 regions showed that participants using ChatGPT demonstrated the lowest levels of brain engagement. These users "consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioural levels," according to the researchers. Over time, the ChatGPT group grew increasingly passive, often resorting to copy-p...