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title: "The promise and peril of using visual AI to study cities"
date: 2026-09-24
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/studying-cities-using-visual-ai-fabio-duarte-martina-mazzarello-carlo-ratti-fan-zhang-book-0924
description: "In their new book, “How AI Sees the City,” the leaders of MIT’s Senseable City Lab examine the technology’s implications for researching urban life."
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# The promise and peril of using visual AI to study cities

In their new book, “How AI Sees the City,” the leaders of MIT’s Senseable City Lab examine the technology’s implications for researching urban life.

*Published: 2026-09-24*