# The promise and peril of using visual AI to study cities

**Published:** September 24, 2026
**Author:** Peter Dizikes | MIT News
**Source:** MIT News — AI
**Language:** en-US
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A few months ago, researchers from the MIT Senseable City Lab published a study about pollution in New York City featuring some new methods. For instance: With machine learning, they identified the types of vehicles appearing in 331 traffic cameras in the city, and estimated the…

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