See the Big Picture
& Negative Space
Latent Lab turns a body of knowledge into a navigable semantic landscape. Where a chat interface answers one question at a time, the map shows the whole space at once: how ideas cluster, how they move over time, and where the open ground lies. Overlay datasets, steer the view with a phrase, and synthesize new ideas from the regions you select.
Drive Latent Lab from any MCP-aware host.
Drop the config into Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cline, or the Anthropic Agent SDK. The first tool call runs a device-code login. After that every latentlab_* tool talks to this deployment.
{
"mcpServers": {
"latentlab": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"latentlab.mcp"
],
"env": {
"LATENTLAB_API_URL": "/api"
}
}
}
}Information Overlays
Overlay diverse datasets, creating a unified, coherent data landscape. Align and reconcile information from varied sources for analysis and decision-making.
Explore investigationsData Evolution
Analyze vast amounts of data to uncover emerging patterns and trends for strategic planning and innovation.
Explore investigationsWhite Space Exploration
Identify gaps and uncover new areas of opportunity that were previously overlooked. Surface the questions no one has asked yet.
Explore investigationsAn instrument for latent knowledge.
We build cartographies of meaning: interactive maps that let researchers, designers, and strategists see what a body of text, code, or imagery is shaped like.
Latent Lab is a research project of the Viral Communications group at the MIT Media Lab, with pilots across publishing, energy, telecom, defense, and consulting.
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We’re looking for researchers, designers, and engineers intrigued by the future of human–AI interaction, people who want to expose latent knowledge and expand the human capacity to grasp higher dimensions of information.
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