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AI is already in babies' bedrooms and toddlers' toy boxes, and the research on what that means for developing brains is years behind the products already in children's hands.
An AI recommendation algorithm now shapes what Netflix and its rivals commission, greenlight and cancel. Here is how the feedback loop actually works, and what it quietly buries.
OpenAI's own data shows nearly 3 million weekly ChatGPT users showing signs of mental health crisis — the real reason behind its quiet new hire to build family-safe AI.
New research on AI companions and loneliness cuts both ways: real short-term comfort, but mounting evidence of long-term harm for the people who need connection most.
The AI art market hit $3.2 billion in 2024 and could reach $40 billion by 2033, but only 9 percent of gallery professionals call it legitimate art. Here's who's actually
The university degree reimagined is what's actually happening: 92% of UK students now use AI for assessments and AI can complete 94% of theoretical computer science tasks. Here's how institutions
The AI content quality collapse is here: 74% of new web pages now contain AI-generated material, and researchers warn of "sloppification" as AI trains on its own smoothed-out output. Here's
In December 2025, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants announced that routine online examinations would cease from March 2026. The CEO's explanation was direct: cheating technology had outpaced existing safeguards,
AI and comedy collided at CHI 2026, where AI stand-up rated funnier than baseline GPT when it leaned into its own machine identity. Here's why timing, lived experience, and subversion
AI cheating in schools nearly tripled in a year in the UK. Detection tools are failing and creating false accusations. Here is what the evidence shows actually works.
MIT research shows 7-year-olds attribute real feelings to AI agents. The APA warns AI companions may displace healthy relationship development. Here is what AI is actually doing to a generation
Generative AI now makes individual writers measurably better, a Science Advances study found, but when everyone uses the same AI, the ideas converge too. Here's what AI has genuinely mastered
A randomised trial proved AI tools made developers 19% slower, yet 69% kept using them anyway. Cognitive ease, not productivity, explains why: the work felt easier even when it took
Robots in education are already deployed in 206 real classrooms across 28 countries. Here is what actually works, and what does not, before you invest.
China now has 515 million users on generative AI, larger than the entire population of the EU, reached in just six months. Here's what drove that adoption and why the
Generative AI in creative industries has already crossed its tipping point. Here are the licensing deals, lawsuits and real adoption numbers behind the shift in music, video and gaming.
Bestseller lists are filling with AI doom narratives predicting extinction, while researchers warn the apocalyptic framing may crowd out more pressing, less dramatic risks. Here's where sober warning ends and
One in three Harvard students now use AI instead of Google for research, and 92% of UK undergrads used AI in their academic work in 2025. Stuart Kerr examines what
The AI food supply chain already influences which crops get harvested, how they're shipped, and what recipes reach your kitchen. Here's how algorithms are quietly reshaping what humanity eats, from
87% of game developers now use AI agents in their workflow, per a new Google Cloud and Harris Poll survey. Here's how generative AI in game development is reshaping everything
Quora AI Overviews citations now top Google's AI-generated search summaries, per new Semrush research covering 26,000 URLs. Here's what makes Quora threads so citable, and what it means for publishers.
California's AI education push now includes 17 new laws. See what protects students, what got vetoed, and what changes for your school.
AI Mode in education scored students 9-11% higher in Google's own randomized trial. Here's how multimodal search is reshaping classroom study, and what evidence is still missing.
Canvas in AI Labs lets you build study plans inside Google Search. See how the feature works and what has changed since launch.
Publishers survive the zero-click era or lose up to 79% of traffic, new data shows. See what MailOnline and others are reporting.
AI dubbing voice actor revolt is reshaping the industry as unions win real protections. See what SAG-AFTRA secured and what's still at stake.
A chatbot's own deletion screen warns "you'll lose the love we shared." New 2026 research on AI emotional attachment finds real addiction patterns, real design responsibility, and evidence that's far
Google just licensed away the team behind one of AI's most advanced empathy engines. Here's what synthetic empathy AI actually is, the real harms Nature has documented, and why the
A model built specifically for multilingual coverage performs worst on the languages it claims to support. Here's what current research shows about AI language bias, and why the gap is
Students using AI finished tasks 48% more successfully, then lost 17% of that performance once the AI was removed. Here's why AI curriculum reform means redesigning what schools teach, not