A new Stanford study found AI companion chatbots can actually deepen loneliness for the people who most need real human connection. Here’s what it found.
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A Judge Just Called Meta a "Public Nuisance" Over Kids’ Mental Health — Here’s What Actually Changes Now
A New Mexico court just ordered Meta to pay $567 million and change how it treats kids online. Here’s what the child safety ruling actually changes — and why it matters.
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Scientists Built a Quantum Computer That Only Works Because Something Is Missing
Scientists built the first portable, room-temperature quantum computer — and it only works because of a flaw inside a diamond. Here’s why that matters.
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An AI Just Solved 10 Math Problems No Human Could Crack
An AI solved math problems that had stumped human experts for decades — for about $2,000. Here’s what that discovery reveals about truth waiting to be found.
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People Are Confessing Their Deepest Secrets to AI Chatbots. A New Study Just Found What That’s Doing to Them.
A new study of 1,131 AI chatbot users found that sharing secrets with a bot doesn’t ease loneliness the way we’d hope — it can quietly make things worse. Here’s why, and what actually helps.
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Google Pulled Its AI Tool After It Faked a Nuclear Explosion — Here’s the Question Nobody’s Asking
Google paused an AI tool after it faked a satellite image of a nuclear explosion that never happened — here’s what it means for telling truth from a good lie.
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The Surgeon General Just Warned About Screen Time — Here’s the Part Everyone’s Missing
A new federal advisory links screen time and mental health in teens — sleep, grades, and connection. Here’s what it found, and the older idea behind it.
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AI Just Beat 100,000 Humans on a Creativity Test. Here’s What That Actually Means
A new study pitted 100,000 people against AI on a standard creativity test, and AI won on average. Here’s what that number does, and doesn’t, actually prove.
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A New Study Just Proved Texting a Stranger Beats an AI Chatbot at Curing Loneliness
A UBC study found texting a real stranger beats an AI chatbot at easing loneliness. Here’s the surprising science behind why, and the ancient idea it echoes.
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Scientists Just Built a Crystal That Controls Light Itself — In Trillionths of a Second
Scientists built the first photonic time crystal, controlling light itself in trillionths of a second — and it revived a strange, ancient claim about light.