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.
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China’s AI Girlfriend Ban Left Users Grieving Real Breakups
China just banned AI companion apps, and thousands of users are mourning real breakups with software they loved. Here is what the grief reveals about us.
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The Genesis Mission: Why That Name Was No Accident
The U.S. just committed $800 million to an AI project called the Genesis Mission — a name that carries more meaning than anyone announcing it may realize.
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AI Psychosis Is Now a Real Diagnosis: What’s Behind It
Doctors are now naming “AI psychosis” as a real pattern in chatbot users forming delusions. Here is what is actually happening, and why it is not new.