The chatbots’ appeal to kids, especially teens, is obvious. Unlike human friends, these AI companions will think all your jokes are funny. They’re programmed to be endlessly patient and to validate ...

A new paper from two University of Maine researchers explores the challenges and opportunities for scholars and practitioners ...

AI is finally delivering the productivity gains long promised. But something else is quietly slipping away: our connection to one another. While many conversations about AI fixate on job loss, new ...

Understanding the potential for AI-triggered negative feedback loops is important to shape the hybrid path as we walk it.

AI chatbots are becoming more popular, offering people friendship, romance and even sex. Are these 'real' relationships? What ...

Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, ...

Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity regarding its use.

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on July 8, 2025, we discuss the growing trend of human/AI relationships and what, if any, boundaries should be put in place.

As college tuition continues to climb and AI transforms the workforce, many Americans are reconsidering the traditional four-year degree path. Last week, we looked at how over a third of Gen Z ...

Why AI will never replace this one job as the answer surprised me and might change how you think about the future of work ...

Researchers unveil MemOS, a breakthrough "memory operating system" for AI that delivers 159% improvement in reasoning tasks and enables persistent memory across sessions.

The course builds on my 2018 class, Art and Geometry, which I co-taught with local artists. The course explored Picasso’s cubism, which depicted reality as fractured from multiple perspectives; it ...