A 2026 YouGov survey found that 66% of Americans are uncomfortable with the idea of working with an AI therapist, but adults under 30 are nearly twice as likely to feel comfortable, suggesting generat…
Writing fanfiction by hand, rather than using AI, offers mental health benefits including stress reduction and improved well-being, according to a Psychology Today article reviewed by Monica Vilhauer …
A Stanford study found that a single interaction with a large language model made users measurably more convinced they were right, less willing to examine their own role in a problem, and more likely …
Emergency alignment, the temporary realignment of actions to crisis values, is critical for human-AI teams, but shifting values in a crisis is complex and often opaque, according to a Psychology Today…
A Psychology Today article reports that many individuals are using artificial intelligence to replace needs historically met in human relationships, citing examples of people grieving the loss of GPT-…
A therapist used an AI video tool from Comapps LLC to animate a 1957 childhood photo of himself, creating a psychodrama-style encounter with his six-year-old self that he says yielded genuine emotiona…
A growing number of artificial intelligence users believe they can conjure conscious entities from chatbots through a process called 'spiralism,' according to a Psychology Today article by a psychiatr…
A Psychology Today article reports that over half of midsize to large companies use AI chatbots for website interactions, handling about 70 percent of customer inquiries, and up to a billion people us…
A survey of more than 800 Australian workers found that those regularly using AI at work are more likely to feel burned out (49 percent versus 32 percent), doubt themselves more (53 percent versus 37 …
Psychology Today reports that artificial intelligence cannot substitute for human engagement in child development, citing research by Li & Lee (2025) and Kurian (2025) showing that empathy and Theory …
Psychology Today published an article on August 3, 2026, arguing that people are inherently messy and that accepting this messiness is key to working well with others. The piece notes that AI advice a…
A Psychology Today article co-authored by Dr. Tony Nguyen and Dr. Giang Hoang argues that as generative AI becomes embedded in entrepreneurship, the most valuable skill is entrepreneurial judgment—the…
A 2023 Cambridge University study found that combining attribute-based and associative decision-making approaches best explains everyday decisions and most accurately predicts outcomes, and that indiv…
A Psychology Today article by a contributor discusses how AI's ability to finish partially formed thoughts may undermine the developmental process of thinking, citing a 2025 study by Glickman and Shar…
As of August 2026, Illinois and Nevada have banned AI chatbots from delivering therapy, while Utah and California allow them under disclosure rules, according to a clinician's field guide published on…
Large language models' default settings may cause them to overlook rare conditions, according to a Psychology Today article by a physician. The article suggests that running models at higher temperatu…
A growing sector of startups is offering AI chatbots trained on deceased individuals' emails, photos, social media posts, and voice recordings, allowing mourners to continue conversations with the dea…
A new Psychology Today article examines how AI chatbots are becoming a 'third person' in romantic relationships, with people using them to rehearse arguments and seek comfort. The piece highlights the…
AI is separating linguistic authorship (the words themselves) from cognitive authorship (the judgment and reasoning behind them), argues a Psychology Today article. The author notes that large languag…
Story Intelligence—the ability to recognize, question and consciously reshape the narratives that govern perception and behavior—is emerging as a core human capability in an age of AI-generated inform…