A Psychology Today article by a contributor, reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D., argues that artificial intelligence is disrupting the traditional link between written artifacts and the human minds tha…
Psychology Today contributor Gleb Tsipursky introduced the concept of 'Subtractive Innovation,' where AI increases the capability of the human-machine system while reducing the necessity for humans to…
A Psychology Today article argues that the biblical Tower of Babel story warns against the centralization of power, drawing parallels to modern AI-driven surveillance technologies that enable authorit…
A 2026 survey of 2,000 students found that 69% worry about finding a job after graduation due to AI replacing human tasks, while a spring 2026 survey of 2,515 parents of college students reported that…
A Psychology Today article by an unnamed author argues that labeling an ex as 'crazy' or using diagnostic terms like 'narcissist' or 'borderline' provides a false sense of cognitive closure after a br…
A physician can successfully treat a disease without helping a person heal, according to an article published in Psychology Today on August 13, 2026, which argues that healing is not merely biological…
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 …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he would never ask ChatGPT how to be happy, advising instead to ask a wise person, a remark that highlights AI's inability to experience emotions. The United States ranked 2…
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 …
As artificial intelligence tools like Claude and ChatGPT become more prevalent, people are increasingly outsourcing tasks and even emotional support to machines, raising concerns about the loss of hum…
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…
As of June 2026, 22 states and the District of Columbia had adopted bell-to-bell cellphone bans, and 19 states had enacted more flexible laws, according to Harvard Kennedy School research. A Pew Resea…
In 1913, mathematician G.H. Hardy received a letter from Srinivasa Ramanujan, an obscure clerk with almost no formal training, containing mathematical results that Hardy said 'must be true, because if…
Children's vulnerability to AI-generated misinformation is fueled by reliance on surface cues, limited critical literacy, and algorithmic suggestions, according to research by Md Uzzal Talukder (2026)…
A new study from Aalto University found that using AI chatbots to solve reasoning problems flips the Dunning-Kruger effect, causing all users to overestimate their performance, with the most AI-litera…