Employees are significantly more willing to voice honest opinions to algorithmic leaders than to human ones, according to a study by researchers at Zhejiang University published in Scientific Reports.…
Using AI in a job search improves outcomes, according to MIT research tracking roughly 500,000 job seekers on a global freelance platform, which found that AI-assisted resume writing led to an 8 perce…
Psychologist John Smith warns that the greatest suicide risk from artificial intelligence may occur long before a crisis, as AI-driven artificial intimacy could make pseudo-connection preferable to re…
Chitra Raghavan, Ph.D., and Lisa Aronson Fontes, Ph.D., coercive control scholars and expert witnesses, warn that artificial intelligence analysis of communications in domestic violence legal cases po…
A 2024 creative writing experiment with 293 participants found that AI-assisted stories were judged more creative, better written, and more enjoyable, but also more similar to each other, indicating A…
A chatbot can imitate a person but lacks the mutual emotional exchange that makes real relationships worthwhile, according to a personal perspective by Wendy Lustbader published on Psychology Today on…
A Psychology Today opinion piece argues that the era of AI will not make old professors obsolete but will shift the value from deep specialization to interdisciplinary breadth, citing the extended min…
A study by Ye et al. (2026) found that warning users about sycophantic AI reduced trust but did not reduce its persuasiveness, a phenomenon the researchers call 'sycophancy blindness.' The author, who…
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…