AI can produce the language of care, but therapy depends on a trained human presence that listens, responds and remains accountable.
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Research on generative AI use among youth pinpoints design features that pose age-specific risks, which must be addressed before we adopt genAI into our schools and homes.
AI schools try to tailor learning to match students’ abilities. But they can’t help young people learn who they are.
The use of artificial intelligence tools is among the top emerging issues in biodiversity conservation.
A Carnegie Mellon researcher explains the connection between our brains and AI chatbots – and what a new Pennsylvania lawsuit reveals about the dangers of AI.
Uncertainty is common in medicine, and AI isn’t very good at navigating it.
Researchers interviewed almost 30 religious leaders across all six major religious faiths in the UK to find out how AI was affecting them.
When AI is used to manufacture fake endorsements, copyright law doesn’t do enough to protect celebrities, influencers and other public figures.
The industry is rife with AI non-events that were wildly promoted and highly anticipated, but failed to deliver.
Companies like Meta and IBM are exploring explore how AI can hyper-personalize ads, drawing from our chat histories, playing to our unique fears and vanities.
Everyone likes being told they’re clever, even if it’s coming from an AI chatbot. But their sycophancy has serious consequences for truth and trust.
People who interacted with different AI chatbots in a study didn’t realize the bots were including veiled advertising in their replies
Why do we trust the wrong people and doubt the right ones? An experiment in lying reveals some uncomfortable truths.
AI chatbots can sound authoritative on health, but new research shows they often mislead, especially when users must interpret and apply the answers themselves.
Not all engagement with AI chatbots looks the same – far from it.
In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces.’
AI bots promise limitless companionship – but limits are what makes human relationships meaningful, a philosopher argues.
The persona an AI chatbot presents can not only influence your behavior, but even your physiological responses.
Research shows media coverage of AI chatbot use and mental health focuses on instances of user psychosis and suicide.
A chatbot might know what’s wrong with you, but when people try to use them to understand symptoms, they may end up no closer to the answer.
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Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
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Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Keele University
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant Professor in Health Ethics, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University