Calculators didn’t make everyone innumerate. GPS navigation systems made driving easier. In any conversation about the cognitive effects of artificial intelligence, these two earlier technologies are ...

As AI becomes more prevalent in education, work and social life, research is increasingly focused on understanding its nuanced effects on core cognitive functions such as memory, attention and ...

Students are increasingly using AI to do their classwork, and school systems are contracting with companies to integrate AI ...

Kyle Orland of ArsTechnica wrote a blog post about the term “cognitive surrender” on April 3. Maybe I should have noticed it sooner since it’s been floating around since at least January, when it was, ...

A few years ago I wrote about digital-induced amnesia—the erosion of memory that occurs as we outsource thinking to our devices. I later reflected on technostress, the strain that occurs as those ...

Read other stories from the "These stories were not AI-generated" special edition here. Artificial intelligence usage isn’t just rising among students — it’s rising among professors, to In a 2025 ...

Against this backdrop, a new paradigm is emerging: the “government unicorn,” a metaphor for public institutions capable of achieving exponential impact through innovation, scalability, and intelligent ...