A new paper from two University of Maine researchers explores the challenges and opportunities for scholars and practitioners ...

Following a survey of 2,500 workers (including executives, full-time employees, and freelancers) across multiple countries, ...

Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

With human guidance, AI can deliver empathy at scale—and that may be its most transformative power. Empathetic design could ...

Productivity gains from AI are only sustainable when AI augments, not replaces, human connection, purpose, and growth.

As corporations market artificial intelligence companions to more people, they expect real human relationships to suffer.

The chatbots’ appeal to kids, especially teens, is obvious. Unlike human friends, these AI companions will think all your jokes are funny. They’re programmed to be endlessly patient and to validate ...

Understanding the potential for AI-triggered negative feedback loops is important to shape the hybrid path as we walk it.

AI chatbots are becoming more popular, offering people friendship, romance and even sex. Are these 'real' relationships? What ...

Young people do not trust that a story is credible simply because an expert, editorial gatekeeper, or other authority figure ...

Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity ...

Instead of thinking about what AI was going to do to me, I shifted my mindset to explore what it could do for me.” In 2022, I ...