The internet has long been a safe space to ask stupid questions. What do we lose when people switch to asking AI chatbots instead?

The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student in a study that rebooted a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge. The experiment, by two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although research is limited, passively consuming AI-generated content may discourage intellectual curiosity, reduce attention ...

What started as a man seeking AI assistance to draft work emails, craft recipes and critique movies spiraled out of control when the chatbot convinced the Canadian that he had uncovered a math formula ...

In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested the answer was yes, arguing that technology such as search engines worsened Americans’ ability to think deeply and ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI. When you purchase ...

Back in 2008, The Atlantic sparked controversy with a provocative cover story: Is Google Making Us Stupid? In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In that 4,000-word essay, later expanded into a book, author Nicholas Carr suggested ...