Study finds that GenAI tools may be "encouraging over-reliance on AI, with confidence in the tool often diminishing ...

AI is shaping the way we think – but is it for better or worse? Discover what Microsoft’s new study reveals about AI’s impact ...

Microsoft Research finds that humans who increasingly rely on generative AI in their work use less critical thinking that can deteriorate their cognitive abilities.

AI is fundamentally altering how we think, reason, and relate to each other. Without strong critical thinking skills, we risk ...

"Even paranoids have real enemies," said the poet Delmore Schwartz, who was both clinically paranoid and definitely on to something, according to today's guest: Michael Shermer, the founder of ...

Among the advantages — DeepSeek R1 is available for free with a limit of up to 50 messages per day. After registration or authorization, the “DeepThink” option should be selected. According to ...

The good news is that there are lots of researchers out there testing interventions that can help parents encourage critical thinking — for both kids as young as three to pre-teens and adolescents.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental is free to test in Google AI Studio and via the API. Looking ahead, Sundar Pichai says the “progress on scaling thinking is incredible and will continue to ...

We should be teaching them critical thinking. We should be teaching them to engage with AI as a partner, challenging its outputs, and layering their unique perspective on top of what it provides.

The attack comes as the war reaches a critical point, with both sides seeking to gain an advantage ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration for a second term as US president. Videos from the scene ...

From a 1925 essay about common sense by GE Moore and the thinking of Wittgenstein, to ideas in politics today, Matthew Sweet and guests debate what 'common sense' means. In 1925 the philosopher GE ...

The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has been linked to diminishing critical thinking abilities among students, a new study has found. Analysis from more than 650 people aged 17 ...