Research

Studies and audits worth knowing about, read against the primary source rather than the press release.

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The Chatbot: What We Actually Know About AI Companions and Mental Health

A JAMA study of nearly 21,000 adults found daily AI users aged 45 to 64 were 54 percent likelier to screen positive for depression. What the research can and cannot tell us yet.

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A third of new websites are AI-generated. A Stanford study explains what changed.

Stanford, Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive sampled the web for 33 months. They tested six common fears about what AI writing is doing to it, and only two held up.