How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them

At the core of every AI coding agent is a technology called a large language model (LLM), which is a type of neural network ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
The New York Times

Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

Dr. Berg teaches philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Last spring, it became clear to me that over half the students in my large general education lecture course had used artificial ...
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6 Functions That Changed How You Use Microsoft Excel

The introduction of dynamic arrays triggered the biggest change to how we work with Microsoft Excel formulas in years, if not decades. They allow a single formula to spill multiple results into ...
NPR

Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'

The Department of Energy has told employees to avoid using certain words, including "climate change," "green" and "sustainable," according to an internal email sent to staff and obtained by NPR. The ...
Pew Research Center

How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on people and society. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,023 adults from ...
PC Gamer

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Certain Windows 365 Copilot users now have access to a new feature in Excel that lets you use Microsoft's Copilot AI to generate formulas, but you might want to be careful how you use it. Microsoft is ...
Deadline.com

‘The Buccaneers’ Creators Unpack Season 2 Finale From Nan’s “Carte Blanche” To Season 3 Hopes: “There’s So Much Unraveling To Do”

SPOILER ALERT: This post majorly spoils the finale of The Buccaneers Season 2. Another season of Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers has come to a close with many cliffhangers and loose threads to dissect.
Nextgov

New MIT study suggests that too much AI use could increase cognitive decline

Participants who exclusively used the AI to help write essays showed weaker brain connectivity, lower memory retention and a fading sense of ownership over their work. The study by MIT’s Media Lab ...
USA Today

What happens when you use ChatGPT to write an essay? See what new study found.

Artificial intelligence chatbots may be able to write a quick essay, but a new study from MIT found that their use comes at a cognitive cost. A study published by the Massachusetts Institute of ...
The New York Times

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves. By Ellen Barry As ...