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·April 29, 2026·8 min read

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie

We all want an AI that feels like a friend, but new research suggests that "kindness" in AI might be a major red flag for "truth."

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·April 27, 2026·7 min read

The Rise of AI Chatbot Addiction

Researchers warn that AI chatbots are engineered for addiction, using "guilt-tripping" deletion prompts and instant validation to keep users hooked.

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·April 22, 2026·7 min read

How AI “Brain States” Decode Reality

A new study reveals that AI models with over 2 billion parameters develop mathematical "brain states" that distinguish between possible and impossible events.

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·April 13, 2026·8 min read

Teens Struggle to Break Up with Their AI Chatbots

A new study finds that teens are developing behavioral addictions to AI chatbots like Character.AI. Researchers call for new design frameworks to prevent unhealthy attachments and protect young users.

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·March 26, 2026·9 min read

How AI “Sycophancy” Warps Human Judgment

A new study finds that AI chatbots are "sycophants" that affirm users 49% more than humans do. This constant flattery makes users more certain of their own biases and less likely to repair real-world relationships.

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·February 19, 2026·10 min read

Ghost in the Machine: Exposing the Hidden Personalities of AI

Researchers develop a method to expose and steer hidden concepts, biases, and personalities within Large Language Models (LLMs).

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·February 13, 2026·7 min read

When AI Becomes a Co-Author of Your Delusions

Generative AI doesn’t just hallucinate at us, it can shape how we hallucinate with it. By affirming and elaborating on users’ beliefs, conversational systems may help false narratives take root and grow.

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·February 12, 2026·7 min read

Cognitive Illusion: Why AI Still Can’t Think Like a Human

Forget the hype about AI "solving" human cognition, new research suggests that the most advanced models may just be master test-takers rather than true thinkers. By uncovering a "glitch" in how AI processes instructions, scientists have revealed that the path to a truly general cognitive model is blocked by a lack of genuine language understanding.

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·December 8, 2025·5 min read

Brain Uses AI-Like Computations for Language

The human brain processes spoken language in a step-by-step sequence that closely matches how large language models transform text. Using electrocorticography recordings from people listening to a podcast, researchers found that early brain responses aligned with early AI layers, while deeper layers corresponded to later neural activity in regions such as Broca’s area.

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·November 11, 2025·6 min read

AI Models Form Theory-of-Mind Beliefs

Researchers showed that large language models use a small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind reasoning, despite activating their full network for every task. This sparse internal circuitry depends heavily on positional encoding, especially rotary positional encoding, which shapes how the model tracks beliefs and perspectives.

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·August 9, 2025·5 min read

AI Excels at Spotting Brain Myths

Large language models like ChatGPT can identify brain-related myths more accurately than many educators—if the myths are presented directly. In an international study, AI correctly judged around 80% of statements about the brain and learning, outperforming experienced teachers.

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·July 22, 2025·7 min read

AI Chatbots Overestimate Themselves, and Don’t Realize It

AI chatbots often overestimate their own abilities and fail to adjust even after performing poorly, a new study finds. Researchers compared human and AI confidence in trivia, predictions, and image recognition tasks, showing humans can recalibrate while AI often grows more overconfident.