Your AI hype man might be quietly ruining your people skills

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A person's hand holding an iPhone using the Google Bard generative AI language model (chatbot) with a prompt entry field, Lafayette, California, in March 2023.
Harvard fellow Anat Perry says overly agreeable AI risk reshaping how we handle conflict.

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Top economist Steve Hanke says AI is 'overhyped and potentially dangerous'

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Steve Hanke
Steve Hanke.

Steve Hanke

Wall Streeters reveal their favorite AI tools and what they use them for

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The CEO of Microsoft AI says AI chatbots are a powerful way for humans to offload emotions and 'detoxify ourselves'

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Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO

Inflection

I work in AI security at Google and there are some things I would never tell chatbots. I follow 4 rules to use AI safely.

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Harsh Varshney sitting in a chair.
As a Google engineer, Varshney uses AI tools for help with coding and note-taking.

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How many times can OpenAI say, 'Oops?'

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at a White House event, September 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has established a pattern when it comes to copyright — his company tries something first, and worries about making everyone happy later.

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Leaked Meta guidelines show how it trains AI chatbots to respond to child sexual exploitation prompts

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Capitol Hill's war on Big Tech hits AI chatbots

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Sens. Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin
Sens. Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin are working on a bipartisan bill to establish a federal cause of action against AI companies for harms created by their products.

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Meta is paying contractors up to $55 an hour to build AI chatbot characters

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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I'm a psychiatrist who has treated 12 patients with 'AI psychosis' this year. Watch out for these red flags.

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Dr. Keith Sakata stands in front of a tree.
Dr. Keith Sakata

Keith Sakata

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