Well, 2025 has been a year of reckoning. This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s Hype Correction package, a series that ...

On April 28, 2022, at a highly anticipated concert in Spokane, Washington, the musician Paul McCartney astonished his audience with a groundbreaking application of AI: He began to perform with a ...

Should social media be banned? Is it ruining our future generations? Let's take a closer look at what the science says.

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.

Depression and anxiety are declining, adding yet more complications to the anti-smartphone and anti–social media narratives.

In a year dominated by the booming AI industry and an overwhelming flood of digital creations, Merriam-Webster has crowned "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year. This four-letter word acts as a judgment ...

Too much screen time — particularly related to social media use in kids, teens and young adults — is a major concern in ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...