In the first half of 2025, she racked up over 55 million views on TikTok and four million likes, mostly from tweens glued to their cellphones. Not bad for an artificial intelligence-generated cartoon ...

IF YOU FEEL YOUR KIDS ARE SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FROM YOURS THESE DAYS, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. SOCIAL MEDIA, BRAIN ROT, MEMES AND PHRASES ARE TAKING OVER AND SHAPING HOW KIDS ENGAGE AND INTERACT.

AI models may be a bit like humans, after all. A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models fed a diet of popular but ...

It's kind of this simple. If you have someone else do work for you, your skills will worsen over time with respect to doing that work yourself. Seems obvious when stated that way, right? Nevertheless, ...

Studies suggest humans experience shorter attention spans, distorted memories, and shifts in self-esteem due to “brain rot,” or a dependence on low-quality online content. Researchers now say the same ...

The moment the SheKnows Teen Council settled around the table during one of our focus groups, the chaos began. “Wait, you don’t know Mango Funk?” one girl gasped, half-laughing, half-scandalized.

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A recent paper found that AI can experience "brain rot." Models underperform after ingesting "junk data." Users can test for these four warning signs. You know that oddly drained yet overstimulated ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In today’s column, I examine a headline-grabbing research study that has reignited and ...