A new open benchmark tests how AI models help or harm human well-being. It also invites anyone to help decide what gets measured.

Studies on trust, cooperation and interacting with people who don’t belong to your social group

Valerio Capraro on emotions, norms, strategy, and linguistic framing.

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What do we lose when machines become our closest confidants?

Jonathan Stray and Renée DiResta introduce MySky, a feed that shows its work

Practical design strategies to meet the needs of drivers while creating great places for people, from Happy Cities and Mobycon.

One Grimace and dozens of smiles were on display Wednesday as McDonald’s staff and supporters celebrated the grand opening of the fast-food chain’s first drive-thru-only restaurant in Canada.

MapQuest is currently the number one navigation app — and among the most popular apps overall — after Google renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America.

Is Being Nice Evolutionary Emergent?

Giant trees, odd birds, and few people living next to valuable rocks

Chatbots can deepen extremist beliefs—but new research from ISD suggests they could also help disrupt them.

A survey of over 150 adults about their dating lives reveals stark differences based on their neighborhood's walkability.

With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be.

The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 5

What if the most effective ways to fight climate change made you happy? Psychologist Elizabeth Dunn and climate behavior scientist Jiaying Zhao challenge everything we think we know about sustainable ...

Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firm’s latest data.

Ottawa’s housing fund was meant to reward cities for making it easier to build, but uneven penalties are raising questions about what happens when they fall short.

Cyclist-drivers tend to have faster reaction times than motorists who don't cycle.

Most evaluations of AI agents look like exams: a discrete task, a clean environment, a score in minutes or hours. Emergence World is built for the opposite question—what happens when you let agents ru...

A new survey of nearly 24,000 American parents found that at age 12, one in five children still aren’t allowed to leave the house without an adult. Only two percent can go anywhere on their own. At 17...

Sharing about prosocial AI as Pope Leo changes Catholic doctrine

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