The judge ruled that teenagers in the state were in the midst of a mental health crisis and that Meta’s platforms were a “significant contributing cause.”

Germany, now centre of Europe's anti-immigration fightback, took 1.22m, followed by Spain (1.1m), Italy (378,000) and France (295,000).

Commission also says it will remain on X for now to “get in touch” with citizens.

Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.

The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.

More than 13,500 adolescents across 583 villages participated in the experiment, discovering how to engage their families in conversations about truth and myth.

Chatbots can reinforce delusional beliefs, and, in rare cases, users have experienced psychotic episodes.

Why moral certainty keeps bad ideas alive in our schools

This research examines how negative emotions affect the degree to which people endorse conspiracy theories. Conspiracy beliefs typically flourish in contemporary politics that evoke negative emotions. In the present article, we hypothesized that citizens in ressentiment, a particular emotional state salient in contemporary grievance politics, is a key underpinning of why people believe in conspiracy theories. Ressentiment is a multi-layered emotion, within which perceptions of unfairness, bitterness, and feelings of (suppressed) anger are central. Across three studies, we examined the role of ressentiment in predicting belief in conspiracy theories. Study 1 (United Kingdom, N = 300) and Study 2 (United States, N = 300) revealed a positive relationship between ressentiment, measured through a validated scale, and belief in conspiracy theories. This relationship was mediated by rejection of the status quo. In Study 3 (United States, N = 300, pre-registered), we used a vignette describing a fictitious country to experimentally show that evoking ressentiment (vs. control condition) significantly increased belief in conspiracy theories. Taken together, these findings reveal that ressentiment is central for understanding the emotional roots of believing in conspiracy theories.

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

The girl, who was wrongly suspected of possessing cannabis, was searched by police at her school.

An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.

Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.

By one account, roughly 70% of Americans regard misinformation as a major threat, outpacing fears about climate change and infectious disease (1). This is true although the current and longer-term imp...

The opening of the V&A Storehouse and Sadler’s Wells East mark the transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into an exciting new creative hub for the capital

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Preprint reporting common ground among researchers on smartphones and teen mental health is premature and flawed, critics say