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AI use insidiously undermines professionals' skills

Artificial intelligence has taken over the role of assistant in many professional fields. Doctors, researchers and software developers rely on it in their work. At worst, this results in a phenomenon described by researchers ...

Mapping the green transition of Asia-Pacific economies

Countries in the Asia-Pacific can accelerate the shift to clean energy while building competitive local industries as long as policies don't slow access to affordable technologies, a new report has found.

How a samurai classic shared Japanese values with the West

In 1899, Inazo Nitobe published a book in English called "Bushido: The Soul of Japan." Nitobe was born into a samurai family and later became a Christian. He wrote the book after a Belgian legal scholar asked him how Japan ...

How AI planning could create financial market fragility

Wharton experts are raising concerns about AI-driven financial market manipulation and runaway technology in a new paper titled "Financial Market Fragility in the Era of AI Planning." Finance professor Winston (Wei) Dou, ...

Extreme weather drives support for green voting in Europe

In representative democracies, it is important that climate change policies are developed through transparent processes and with citizen representation, which in turn requires an understanding of how climate-related events ...

Global happiness researchers reveal keys to a good life

Many of the world's leading happiness researchers say they consciously spend more time with loved ones after seeing the evidence, according to a new paper. "Happiness emerges from a symphony of factors, but if I had to pinpoint ...

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How psychopathic traits shape language

Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of Mississippi study found that the language associated with psychopathic traits is more complicated than often ...

Attention can't be bought, so brands turn to memes

The funniest post you saw this week may not have come from a friend; it may have come from a brand. Whether it is Kohl's, Wendy's, or Netflix, brands are behaving more like internet users than traditional advertisers.