How AI Companies Are Simulating the Robot Takeover
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Airbnb One of the promises underwriting the AI boom is that software will be able…
Week-Long Social Media Detox Actually Leads Young Adults To Spend Even More Time On Their Phones
Where there’s a will, there’s a way…to keep scrolling. (Credit: CarlosBarquero) In A Nutshell What happened:Â Researchers tracked 295…
Screen Time in Tweens Predicts ADHD, Slower Brain Growth
Summary: A large, two-year study of nearly 12,000 children found that higher screen time at ages 9–10 predicts…
Would you pay to use your smartphone less?
About a year and a half ago, a friend of mine told me about an app she’d downloaded…
Why Amazon Is Mad About AI Shoppers
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Amazon Right now, if you want, you can download a web browser called Comet, made…
Wikipedia Contributors Are Worried About AI Scraping
Over at the official blog of the Wikipedia community, Marshall Miller untangled a recent mystery. “Around May 2025,…
Japan’s 2-hour phone limit: New approach to screen time
Police won’t be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan’s Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour…
Happiness researcher explains why we need to be bored more
It’s no secret that spending too much time on our screens isn’t good, but most of us have…
Mass. school first in country to pilot new app limiting students internet access
Watertown, Mass., school first in country to pilot new app limiting students internet access Updated: 4:14 PM EDT…
Why Everything’s an AI ‘Agent’ Now – New York Magazine
Why Everything’s an AI ‘Agent’ Now New York MagazineGrammarly Pushes Beyond Proofreading With AI-Powered Writing Guidance CNETGrammarly says its AI…
How Meta Became Uniquely Toxic for Top AI Talent
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Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images In July, the United Kingdom began implementing major parts of the Online Safety…