A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research explores this complex relationship, offering a closer look at how knowledge workers interact with AI-generated content and the cognitive trade-offs involved.

Learn more about a recent study that found using generative AI platforms like ChatGPT can make your brain less adept at critical thinking.

Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are embracing AI, but the technology has troubling implications for critical thinking, according to a new Microsoft study.

Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that people’s critical thinking skills decline as they increasingly depend on artificial intelligence. Consequently, this reliance makes it harder to use these skills when necessary.

The more you use AI to take care of everyday work tasks, the weaker your critical thinking skills become in relation to those tasks.