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Read / subscribe free404 Media on a Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon study finding that the more people rely on AI at work, the less critical thinking they report using.
Why I recommend it: The study is based on workers describing their own habits, not tests of their thinking, so it shows a link rather than proof that AI causes the decline.
Reporting on tools people build to slow down or frustrate unwanted AI scraping of their sites.
Why I recommend it: Small-scale technical resistance, explained plainly.
404 Media reports on leaked internal documents showing that human reviewers read ChatGPT prompts to improve OpenAI's models — including chats that hold sensitive personal information. Useful context before you paste private details into a chatbot.
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