New research suggests that while generative AI is marketed as a tool to expand human creativity, it is instead acting as an engine for cultural homogenization.

The team of researchers analyzed more than 130 studies to better understand how large language models affect cognitive diversity, examining research across a variety of fields from linguistics to ...

AI chatbots are standardizing how people speak, write, and think. If this homogenization continues unchecked, it risks reducing humanity’s collective wisdom and ability to adapt, computer scientists ...

From today’s vantage point, when many American cities struggle to sustain even a single print newspaper, the early decades of the 20th century, when some towns had multiple newspapers competing ...