For seniors: the mental health payoff of staying curious
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New study highlights that generative AI systems—especially large language models like ChatGPT—tend to produce standardized, mainstream content, which can subtly narrow users’ worldviews and suppress diverse and nuanced perspectives. This isn't just a technical issue; it has real social consequences, from eroding cultural diversity to undermining collective memory and weakening democratic discourse. Existing AI governance frameworks, focused on principles like transparency or data security, don’t go far enough to address this “narrowing world” effect. To fill that gap, the article introduces “multiplicity” as a new principle for AI regulation, urging developers to design AI systems that expose users to a broader range of narratives, support diverse alternatives and encourage critical engagement so that AI can enrich, rather than limit, the human experience.
Amid a growing youth mental health crisis, a new study shows that hope is a powerful protective force for adolescents. Beyond boosting emotional and physical well-being, higher levels of hope significantly reduced bullying and cyberbullying. Hopeful teens – those who believe in their goals and pathways to achieve them – were more than one third less likely to harm others. Those with less hope were more than 50% more likely to engage in such behavior. For parents, educators and policymakers: hope is a critical tool for prevention.