AI might already be warping our brains, leaving our judgment and critical thinking 'atrophied and unprepared,' warns new study

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• As more companies and leaders embrace AI, a new Microsoft study finds troubling implications for the human workers who use it.

Business leaders have been urging workers to get AI training to stay relevant in their roles, but it might just keep employees stagnant. New research from authors at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that leaning too much on tools such as ChatGPT is associated with weaker critical thinking.