Is Using ChatGPT to Write Your Essay Bad for Your Brain? New MIT Study Explained.

TIME reporter Andrew Chow discussed the findings of a new study about how ChatGPT affects critical thinking with Nataliya Kosymyna. Kosymyna was part of a team of researchers at MIT’s Media Lab who set out to determine whether ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) are eroding critical thinking, and the study returned some concerning results. … Read more

Game of Thrones fans dealt blow with disappointing news about new spinoff series

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Strictly winner Chris McCausland set to star on Have I Got News For You

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

The network evening news is in flux: Why an American TV institution is under pressure

For broadcast networks, the evening news broadcast is a cherished part of their legacies — having brought the likes of Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings into living rooms over the decades. But with pressures mounting on the traditional TV business, the American institution is in a period of flux. The traditional TV audience … Read more

Fox News pundit Camryn Kinsey passed out on air: ‘Sorry for the scare last night!’

Political pundit Camryn Kinsey fainted on camera Thursday night while making an in-studio appearance on “Fox News @ Night,” based in Los Angeles. It made for a dramatic television moment — one that she commented on Friday morning on social media. Kinsey was on the show to comment on former President Biden’s media appearances this … Read more

On ‘Sister Wives,’ Kody, Janelle, Meri and more reveal how they took news of Garrison’s death

News of son Garrison Brown’s suicide blindsided the core cast of “Sister Wives.” One by one, on Sunday’s episode of the TLC reality showfather Kody Brown, his wife Robyn and the women who used to consider him their husband — Meri, Janelle and Christine — told how they found out about Garrison’s death. The cameras … Read more

Michael Stipe explains why R.E.M. is helping struggling news service

R.E.M. had a hit song in 1983 named after “Radio Free Europe,” inspired by the federally funded news service that helped spread American ideals abroad. Now, the struggling organization, which says the Trump administration is withholding millions in funding that Congress had appropriated, is hoping a little bit of rock and roll can help keep … Read more

Fox News says Smartmatic was not harmed by its 2020 election reporting

Fox News filed a motion for summary judgment Tuesday, attacking voting machine company Smartmatic’s demand for $2.7 billion in damages in its defamation suit against the conservative-leaning news channel. In 2023, Fox News paid $787.5 million to settle a separate defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over its reporting on President Trump’s false claims … Read more