Today, 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life – up from 37% in 2021. Another 9% are more excited than concerned and 37% say they’re equally excited and concerned, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 22-28, 2026. (McClain & Park, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreChatGPT and other artificial intelligence assistants have billions of users — but data on how people are really using the tools is sparse and fragmented. It’s one reason why researchers launched the AI Observatory, a public resource to measure how people use AI by analyzing anonymized chats from seven different sources. (TIku, The Washington Post)
Read MoreBefore Billboard charts, before radio, before recorded sound itself, America still had “hit songs.” Whatever way its success was measured, a hit song touched something among the masses. (Mitchell, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe Freethought Caucus, which Huffman launched in 2018 to promote church-state separation, has grown to 37 members — more House lawmakers than the uber-conservative Freedom Caucus (32) or the Congressional Prayer Caucus (34), according to the platform LegiStorm. (Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA 15-year study by psychologists reveals that our social skills and communities are failing. Technology is likely to be the culprit. (Twigg, The Telegraph)
Read MoreParents and faith leaders remain young people’s most trusted sources when it comes to religious and spiritual exploration despite younger generations increasingly looking to online and media platforms for authenticity and connection, a national study has found. (Ramirez, USA Today)
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