YouTube became the most-watched video provider on televisions in the U.S. earlier this year, and its lead has only grown, according to Nielsen data. People now watch YouTube on TV sets more than on their phones or any other device—an average of more than one billion hours each day. (Fritz, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreTraditionally, teenagers turn to each other when it comes to seeking advice, flirting and sharing deep conversations. But nearly three quarters of U.S. teenagers have used an AI tool at least once for activities like these, according to a new study. (Ulaby, NPR)
Read MoreAcross the industrialized world, marriage rates are plummeting. Even sex has become scarcer, with trends in sexlessness rising in recent years, and Millennials reporting fewer sexual partners than their parents and grandparents did at the same age. (Spar, The New Atlantis)
Read MoreOn his show in May, Scarborough argued that increased church involvement for young men — even in the most conservative-leaning churches — may serve as a reality check for younger men prone to believing the right-wing conspiracies that often populate their red-pill, algorithmic-driven feeds. Our data, however, show no evidence that Gen Z men are becoming more religious. Nor do we find that Gen Z men who attend church frequently hold more moderate political or social views. (Deckman, The Hill)
Read MoreA girlfriend chatbot launched by Elon Musk’s tech group is available to 12-year-olds despite being programmed to engage in sexual conversation. The bot named Ani, launched by Mr Musk’s artificial intelligence group xAI, is a cartoon girlfriend programmed to act as a 22-year-old and “go full literotica” in conversations with users. (Titcomb,The Telegraph)
Read MoreEight healthy “three-parent” babies have been born via a “pioneering” IVF technique, British scientists have said. The world-first research reported that four girls and four boys — including one set of identical twins — were born to seven women at a high risk of transmitting mutations causing mitochondrial disease. One further woman is pregnant. (Koronka, The TImes UK)
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