We live in a moment of contradiction. More people are digitally connected than ever, yet loneliness has become one of the ...

Ann Skeet is the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) will bring sea changes to a number of ...

In an AI-saturated inbox, your brain still knows the difference between a message that was sent to you and one that was sent ...

Humans are hard-wired for connection. A recent study by a team at Harvard suggests that our brains may process loneliness and isolation in much the same way as basic longings for food and water. The ...

Yet, these same qualities create profound risks. Emotional attachment to AI can blur boundaries, deepen dependency, and weaken human-to-human connections—especially among young people. Without careful ...

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Human connection is the key to business success, according to Montse Suarez, the founder of Iris Ventures, which invests in customer-centric brands that aim to solve consumers’ problems and help them ...