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A 2025 study of 319 knowledge workers, conducted jointly by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University, found that greater confidence in generative AI was associated with lower reported critical thinking effort, with critical thinking itself shifting away from generation and toward verification, response integration, and task stewardship. A 2025 multicentre observational study of experienced endoscopists found…

On September 3, UNC Charlotte detailed an accepted-manuscript study in which remote participants completed no fewer tasks than office-based participants, yet office workers assigned remote teammates contributed less to the team. The university’s September 3 research briefing says the office participants reduced their contributions because they expected their remote partners to contribute less.

The largest empirical study to date on AI agents in software development reveals a paradox. Faros AI analyzed two years of telemetry from 22,000 developers across more than 4,000 teams globally. The report’s title says it plainly, “Acceleration Whiplash”: push hard with AI assistance and you will hit a quality wall sooner or later. More…