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A pair of studies conducted by OpenAI and MIT Media Lab found a small percentage of test subjects who used ChatGPT extensively reported increased loneliness and emotional dependence, as well as ...

Social anxiety can make even the most basic interactions feel overwhelming for teens. Many struggle with initiating conversations, handling conflicts, or expressing themselves in a comfortable and ...

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It’s 6 a.m. on a Saturday. You slept terribly and can think only of coffee. Bundled up in your baggiest sweats, hat pulled down over your hair and dark sunglasses for anonymity, you slink into the ...

India’s creator economy is branching out beyond short videos and livestreams, quietly building a parallel income stream ...