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Child safety experts are skeptical of OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens

8.27.26 | Engadget

On Tuesday, OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens, an age-gated version of its chatbot designed for young users. The company first announced it was working on a system to automatically identify teens and restrict their usage of ChatGPT last September, following the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who, as alleged in a lawsuit filed by his parents, took his own life after ChatGPT acted as an enabler.

Read More: https://www.engadget.com/2241179/child-safety-experts-skeptical-of-openai-chatgpt-for-teens/

Why your brain turns life into stories

8.27.26 | Scientific American

Offshore the fictional town of Portorosso in the Italian Riviera, a young sea monster named Luca herds goatfish on his family’s aquatic farm. In the surf above, fishers threaten to fatally spear any sea monster that comes within range. The youth’s mother sternly warns him: “We do not talk, think, discuss, contemplate or go anywhere near the surface!”

Barch receives $3.25 million to study hallucinations and delusions in schizophrenia

8.27.26 | The AMPERSAND

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A team led by Deanna Barch, the Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry at WashU Medicine and a professor of psychological and brain sciences, has received a $3.25 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the mechanisms underlying hallucinations and delusions in schizophrenia.

Want to reach your goals? Start with your emotions, WashU experts say

8.26.26 | The Ampersand

Nate Eckland and Renee Thompson explore the role of emotional clarity in reaching everyday objectives, big and small.

Did you wake up this morning with a list of aspirations for the day? Maybe you fully intended to go for a run, finally finish writing that paper, or make it to Genius on the Spelling Bee without hints. If not, there’s always tomorrow.

Should you cancel those plans? Here are 5 questions to help you decide.

8.5.26 | VOX

It's the act that's defined a generation, an experience so common it's become memeified: canceling plans. Bailing is a litmus test of sorts; who and what events you back out of says a lot about you as a person. Are you the type who commits and only bails when absolutely necessary? Or are you a frequent flake looking to change their ways? (No judgment here: The occasional canceling of plans is acceptable, and you shouldn't feel guilty about it.)

Fighting the fading mind

8.5.26 | The Ampersand

Arts & Sciences researchers are working across disciplines to prevent, treat, and ultimately defeat Alzheimer’s disease.

Want to reach your goals? Start with your emotions, WashU experts say

7.30.26 | The Ampersand

Nate Eckland and Renee Thompson explore the role of emotional clarity in reaching everyday objectives, big and small.

Fighting the fading mind

7.23.26 | THE AMPERSAND

How does media consumption affect young minds?

7.2.26 | The Ampersand

To reduce anxiety during pregnancy, make sleep a priority

6.10.26 | The Source

New study reveals that fears of violence change children's brains structure and function

3.5.26 | KMOX

How feelings of neighborhood safety may shape young minds

2.13.26 | THE AMPERSAND