It’s clear as day, the LLMs have reached the masses. It stands for ‘Large Language Model’ (LLM). It is the current most advanced computer system designed to “think” like a human.
(But of course it will never be able to do that. But I digress.)
Here’s the latest research I’ve been catching up on:
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Or if you’d prefer to see the links, here they are:
- Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872
- The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity – https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06941
- Sycophantic Chatbots Cause Delusional Spiraling, Even in Ideal Bayesians – https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19141
- Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs – https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16800
- The Levers of Political Persuasion with Conversational AI – https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.13919
- Social Media Effects: Hijacking Democracy and Civility in Civic Engagement – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7343248/
I always have my eyes open for new, credible research – feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments. If you found this valuable, please consider sharing with a friend or sending yourself a link so you don’t miss it!
