Personal Digest: AI chatbots set students back — OECD warns

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Personal Digest: AI chatbots set students back — OECD warns
Digest Newsletter · Sep 16, 2026
Personal Digest: AI chatbots set students back — OECD warns

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sets students back a year — An OECD study found that daily chatbot use can set students back the equivalent of one academic year.

Education

Education

South Korean Students Using AI for Reading, Writing Score Lower · chosun.com

OECD Study Says Daily Chatbot Use Sets Students Back a Year · bloomberg.com

How a Florida teen became the youngest professor in history · tampabay.com

Fitness

Fitness

Just 3 minutes of sprints may beat longer moderate exercise sessions for your health · the-independent.com

HYROX Beijing race sparks controversy after athlete finishes despite incontinence; Organizers… · english.dotdotnews.com

Hyrox Beijing athlete allegedly completes race despite fecal incontinence, organiser… · mothership.sg

Mental Health

Mental Health

More time on social media means more anxiety, depression for teens · medicalxpress.com

ERs seeing kids in mental health crises often lack resources · axios.com

Reading and associations with brain health, cognition, well-being, and mental health |… · cambridge.org

Free speech

Free speech

How Americans define press freedom in their own words · pewresearch.org

Federal judge allows free speech suit against FIU to move forward · tallahassee.com

Hochul accused of ‘hit job’ on behalf of teachers’ unions in act of ‘pure censorship’ · foxnews.com

Social Media

Social Media

More time on social media means more anxiety, depression for teens · medicalxpress.com

EU Plans Social Media and Chatbot Ban Under 15 · technology.org

Researchers warn social media driving harmful misuse of Alzheimer’s blood tests · theguardian.com

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