Thinking models, like the new 2.5 Pro (experimental), are designed to improve AI's reasoning capabilities. Unlike traditional AI models that primarily focus on generating text, thinking models break ...

Most classrooms that use AI in 2026 are teaching students how to use it. Fewer are teaching students how to question it.

What happens when you ask whether AI dulls critical thinking skills? When I asked a large language model, the tool got a bit defensive, responding that AI can reduce or strengthen critical thinking, ...

We’re entering a new era where artificial intelligence can generate content faster than we can apply critical thinking. In mere seconds, AI can summarize long reports, write emails in our tone and ...

In a series of experiments described in Science Magazine in 2011, a trio of researchers found evidence to support a sneaking suspicion bubbling up in the minds of many Google aficionados: Frequent ...

The company claims the model demonstrates performance comparable to GPT-5.2-Thinking, Claude-Opus-4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro. Alibaba Cloud’s latest AI model, Qwen3-Max-Thinking, is staking a claim as one ...

Social media is where teenagers spend most of their time, either scrolling and sharing, or sometimes falling into the traps ...

When I first began focusing on the development of student critical thinking skills in the early 1990s, I discussed ideas for a research project with the partner of a CPA firm. I recall being quite ...

I have a couple of questions for my regular (or semi-regular) readers, touching on a topic I’ve discussed many times on this blog. When it comes to power, persuasion, and influence, why is critical ...