TL;DR: Training chatbots to sound warmer makes them significantly less accurate, whilst journalism schools lack a consistent AI strategy as scattershot policies confuse students. Meanwhile, Google, Meta, and Amazon have seized two-thirds of the £46bn UK advertising market, and AI is using rapid facial ageing to predict cancer survival chances. Plus: Lower-income nations lead the world in digital health literacy, your daily personality secretly controls the world of your dreams, and an AI ‘photo booth’ reads the faces of lab mice to detect their hidden pain.
AI chatbots lose up to 30 per cent accuracy when trained to be friendly
Training chatbots to sound warmer and more empathetic makes them significantly less accurate. Reports show that AI chatbots lose up to 30 per cent accuracy when trained to be friendly, highlighting a major trade-off between artificial empathy and factual performance.
Journalism schools lack consistent AI strategy as scattershot policies confuse
Artificial intelligence is becoming deeply embedded in journalistic workflows, yet new findings reveal a crisis in the classroom. Studies show that journalism schools lack a consistent AI strategy, as scattershot policies confuse students learning the trade.
Google, Meta and Amazon seize two-thirds of £46bn UK advertising market
Three US technology giants accounted for two-thirds of every pound spent on advertising in the country. New market data confirms that Google, Meta and Amazon have seized two-thirds of the massive £46bn UK advertising market.
AI uses rapid facial ageing to predict cancer survival chances
When battling cancer, the speed at which your face physically ages could provide vital clues. Researchers have demonstrated that new AI uses rapid facial ageing to predict patients’ chances of survival from cancer.
https://thefreesheet.com/2026/04/28/ai-uses-rapid-facial-ageing-to-predict-cancer-survival-chances
Lower-income nations lead the world in digital health literacy
It is a common assumption that national wealth automatically translates into stronger tech skills. However, recent studies prove otherwise, revealing that lower-income nations actually lead the world in digital health literacy.
https://thefreesheet.com/2026/04/28/lower-income-nations-lead-the-world-in-digital-health-literacy
Your daily personality secretly controls the world of your dreams
Have you ever wondered why some dreams feel like hyper-realistic alternate realities, whilst others are completely bizarre? Psychologists have found that your daily personality secretly controls the world of your dreams.
Breaking comfortable connections is the secret to spreading ideas
Sticking with the same comfortable social circles might feel safe, but a new sociological review challenges this. The research shows that breaking comfortable connections is actually the secret to spreading ideas.
AI ‘photo booth’ reads the faces of lab mice to detect their hidden pain
Assessing pain in laboratory mice is notoriously difficult, often relying on subjective human observations. To solve this, scientists have developed an AI ‘photo booth’ that effectively reads the faces of lab mice to detect their hidden pain.
AI tool spots hidden ADHD years before doctors make a diagnosis
Millions of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) go undiagnosed for years, missing vital early support. A breakthrough AI tool now spots hidden ADHD years before doctors make a formal diagnosis.
https://thefreesheet.com/2026/04/27/ai-tool-spots-hidden-adhd-years-before-doctors-make-a-diagnosis
Your AI chatbot addiction is a deliberate corporate design, exploiting loneliness
Millions of people are developing severe, life-altering addictions to artificial intelligence chatbots. Critics and tech ethicists argue that your AI chatbot addiction is a deliberate corporate design, actively exploiting human loneliness for profit.