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A study published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence finds that leading AI chatbots such as Gemini, GPT and Llama often generate overlapping ideas when tasked with creative problems. Testing more than twenty models from various companies against over one hundred human participants, researchers observed that AI outputs clustered tightly while human responses covered a much broader space. Efforts to increase randomness or prompt the models for greater imagination produced only modest gains and often reduced coherence. The findings suggest that while AI can produce impressive individual suggestions, widespread reliance on these tools may compress the overall diversity of ideas. Read more

Artificial intelligence is rapidly taking over repetitive tasks, freeing workers to focus on creative work. Companies that give employees access to powerful AI tools are discovering that the real differentiator is human imagination, not the technology itself. While some jobs are displaced, millions of new roles are emerging that value creativity, resilience, and flexible thinking. The future of work will be defined by collaborations between humans and AI, where people ask better questions, envision new possibilities, and bring meaning to a world increasingly automated. Read more