The OECD's 2025 PISA test of 760,000 fifteen-year-olds across 91 countries found reading, math, and science scores at their lowest levels since testing began in 2000 — with teens reading at a level previously expected of students one year younger, and students who regularly used AI chatbots for essays and summaries scoring the equivalent of a year behind in science. Also: a Singapore University of Technology and Design study found that older adults were most likely to adopt and bond with an AI chatbot when it felt authentic and responsive — and counterintuitively, the more human-like the chatbot seemed, the less likely they were to use it. And Peter Levin, founder of Griffin Gaming Partners and owner of 500,000+ trading cards, told the Hollywood Reporter he genuinely believes Pokémon cards will serve as currency after an apocalypse. Plus a coyote catching a roadrunner, the largest Viking silver trove found in Denmark, the Cat in the Hat chasing a teen, and a fake Downing Street Booking.com listing.
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