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OpenAI says ChatGPT now offers "gentle reminders" to take breaks during long sessions, and it is building tools to better detect signs of emotional distress (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/chatgpt-will-n

ChatGPT will now remind you to take breaks, following mental health concerns
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to remind users to take breaks if they chat with AI for a long period of time.

Chairman Comer Expands Investigation into Biden Mental Decline Cover-Up (United States House Committee on Oversight ...)
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-expands-investigation-into-biden-mental-decline-cover-up/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250604/p184#a250604p184

Understanding Mental Models of Generative Conversational Search and The Effect of Interface Transparency
Chadha Degachi, Samuel Kernan Freire, Evangelos Niforatos, Gerd Kortuem
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03807

Understanding Mental Models of Generative Conversational Search and The Effect of Interface Transparency
The experience and adoption of conversational search is tied to the accuracy and completeness of users' mental models -- their internal frameworks for understanding and predicting system behaviour. Thus, understanding these models can reveal areas for design interventions. Transparency is one such intervention which can improve system interpretability and enable mental model alignment. While past research has explored mental models of search engines, those of generative conversational search re…

📉 Global study links early smartphone ownership with poorer mental health in young adults
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-global-links-early-smartphone-ownership.html

Global study links early smartphone ownership with poorer mental health in young adults
Owning a smartphone before age 13 is associated with poorer mental health and well-being in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people.

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Sourdough potato pancakes, egg and bacon, tea and coffee. Aimee Mann tonight! #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/9JKDgyCjKBkzGN9G9

HateBuffer: Safeguarding Content Moderators' Mental Well-Being through Hate Speech Content Modification
Subin Park, Jeonghyun Kim, Jeanne Choi, Joseph Seering, Uichin Lee, Sung-Ju Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00439

HateBuffer: Safeguarding Content Moderators' Mental Well-Being through Hate Speech Content Modification
Hate speech remains a persistent and unresolved challenge in online platforms. Content moderators, working on the front lines to review user-generated content and shield viewers from hate speech, often find themselves unprotected from the mental burden as they continuously engage with offensive language. To safeguard moderators' mental well-being, we designed HateBuffer, which anonymizes targets of hate speech, paraphrases offensive expressions into less offensive forms, and shows the original …

Biden hits back at Trump over autopen investigation (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/biden-trump-autopen-investigation-mental-fitness
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p2#a250605p2

Berry muffins! Egg and bacon, tea and coffee. Annoying car dealer trip but mah jongg later! #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/xhnYLFuqZc3KaBR57