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Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you

October 2, 2026 (Conversation) Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence applications for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, perhaps, recent research shows that people who interact with generative AI for work tasks can end up not thinking critically. They can surrender to AI’s quick and confident answers, which can lead to speedy but low-quality solutions. Scholars refer to this increasingly prevalent problem as cognitive offloading. And they are showing that it can erode the very skills that make knowledge workers valuable. My research at the intersection of artificial

Hundreds from India’s Gen Z-led ‘cockroach’ party protest, seek election chief’s resignation

MUMBAI/DELHI, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party protested in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Friday, kicking off ‌a new nationwide campaign against changes to voter rolls they say benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party. The demonstration marks the latest in a series of youth-led protests that have emerged this year, putting pressure on Modi unprecedented in his 12 years in power. Critics say a nationwide voter-verification exercise launched last year has led to millions of eligible voters being ​removed from electoral rolls. The commission, long regarded as one of the country’s

‘Cockroach’ protesters demand India’s election chief resign over voter list changes

NEW DELHI, October 2, 2026 (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement held new protests in the country’s financial hub of Mumbai on Friday to demand the resignation of the chief election commissioner over the revision of voter lists. The movement, which began as an online campaign and now calls itself the Cockroach Janata Party, organized street protests that forced India’s education minister to resign in July. The Mumbai rally is meant to kick off a new period of demonstrations nationwide. Separately, police prevented student and civil society groups from gathering Friday at Jantar Mantar, a designated

India’s Cockroach Janata Party, student groups to protest, demand poll chief’s resignation

NEW DELHI, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will face renewed pressure on Friday as the Gen ‌Z-led Cockroach Janata Party and a separate coalition of student and activist groups stage fresh protests, demanding the resignation of the elections commission chief over a controversial voter roll revision. The CJP will rally in Mumbai and plans to expand demonstrations nationwide ​in the coming days, while student and civil society groups will gather at New ​Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The protests mark the latest escalation in a dispute that has ⁠put unprecedented scrutiny on India’s Election Commission, long regarded as one

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