Is AI bad for critical thinking? It depends on when you use it

If used later in writing an essay, the chatbots can help include more perspectives

A person opening an AI chatbot on their phone.

People who used an AI chatbot after partially working through a problem improved their critical thinking skills, a small study suggests.

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