If a kid in your life keeps chanting “Tralalero Tralala” or “Bombardiro Crocodilo,” you’ve been hit by Italian brain rot.

Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health. But does being overly online truly rot our brains?

The term brain rot is quite mainstream nowadays. People are consuming sloppy, low-effort content on social media, which in turn is affecting their memory and concentration. While this is a known ...

It's kind of this simple. If you have someone else do work for you, your skills will worsen over time with respect to doing that work yourself. Seems obvious when stated that way, right? Nevertheless, ...

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) will host the world’s first academic symposium dedicated to addressing the impact of “brain rot” and “AI slop”. Taking place on Friday, 5 December, the event builds on ...

From its humble beginnings as YouTube content like skibidi toilet to the more exotic Italian iterations exemplified by TikTok’s Ballerina Cappuccina and Tralalero Tralala, brain rot has entered the ...

In episode 74 of The AI Fix, we meet Amazon’s AI-powered delivery glasses, an AI TV presenter who doesn’t exist, and an Ohio lawmaker who wants to stop people from marrying their chatbot. Also, we ...

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