New research from Michigan State University finds that people often project their own levels of cynicism — the belief that people are only interested in themselves and aren’t sincere — onto their friends and consistently underestimate their friends’ cynicism, which could have implications for maintaining friendships.

A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher examined the perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes that influenced college students’ with a diagnosis of psychosis to seek help for their mental health and found that while a majority of these students believed they needed mental health treatment, 60 percent of students did not meet current recommended guidelines for combined antipsychotic medication and therapy. Published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the study found that nearly 8 in 10 surveyed college students with psychosis reported needing mental health support. While 8 in 10 students did seek therapy or counseling within the past 12 months, only 4 in 10 students reported taking antipsychotic medication. 

Over the past decade, the federal government has made the adoption of AI a priority. Both the Biden administration and the two Trump administrations have emphasized the need for federal government AI adoption to improve service delivery, foster data-driven analysis, promote national competitiveness, and strengthen national security. New research from the Brookings Institution has found that while the scope and pace of this adoption have accelerated over the past three years, AI use across the federal government remains concentrated in a few large agencies.