The Art of Illustration in the AI era

The 50 Best 2025 list of the World's Best restaurants has been published | MIT Study warns about brain effects from using generative AI in essay writing

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Clara Nafría & Ismael Nafría
June 25, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

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  • The Art of Illustration in the AI era

  • The 50 Best 2025 list of the World's Best restaurants has been published

  • MIT Study warns about brain effects from using generative AI in essay writing

The Art of Illustration in the AI era

Illustrator and graphic animator Christoph Niemann has published an interactive illustrated feature in The New York Times Magazine, the Sunday magazine of The New York Times, in which he shares his fears and reflections on the influence that artificial intelligence might have on his work as an artist and illustrator.

You can visit this magnificent work for free by clicking on the following link, courtesy of "On The Net Today”.

The NYT Magazine has recently dedicated a complete issue to AI that includes, among others, the following articles:

The 50 Best 2025 list of the World's Best restaurants has been published 

Last week in Turin (Italy), the annual The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list of the world's best restaurants was announced.

In its 23rd edition, the ranking is topped by restaurant Maido in Lima (Peru), followed by Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo (Spain), which takes second place. Third place goes to Quintonil, in Mexico City (Mexico), while restaurant Diverxo in Madrid (Spain) comes fourth.

This video presents the list of the 50 best restaurants in the world for 2025:

In addition, the individual awards from the 50 Best 2025 list were also announced.

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MIT Study warns about brain effects from using generative AI in essay writing

A study recently published by MIT's Media Lab warns about "the long-term educational implications" of dependence on generative artificial intelligence tools and emphasizes "the need for further research into AI's role in learning."

The study, conducted over four months, explored the neurological and behavioral consequences of essay writing assisted by AI tools like ChatGPT.

To conduct the study, participants were divided into three groups: those who used AI tools for essay writing, those who used a search engine like Google, and those who relied solely on their brains, without any tool support.

The results show that users of generative AI tools "consistently achieved inferior outcomes at neurological, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

The study is part of MIT Media Lab's "Your Brain on ChatGPT" project.

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