As ChatGPT and other AI chatbots become everyday tools for news, search and political information, researchers and regulators warn they could quietly deepen polarization and democratic divides. Here’s what the latest studies and real‑world election cases show, and what safeguards are emerging. A new kind of “mass media” — in your pocket In just a few years, ChatGPT and similar AI chatbots have gone from novelty apps to default helpers for writing, researching and even making sense of politics. Voters now ask bots to explain candidates, summarize policy proposals or “tell me who I should vote for” — questions once

Published: December 1, 2025 A new era in rehab: from long waiting lists to AI‑assisted recovery Rehabilitation therapy is quietly becoming one of the most important testbeds for artificial intelligence — and especially for large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. In the UK, the National Health Service is rolling out what’s been described as its first AI‑run physiotherapy clinic, Flok Health. Patients with back, neck or knee pain can self‑refer via an app, complete an automated assessment and receive same‑day video appointments with a “digital physiotherapist”. Early NHS pilots involving more than 1,000 staff found that almost all participants received same‑day