The research revealed that even the shortest use of AI could have an alarmingly negative impact on a user’s ability to think. (Image: FreePik) Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a lot of things easy. For instance, gone are the days when you would listen to a recording for hours to transcribe. And, if you are running out of ideas, an AI chatbot is at your disposal with a myriad of ideas, ready to brainstorm with you. Even though numerous research projects have shown the downsides of overreliance on AI tools , applications like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are witnessing rapid expansion of their user base. Amid the explosion of AI tools, new research warns about its impact on human minds. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, and the University of California, Los Angeles, say that even 10 minutes of AI use may impact your ability to think.…