Researchers are warning that AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Claude, could be negatively impacting our cognitive abilities. Research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna found that students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were forgetting content more easily due to the increasing reliance on large language models (LLMs) and found that this could be affecting their cognition. The concern is that if we become too reliant on AI, it could affect the language we use and even our ability to do basic cognitive tasks. A recent study found that medical professionals used an AI tool to screen for cancer without it causing symptoms, and that rapid adoption of AI might be causing harm. Young people are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of AI on cognitive skills like critical thinking.