{
  "id": 16204254,
  "title": "Cognitive surrender: Artificial intelligence’s threat to democracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/cognitive-surrender-artificial-intelligences-threat-to-democracy",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/6166067-protecting-personal-agency-ai/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Wesleyan University computer science professor Sebastian Zimmeck argues that artificial intelligence poses a threat to democratic citizenship by encouraging cognitive surrender and requiring both individual critical thinking and robust regulatory oversight to protect personal agency.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}