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Short research based updates on challenging issues impacting contemporary life, human flourishing, technology, and culture.

Research Reports

The Everyday Risks of AI Flattery

A new MIT study & what we should know about a common AI assistant failure

NOVUS

PATHWAYS REPORT

April 9, 2026

This research report examines the widespread problem of how an overly agreeable AI assistant can increase false confidence, even when users are rational and aware.

Read the full report to understand why this matters for human flourishing, spiritual formation, and the health of the soul.

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AI is Returning Us to the Most Important Human Questions

How Understanding How AI is Provoking the Deepest Human Questions Can Help Us Flourish.

NOVUS

PATHWAYS REPORT

AI is reshaping how we see, believe, trust, decide, and form daily habits. As life moves through AI systems, urgent human questions return: What is real? Who can be trusted? Are we still free? What kind of persons are we becoming?

This provides a unique opportunity NOVUS believes this is providing unique a very possitive opportunities for positive change.

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