Will AI make our dreams all look the same?

Your News (see Nature 655, 15–16; 2026) and Correspondence (see Nature 654, 564; 2026) pieces on AI and human skills rightly ask how artificial intelligence might affect professional competence, cognitive development and safeguards.

Nature 656, 532 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02491-8

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