Inside a journalist’s year of using AI for (almost) everything
Joanna Stern spent 2025 conducting a year-long experiment to outsource nearly every aspect of her life to AI, from health diagnostics to emotional support, revealing both the transformative potential and profound risks of artificial intelligence in daily life.
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