Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. By Mariana Lenharo

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1 As more professionals begin to rely on artificial-intelligence tools in their work, could their hard-earned skills atrophy? That possibility is a growing concern for medical specialists, computer scientists and other workers. Seventy per cent of nurses and 77% of physicians, for example, are worried about losing their skills because of over-reliance on AI systems, according to a survey of US health-care workers published earlier this month1.