RAND Corporation

🏥 Healthcare

Jun 4, 2026

AI Chatbot Use and Disclosure for Mental Health Among US Adolescents and Young Adults

The objective of this paper is to assess the prevalence, frequency, perceived helpfulness, and disclosure of AI chatbot use for mental health advice among US adolescents and young adults in 2025

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Jun 3, 2026

Updating California’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment and Response Algorithm

The authors describe the updated ACEs and Toxic Stress Risk Assessment and Response Algorithm, which enables clinicians to determine patient risk of toxic stress physiology and identify an appropriate clinical response

United States

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👥 Society

Jun 3, 2026

Gender Norms Survey Measurement in Very Young Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This report provides a review of existing survey efforts and promising methodological practices for measuring gender norms among very young adolescents ages 10 to 14 in low- and middle-income countries, based on literature and expert consultations

Global

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🌍 Geopolitics

Jun 2, 2026

Equilibrium Strategies on the Path to Artificial General Intelligence

The author models the geopolitical race toward artificial general intelligence as a series of strategic interactions between two primary actors—the United States and China—using game-theoretic frameworks inspired by Cold War–era nuclear competition

Global

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🌍 Geopolitics

May 30, 2026

Strategic Implications of Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Defence

Examines strategic implications of AI in defence, analyzing how AI could shift the offence-defence balance, accelerate proliferation, empower non-state actors, and intensify great power competition

Global

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📈 Economy

May 30, 2026

Capturing Adults' Familiarity With Financial Fraud

Using a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults, this study explores awareness of five financial fraud types and links that knowledge to fraud experiences including targeting, engagement, and financial loss

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

May 30, 2026

HIV Disclosure and Prevention Advocacy Partially Mediate Advocacy Training Intervention Effect on Reduced Internalized HIV Stigma

A randomized controlled trial in Uganda tested whether HIV disclosure, knowledge, and prevention advocacy mediated GC-HIV's effect on internalized stigma. Disclosure and advocacy were significant partial mediators, while knowledge was not

Uganda

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💻 Technology

May 29, 2026

Investigating the potential use of frontier AI models for offensive cyberattacks: A human uplift study

The UK Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (UK AISI) commissioned RAND to conduct a human uplift study to evaluate the impact of AI access on offensive cyber operations among lower-skilled threat actors

United Kingdom

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🏥 Healthcare

May 29, 2026

Geographic Variation in Amputations for Medicare Patients With Diabetic Lower-Extremity Wounds

The objective of this paper is to examine associations of regional patient and health care system characteristics with major amputations following diabetic lower-extremity wounds

United States

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📈 Economy

May 29, 2026

The Effects of the Measure ULA (United to House LA) Transfer Tax on Economic Development and Municipal Finances in Los Angeles

Measure ULA has raised $1.2 billion for affordable housing but has reduced high-value real estate sales by 31% and has deterred more than 9,000 new housing units, costing Los Angeles over $452 million in forgone revenue through early 2026

United States

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🌍 Geopolitics

May 28, 2026

Battle Damage Repair for Arleigh Burke–Class Destroyers

The authors share results from a tabletop exercise evaluating requirements for salvaging and repairing guided missile destroyers in the Indo-Pacific region, focusing on repair capabilities, command-and-control measures, and partner nations’ roles

Global

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🏥 Healthcare

May 28, 2026

The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes

In this report, the authors evaluate the effects of the Massachusetts health care cost growth benchmark—established in 2012 to constrain health care spending—on hospital revenues, hospital prices, and health insurance premiums

United States

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