nightmares

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Among the crises highlighted was AI encroachment, the subject of science and technology category winner Karen Hao’s “Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The 17-year-old student's "silly little song" Nightmares has been included alongside the likes of Coldplay, Billie Eilish and Kasabian on the soundtrack of one of the country's best-selling video games, FC 25.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Nightmares can be echoes of the stressful experiences people are having in their waking hours.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023

Nightmares aren’t common among bereaved people, except for those whose grief stems from such trauma.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2023

Nightmares, not just featuring the crows but the feelings I had in the simulation—terror and helplessness, which I suspect is what I am really afraid of.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth