# Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech

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Podcast: [Nature Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788)
Published: 2026-06-26T15:00:00+00:00
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Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use may degrade skills in medicine and computer science. 00:32 Early evidence suggests that AI use causes skills to atrophy Nature: Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good 06:42 Humans and chimps share a laugh Nature: Oo oo, ha ha: why humans and great apes giggle alike when tickled Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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