<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/2026-02-can-ai-make-society-less-selfish.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science</categories><broadcast>mgi</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>02/25/2026</pubDate><title>Can AI make society less selfish?</title><subTitle>Researchers find AI agents in a “Public Goods” game override natural human greed to promote cooperation </subTitle><description><p>Researchers at Michigan State University have found a new angle to promote cooperation — artificial intelligence (AI). The results of this study are published in npj Complexity.</p></description><highlights/><author>Stacy Kish</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2026/2026-02-ai-on-green.png" alt="the letters A and I appear on a green computer board background"/></image><storyAudio/></item>