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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

Ramsay, known for his Hell's Kitchen and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares reality TV programmes, also said that he had issues with couples entering the toilets together.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

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

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023

This year’s Seattle Film Festival has many fabulous programs, and one of 2023’s crown jewels is the retrospective “Dreams and Nightmares: The Films of David Lynch.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

You are the Muse of Nightmares, Sarai told herself.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor