Despite a major usage and monetization gap, Meta, like many AI companies, is going all in on AI chatbots -- even giving them the ability to strike up a conversation with you, unprompted. BI reported ...

Person of the Year is one of our most enduring franchises. Every year, we aim to name a Person of the Year—the person, group, or concept that had the most influence on the world during the previous 12 ...

As Artificial intelligence moves into every corner of modern life, we examine the ways AI enhances how we have fun and seek connection. By now, you’re probably aware of AI chatbots and their basic ...

Paper: Doctors Should Screen For ‘Problematic Chatbot Use’ As New Mental Health Risk Factor In A Nutshell One in ten teenagers find conversations with AI chatbots more satisfying than talking with ...

A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...

The very qualities that make chatbots appealing—they always listen, never judge, and tell you what you want to hear—can also make them dangerous. Especially for autistic people. When chatbots say ...

Many of us therapists are currently struggling with the concept of synthetic relationships. Not because we don’t understand the technology, but because we don’t quite know what to do when our clients ...

Ask teenagers what they think about Facebook and Twitter, and you will get an epic eye roll. Social media are so 2016, their expression will tell you. What’s the next big thing? Messaging apps are ...

xAI made people’s conversations with its chatbot public and searchable on Google without warning — including a detailed plan for the assassination of Elon Musk and explicit instructions for making ...

Anthropic is now the third AI company whose chatbot conversations with users have become inadvertently accessible in search results from Google. The conversations appeared to be ones that users of its ...