Some people who say AI chatbots upended their lives and the lives of their loved ones, are now turning to each other for support. Around the world, people are talking to AI chatbots, and these chats ...

More and more people are turning to ChatGPT or other AI chatbots for advice and emotional support, and it’s easy to see why. Unlike a friend or a therapist, a chatbot is always available, listens to ...

People interact with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots, which can be trained to take on certain demographic attributes like age and race, for information, entertainment, technical help, ...

The GUARD Act—introduced in Congress by Senators Josh Hawley and ​​Richard Blumenthal—aims to keep minors off chatbots such ...

Character.AI said it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging conversations, including romantic dialogues, with the startup's AI chatbots. Starting Wednesday, the company will ...

We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and other institutions just published a study in Nature ...

I was recently interviewed for an article on the emotional connection that people can develop with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. 1 Here's an edited summary of the exchange. As a psychiatrist, ...

Chatbots once symbolized digital transformation — those polite text boxes on corporate websites and service portals promised to make support smarter and cheaper. The addition of generative AI (genAI) ...

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Update (15 January, 2025): Meta’s new rules go into effect from today. Companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Microsoft have already announced that their WhatsApp chatbot will stop working. Regulators ...