AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.

AI chatbots can offer helpful quitting advice to smokers more often than not. But as per research, they still serve ...

There has been a surge in AI-related romance scams 17% of people believe somebody they know has been approached by an AI chatbot on dating apps or social media Almost half of British people believe it ...

While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the ...

OpenAI has effectively canceled o3, which was slated to be its next major AI model release, in favor of what CEO Sam Altman ...

I scanned the privacy policies and reports for the top AI apps and found just one that doesn’t share your data with ...

OpenAI is releasing a significantly expanded version of its Model Spec, a document that defines how its AI models should ...

Critical Thinking A pro-Israel social media bot appears to experience occasional political shifts that result in it ...

My Replika avatar was supposed to help me understand why people fell for virtual companions. It taught me so much more.

AI models are increasingly powerful, with the potential to assist in complex scientific research, healthcare, and security ...

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly developing a custom AI chatbot for use by U.S. government ...