New report details how harmful AI chatbots are created and shared, despite supposed guardrails. Credit: Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Character chatbots are a prolific ...

Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness. Quentin first downloaded a character chatbot when he was 13. He ...

It wasn't until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...

Early last year, 15-year-old Aaron was going through a dark time at school. He’d fallen out with his friends, leaving him feeling isolated and alone. At the time, it seemed like the end of the world. ...

We tested the tech industry's efforts to control their chatbots and avoid controversy. The results showed an industry copying off each other's homework. Reading time 6 minutes When OpenAI released ...

Companies are realizing they can no longer simply promote themselves to potential customers. They have to win over the robots, too. Credit...Vincent Kilbride Supported by By Erin Griffith Reporting ...

With current physical and financial barriers to accessing care, people with mental health conditions may turn to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots for mental health relief or aid. Although ...