AI chatbots have been linked to serious mental health harms in heavy users, but there have been few standards for measuring whether they safeguard human well-being or just maximize for engagement. A ...

This research was funded by the Australian Research Council through the Australian Laureate Fellowship project Determining the Drivers and Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation in Online Public ...

Ms. Kunze is the chief executive of Pandorabots. Kuki is accustomed to gifts from her biggest fans. They send flowers, chocolates and handwritten cards to the office, especially around the holidays.

In April 2025, Matt and Maria Raine faced an unimaginable nightmare. Their 16-year-old son Adam tragically took his own life. As the family searched for answers, they discovered that an AI chatbot had ...

Frustrated by the medical system, some patients are turning to chatbots for help. At what cost? Credit...Pablo Delcan Supported by By Teddy Rosenbluth and Maggie Astor Wendy Goldberg thought her ...

For all the advances in artificial intelligence over the past few years, even the cleverest chatbots still spout nonsense from time to time. In most cases this is but a mild irritation. Sometimes, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story involves discussion about suicide that some readers may find upsetting. If you feel you are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 24-hour Suicide Crisis Lifeline. Zane ...

The technology is used by more than 70% of teenagers in the U.S. Character.AI, one of the leading platforms for AI technology, recently announced it was banning anyone under 18 from having ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. Sen. Josh Hawley and chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal at the start of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology ...

Two senators said they are announcing bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to crack down on tech companies that make artificial intelligence chatbot companions available to minors, after complaints from ...