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

Dark Turn Yet another AI companion company is facing concerns over its AI chatbots encouraging human users to engage with ...

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

AI companions provide a safe space where teens can explore ideas and sort things out, like a journal but with a feedback loop.

The chatbot, which offers romantic companionship, has been hit with an FTC complaint from tech ethics organizations ...

Although it does not have any direct connection with “Companion,” this sense of adoration for a form of AI is similar to a real-life situation from October 2024, when 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III ...

AI isn’t content with running things behind the curtain this year—it wants the spotlight. But can AI honestly sell emotion, ...

From chatbots supporting patients to AI diagnostic tools, artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare delivery, as evidenced at the IMAGINE AI event.

Google’s AI now appears like a phone call notification on Android, plus Google adds Gemini 2.0 Pro made for coders.

People can ask the conversational AI chatbot to send alerts at a future date and time, OpenAI announced today. The new functionality, which is being rolled out to the company’s paying users ...

Will lawmakers again permit another addictive technology open to children and stand by as another generation gets hurt?