A pair of US senators is demanding information from artificial intelligence chatbot companies including Character.AI, nearly six months after a Florida mom sued the startup, claiming it was ...

AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...

An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are ...

But there are ways to keep kids safe. Safe Surfin’, a local nonprofit, is using an AI chatbot to help kids report cyber bullying and online predators and has games to teach best practices of ...

Enter artificial intelligence (AI). AI mental health apps, ranging from mood trackers to chatbots that mimic human therapists, are proliferating on the market. While they may offer a cheap and ...

One of the biggest revelations I have had in researching and experimenting with AI since 2022, is that most of human history is the story of unintended consequences. I was an early proponent of ...

After a California state senator read alarming news reports in November about “AI companion” bots’ interactions with teens, his legislative director tried talking to one herself. “It was, ‘Hello,’ and ...

Character.AI and Google are facing allegations that they tested dangerous, dangerous, experimental AI chatbots on minors. Did ...

Could children under 13 soon get their own AI chatbot? However, it is possible that younger children could soon be able to access a more age-appropriate version of Google's generative AI chatbot.