Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

A new bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would bar minors (under 18) from interacting with certain AI chatbots. It taps into growing alarm about ...

Hundreds of millions of people chat with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots each week, but there is growing concern that spending hours with the tools can lead some people ...

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AI chatbots have become a ubiquitous part of life. People turn to tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot not just for help with emails, work, or code, but for relationship advice, emotional ...

Accounts of people developing psychosis — which renders them unable to distinguish between what is and is not reality — after interacting with generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have ...

Interacting with chatbots can shift users' beliefs and opinions. A newly published study aimed to figure out why. Post-training and information density were key factors. Most of us feel a sense of ...

Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three weeks and 300 hours convinced he’d discovered mathematical formulas that could crack encryption and build levitation machines. According to ...

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 ...

Since its founding, Facebook has described itself as a kind of public service that fosters relationships. In 2005, not long after the site’s launch, its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg described the ...

Trump threatens to federalize D.C., New York’s Legionnaires' disease outbreak, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x AI chatbots have become a ubiquitous part of life. People turn to tools like ChatGPT, ...