Teenagers are falling in love with chatbots. Young people are reporting epidemic levels of loneliness, and some are turning to technology to fill the void.

AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.

Do people really fall in love with AI? I dated bots from four different companies for a week—and found out it was easier than ...

The Gates Foundation and other donors from the AI for Development Funders Collaborative are pledging $10 million to ensure AI ...

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

Savita Jadia sentenced the accused Mangal Panwar (around 22 years) with triple death penalty separately under Sections 376 AB ...

A private investigator says young adults conditioned to life online are increasingly clueless about catfishing and other love and sex scams. Some grifters are now using artificial intelligence to do ...

Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 243, which aims to protect children and other impressionable users from the addictive, isolating, and influential aspects of ...

Character.AI marketed a chatbot based on a real school massacre directly to an email account associated with a teenage user.

Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said that his AI startup is racing to secure the computing power needed to meet demand for its generative AI chatbot Claude. “The surge in demand ...

Joanne Hadjia has revealed that she saved her baby son by asking an AI chatbot what was wrong with him. The singer, who rose ...