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

As people turn to chatbots for increasingly important and intimate advice, some interactions playing out in public are causing alarm over just how much artificial intelligence can warp a user’s sense ...

Karan Sharma is a digital commerce expert and the co-founder at Kinex Media Inc, a creative digital agency in Toronto. Just imagine what would have happened if a time traveler had handed a lighter to ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

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A RAND Corporation study found AI chatbots avoid answering high-risk suicide queries but respond inconsistently to lower-risk questions. The research, published in Psychiatric Services, highlights ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking ...

Huge numbers of people are either already using chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude as therapists, or turning to commercial AI therapy platforms for help during dark moments. But is the tech ready for ...

People could receive dangerous advice from AI chatbots designed to offer mental health support, including information that could help someone kill themselves, The i Paper has found. While some users ...

Character.AI will no longer permit teenagers to interact with its chatbots, as AI companies face increasing pressure to better safeguard younger users from harm. In a statement, the company confirmed ...

Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...