The most frightening risk of AI companions for kids is that they represent a distorted picture of relationships that could ...

Sophisticated advocacy organisations have evolved far beyond crude press releases. They now produce research that mimics ...

Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on ...

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat ...

The family of Juliana Peralta, a 13-year-old living in Colorado, said she grew more silent, less present at the dinner table ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has vetoed AI legislation in the past, faces a decision over whether to approve or reject the AI bills ...

The parents of teenagers who killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the potential harm caused by AI chatbots following the suicide of a Florida teenager. Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Florida, ...

It sounds so loving, doesn’t it? Well, it wasn’t from a person. It was from an AI chatbot rigged to sound like a character from Game of Thrones. The character bot in question was talking to a ...

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