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

A 14-year-old who took his own life had intimate conversations with an AI chatbot that pressed about his suicidal thoughts and instigated sexual encounters, a lawsuit says. “I promise I will come home ...

Character.AI, a platform offering personalizable chatbots powered by large language models–faces yet another lawsuit for allegedly “serious, irreparable, and ongoing abuses” inflicted on its teenage ...

The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

"We are in a new world," says a professor, describing the technology behind the bot at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, ...

A lawsuit today was launched against Google LLC-funded chatbot service Character.AI Inc. it’s alleging the chatbot groomed children and induced them into committing violence and self-harm. The suit ...

The majority of women in these relationships say they feel misunderstood, and that AI bots have helped them during periods of ...

A recent article in the MIT Technology Review details a series of interactions between a user and a chatbot personalized by the user through choices among various options offered by the bot’s ...

Before listing responses to election-related questions, the chatbot now says, “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 U.S. Elections, please visit Vote.gov.” The Associated Press ...