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 rise of social media turned human attention into a commodity. Now, the AI race is taking that to new heights.

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

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 ...

After what was arguably Meta’s biggest purge of child predators from Facebook and Instagram earlier this summer, the company now faces backlash after its own chatbots appeared to be allowed to creep ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT are increasingly serving as confidants and stand-in therapists for many users. But for the average user, sharing your deepest secrets with AI ...

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 ...

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A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...

New research from Cornell University and the UK AI Security Institute has found that widely used AI systems could shift voter preferences in controlled election settings by up to 15%. “There is great ...

Want AI in WhatsApp? Try ChatGPT for quick answers and image generation, Perplexity for real-time info with sources, and Meta AI for fun chats, stickers, and tasks. Plus, use WhatsApp Web tools for ...

While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the company’s response—are striking. For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has ...