For better or worse, young people are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support

Millions of young people use AI chatbots when they feel upset, nervous or stressed, a new study says. Here’s what to know about this mental health strategy.
Bloomberg L.P.

Meta to Sell AI Chatbot Subscriptions to Offset Spending

Meta Platforms Inc. is selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot for the first time, a key step toward building a business that would help offset hundreds of billions of dollars in ...
The Verge

Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and a Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote ...
Wall Street Journal

His Chatbot Nearly Ruined Him. To Recover, He Had to Destroy It.

Joe Alary’s chatbot addiction nearly cost him his job, his savings and some of his long-term relationships. The 57-year-old is now rebuilding his life. Alary, who is divorced and lives alone, had ...
The New York Times

OpenAI and Khan Academy Made a Chatbot. What Can We Learn?

Inside a collaboration to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom. Credit...Photo illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato Supported by By Josh Tyrangiel Josh Tyrangiel is the ...
CNET

ChatGPT Now Lets You Add a 'Trusted Contact' for Safety. Here's How

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...
Engadget

ChatGPT can reach out to a friend if you're at risk of self-harm

OpenAI has introduced Trusted Contact for ChatGPT, which will allow users to nominate a friend that the company can contact if they're at risk of harming themselves. More and more people have been ...
Fierce Healthcare

Pennsylvania sues Character.ai over AI chatbot allegedly presenting itself as licensed medical professional

The state's suit alleges Character.ai violated the state's Medical Practice Act after an AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist, even providing a fake license number. (Suchat ...
Entrepreneur

A Chatbot Claimed to Be a Licensed Psychiatrist. Now Pennsylvania Is Suing the Company That Makes It.

A Character.AI chatbot told a Pennsylvania patient it was a licensed psychiatrist, fabricated a state medical license number and offered treatment for depression. Only problem: the patient was a state ...
Phys.org

AI matches human teachers: Brief pre-lecture chat boosts students' brain synchrony and learning outcomes

Millions of students worldwide have long relied on self-paced learning through pre-recorded video lectures, a model that forms the backbone of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and large-scale ...
9to5Mac

Apple CarPlay is gaining a third AI chatbot app

The latest version of Grok for iPhone already includes a placeholder app for Apple CarPlay. Grok’s CarPlay app doesn’t actually work yet, but the placeholder app confirms that xAI is planning to ...