chatbot

International regulators probe how DeepSeek is using data. Is the app safe to use?

2:22pm January 31, 2025

The Chinese chatbot took the world by storm and rattled stock markets. But lost in all the attention was a focus on how the company is collecting and storing data.

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Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits

12:01am December 10, 2024

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized content.

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Robot typing on a typewriter illustration

Research shows AI can boost creativity for some, but at a cost

2:00pm July 12, 2024

by Geoff Brumfiel

Amateur writers using AI tools produced stories that were deemed more creative, but the research suggests the creativity of the group overall went down.

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Cartoonist Amy Kurzweil's new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, focuses on how she and her father Ray harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to connect with the grandfather she never knew.

Books
Arts

Using AI, cartoonist Amy Kurzweil connects with deceased grandfather in 'Artificial'

10:55am October 19, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

In her new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, Kurzweil describes how she and her father, famed futurist Ray Kurzweil, harnessed the power of AI to speak with the grandfather she never knew.

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Participants at the 2023 Def Con hacker convention, trying to subvert AI chatbots as part of a contest to test the systems' vulnerabilities.

What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots

10:32am August 15, 2023

by Shannon Bond

In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to create misinformation and share harmful content.

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Michael Schumacher, pictured at a press conference in Brazil in 2006, hasn't spoken publicly since suffering a near-fatal head injury in 2013.

World News

A magazine touted Michael Schumacher's first interview in years. It was actually AI

5:07am April 28, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

F1 champion Michael Schumacher hasn't spoken publicly since suffering a near-fatal head injury in 2013. Die Aktuelle fired its editor over the AI-generated piece, and Schumacher's family plans to sue.

Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

Politics & Government

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

12:44pm March 23, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

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Some companies and researchers think smart computers might eventually help with provider shortages in mental health, and some consumers are already turning to chatbots to build "emotional resilience."

Health & Safety

Therapy by chatbot? The promise and challenges in using AI for mental health

3:21pm January 19, 2023

by Yuki Noguchi

Some companies and researchers think smart computers might eventually help with provider shortages in mental health, and some consumers are already turning to chatbots to build "emotional resilience."