Chatbots' leap to become mainstream human companions in some cases are showing the limits of the help they can offer that some now lean on.

As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical.

People who interacted with different AI chatbots in a study didn’t realize the bots were including veiled advertising in ...

New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language ...

Perhaps to the surprise of their creators, large language models have become confidants, therapists, and, for some, intimate ...

A supermarket chain in Australia has dialed back its AI assistant after callers say it started “rambling” about its mother and even insisted it was a real human being. Customers say they began ...

Romantic relationships with artificial intelligence have moved from science fiction to lived reality, and the latest research suggests those bonds are far more intense and committed than most people ...

"Sportellino," a multilingual chatbot designed for migrants, is currently leading the way at the national level by setting a ...

A teen's fake chatbot site has 25 million visitors and hints at the next backlash against an internet stuffed with AI slop.

A generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI)–powered therapy chatbot known as Therabot was associated with significant reductions in several mental health conditions, including major depressive ...

The legislation would require operators of companion chatbots to perform and document a comprehensive risk assessment each ...