AI chatbot dangers: Are there enough guardrails to protect children and other vulnerable people?

Last week, Character.AI, one of the leading platforms for AI technology, announced it was banning anyone under 18 from having conversations with its chatbots.

I Loved Being Social. Then I Started Talking to a Chatbot.

It was so much easier to have a conversation with a chatbot than a human being. But the more I talked to AI, the less I ...
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As A.I. Chatbots Trigger Mental Crisis Crises, Tech Giants Scramble for Safeguards

Psychosis, mania and depression are hardly new issues, but experts fear A.I. chatbots may be making them worse. With data suggesting that large portions of chatbot users show signs of mental distress, ...

Rate my AI teacher? Students’ perceptions of chatbots will influence how they learn with AI

What people think of their teachers is tremendously important for learning, and should inform how we analyze the potential ...

More than a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide each week

OpenAI says that 0.15% of users active in a given week have conversations that include “explicit indicators of potential ...

Proton's Encrypted Lumo AI Chatbot Launches For Business Users

Proton's end-to-end encrypted AI chatbot is now available for companies as Lumo for Business: Here's what the ChatGPT and ...
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Meta adding AI chatbot safety features for teens

(The Hill) – Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, plans to roll out new safety features for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to help protect teens amid growing concerns about ...
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Meta adding AI chatbot safety features for teens

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, plans to roll out new safety features for its AI chatbots to help protect teens amid growing concerns about the technology’s impact on young users.
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You'll soon be able to shop Walmart through ChatGPT; here’s how to use AI chatbot to order

Walmart confirmed in a news release shoppers will soon be able to use the Open AI-created ChatGPT service to order from Sam's Club and Walmart by using a the Instant Checkout feature. "This allows ...
Nextgov

OpenAI researchers see current chatbot use supporting — not replacing — workers

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The majority of ChatGPT users continue to leverage the chatbot for decision-making support, leading its parent company researchers to ...
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New California law hopes to stop AI-assisted suicide among teens

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill designed to bolster AI chatbot safety. Credit: Mario Tama / Staff via Getty Images News After sustained outcry from child safety advocates, ...
TechCrunch

California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety ...