Character.AI has banned users under 18 from having open-ended conversations with its chatbots, following public outrage and lawsuits over several teens who died by suicide after prolonged ...

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, ...

As AI, blockchain, and adaptive infrastructure converge, MCP servers are emerging as the digital backbone, delivering the low ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large ...

Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes applications for its 2026 and 2026-2027 fellowships.

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

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

After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it's making changes to its ...

Parents, child safety groups and politicians have been putting pressure on tech companies to make AI chatbots safer.

Chatbot platform Character.AI will no longer allow teens to engage in back-and-forth conversations with its AI-generated characters, its parent company Character Technologies said on Wednesday. The ...

The draft legislation would require AI companies that make chatbot companions to institute a strict age-verification process.

Chatbots like ChatGPT are blurring emotional boundaries and fueling delusions. Experts are calling for stronger safety ...