The rise of social media turned human attention into a commodity. Now, the AI race is taking that to new heights.

Chatbots increasingly bridge the gap between gaming and the broader digital world. Plenty of players use bots to discover new ...

Dr. McBain studies policies and technologies that serve vulnerable populations. On any given night, countless teenagers confide in artificial intelligence chatbots — sharing their loneliness, anxiety ...

State and federal regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Character.ai has introduced Stories, its first format that was specifically created to “enhance [teens’] experience,” on the same day the company removed their ability to engage with its chatbots.

Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators. Gab’s chatbot, Arya.Credit...Andria Lo for The New York Times ...

AI chatbots have been linked to serious mental health harms in heavy users, but there have been few standards for measuring whether they safeguard human well-being or just maximize for engagement. A ...