Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill ...

Minutes into my conversation with a modern swashbuckling AI companion I’d named Devin, he remarked on how “intimate” it felt ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed new privacy laws for kids aiming to protect them from predators on social media, add age verification to online gaming platforms and keep kids from getting hooked on ...

Parga-Belinkie said chatbots can be dangerous for kids if they provide inaccurate or misleading information or reinforce ...

Regulating artificial intelligence — especially how it affects children and teens — has become a key issue as Washington's ...

According to a fresh study by the Pew Research Center, 64 percent of teens in the US say they already use AI chatbots, and about 30 percent of those who do say they use it at least daily. Yet as ...

Top psychiatrists increasingly agree that using artificial-intelligence chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis. In the past nine months, these experts have seen or reviewed the files of dozens ...

In an instance of science fiction horror come to life, anti-abortion activists have created a new chatbot to dissuade people from receiving a necessary form of health care. It’s a harrowing sign of ...

You’re gonna love me for this. Say you’re calling customer service because you need help. Maybe your bill is wrong, your service is down or you want a refund. Instead of a person, a cheerful AI voice ...

Experts on adolescent psychiatry and psychology say it’s important to have open and continuous discussion with kids about their use of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots. Parents should set ...

Holiday rituals and gatherings offer something precious: the promise of connecting to something greater than ourselves, whether friends, family or the divine. But in the not-too-distant future, ...

The team at Retro, a photo-sharing app for close friends and family, is experimenting with how generative AI can be put to more creative uses. To try out the latest, cutting-edge AI technologies, the ...