“When we allow a chatbot to talk to us as though it were a caring person, when we use it as a best friend, lover, or ...

In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another? By Callie Holtermann Remember job applications? You know, you’d ...

Joshua Curry and Vishal Patil have seen a lot of customer service chatbots. The chat windows that pop up on your screen while visiting sites from online retailers to cell phone companies, asking what ...

As our relationships with bots deepen, human-AI relationship coach Amelia Miller warns we could wake up one day to find our ...

Ines Chomnalez is a deputy editor at NewsGuard. Isis Blachez is an analyst focusing on AI at NewsGuard. But the increasing ubiquity of AI is also quietly shaping the perceptions of voters who are ...

Using ChatGPT or Replika as a shoulder to cry on? A new paper explains why chatbots that always listen and always agree can ...

It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types, “I’m so stressed out, I can’t sleep.” A ...