Teens love AI chatbots. The FTC says that’s a problem.
Bespoke AI-powered chatbots crafted to be your best friend, confidant, or sexy role-play partner are everywhere, and kids love them. That’s a problem. This week, the Federal Trade…
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FTC launches inquiry into AI chatbots of Alphabet, Meta and others
THE US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said it is seeking information from several companies including Alphabet, Meta Platforms and OpenAI that provide consumer-facing AI-powered…
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules
If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found in a book like Influence: The Power of Persuasion. Now, a preprint study…
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement, an estimated $3,000 per work. In a court motion on…
OpenAI and Meta are fixing how AI chatbots respond to teens in distress
Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers asking questions about suicide or showing signs of mental and…
Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents
Some up-and-comers are pushing to make agents that can actually place wagers instead of just supplying tips, but the field is off to a rough start. Tom Fleetham formerly worked as the head…
Meta’s Unauthorized AI Chatbots for Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Others Made ‘Sexual Advances,’ Sent Pics Showing Celebs ‘Dressed in Lingerie,’ Report Says
Meta‘s unauthorized AI chatbots of virtual celebrities including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez were “flirty” and “routinely made sexual advances,”…
AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers
Economists at Stanford University have found the strongest evidence yet that artificial intelligence is starting to eliminate certain jobs. But the story isn’t that simple: While younger…
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Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?
During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do the same? Bilt, a company that…
Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories
“AI is expensive. Let's be honest about that,” Anand says. Growth vs. Safety In October 2024, the mother of a teen who died by suicide filed a wrongful death suit against Character…
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and precocious chatbot. But for some users, last Thursday’s release felt more like a wrenching…
Truth Social’s New AI Chatbot Is Donald Trump’s Media Diet Incarnate
When I ask the new Truth Social AI chatbot about navigating bias in the media ecosystem, it gives what I view as pretty reasonable advice. “Diversify your sources,” it responds. “Rely on…
The Vibes-Based Pricing of ‘Pro’ AI Software
Lauren Goode: All right. Actually not. But last fall I went to an event for Worldcoin, which is Sam Altman's other company. It was a super weird vibey crypto eye-scanning thing at a…
Join Our Next Livestream: What GPT-5 Means for ChatGPT Users
Few recent software releases have been as hyped as OpenAI’s launch of its GPT-5 model. “GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD…
The Real Demon Inside ChatGPT
But perhaps the most convincing piece of evidence suggesting that ChatGPT regurgitated the language of Warhammer 40,000 is that it kept asking if The Atlantic was interested in PDFs. The…
Forget chatbots. Physical and embodied AI are now coming for your job
Amazon recently announced that it had deployed its one-millionth robot across its workforce since rolling out its first bot in 2012. The figure is astounding from a sheer numbers…
Another High-Profile OpenAI Researcher Departs for Meta
OpenAI researcher Jason Wei is joining Meta’s new superintelligence lab, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Wei worked on OpenAI’s o1 and deep research models,…
I Tried Grok’s Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat
An anime girl in a black corset dress sways back and forth on my screen. Its name is Ani, and it cost me $300. Elon Musk’s xAI dropped the new visual chatbot feature on Monday in the Grok…
AI therapy chatbots are unsafe and stigmatizing, a new Stanford study finds
AI chatbot therapists have made plenty of headlines in recent months—some positive, some not so much. A new paper from researchers at Stanford University has evaluated five chatbots…
Misinformation is already a problem during natural disasters. AI chatbots aren’t helping
When deadly flash floods hit central Texas last week, people on social media site X turned to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok for answers about whom to blame. Grok confidently pointed…
‘I’ve been clean for a week!’: Reddit is now home to support groups for people addicted to AI chatbots
In recent years, people have welcomed AI into their lives with open arms: as personal assistants, friends, therapists, even lovers. But one concern with having a chatbot in your pocket is…
Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts
Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled Grok 4, the latest AI model from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google. Without citing detailed evidence, Musk claimed that the…
Musk Addresses Grok AI Chatbot’s Pro-Hitler Comments: System Was ‘Too Eager to Please and Be Manipulated’
Elon Musk said changes his xAI company made to Grok to be less politically correct had resulted in the chatbot being “too eager to please” and susceptible to being “manipulated.” That…
What Could a Healthy AI Companion Look Like?
What does a little purple alien know about healthy human relationships? More than the average artificial intelligence companion, it turns out. The alien in question is an animated chatbot…