The robots have taken over. New research suggests that a majority of students use chatbots like ChatGPT for just about everything at school. To write essays. To solve complicated math problems. To ...

Virtual companions are filling a gap that real humans used to fill. Their success as a product speaks to our failures as a ...

New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

A new study from Stanford University is raising serious concerns about how AI chatbots behave when users are vulnerable — and how easily those interactions can spiral. Researchers analyzed more than ...

Psychotherapist Tiffanie Davis Henry breaks down why some adults are turning to AI chatbots for love.

Romantic relationships with artificial intelligence were once the stuff of science fiction, but are now a real part of life for millions worldwide. From emotionally perceptive chatbots to immersive ...

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Large language model (LLM) chatbots have a tendency toward flattery. If you ask a model for advice, it is 49 percent more likely than a human, on average, to affirm your existing point of view rather ...

Garcia’s 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide in February 2024 after corresponding with an AI-companion chatbot, according to her testimony and a later lawsuit against Character ...