When most of us think of AI chatbots, we think of complex systems running on powerful hardware in massive data centers. Ask ChatGPT or Gemini a question, then watch it "think" as it pings some faraway ...

In late March around 15 religious thinkers met with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic to discuss one of the strangest and most consequential questions now facing the AI industry: How do ...

Last year, a survey from Common Sense Media found 72 percent of teens have used an AI companion at least once. Half are regular users. And it’s not just kids. A 2025 Harvard Business Review article ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and a Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote ...

Finnish phone maker HMD today launched its first smartphone, called the Vibe 2 5G, which comes preloaded with Indian AI company Sarvam’s chatbot Indus. Both companies had first announced the ...

Parents allege ChatGPT gave drug advice leading to son's fatal overdose Lawsuit seeks damages, halt to ChatGPT Health rollout, cites lack of safety testing OpenAI says safeguards improved, chatbot not ...

Chatbots like ChatGPT are powerful because of their simplicity: Ask just about anything and you’ll get an answer. But the answer you get depends on a lot more than what you type. Behind the scenes, ...

Pennsylvania has sued the maker of Character.AI, alleging that it violated state law by presenting an AI chatbot character as a licensed doctor. The lawsuit was filed in a state court by the ...

Days before two University of South Florida graduate students went missing last month, a roommate of one of the students allegedly asked the AI chatbot ChatGPT an unusual question. “What happens if a ...

Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Gabriel J.X. Dance ...

Tech companies have made ads part of nearly every large free web service, video channel, and social media platform. But the latest AI models could take this practice to a new level of risk for ...