The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.

Ling Kong of Michelman Robinson examines AI companion laws in New York and California, discussing the states' differing ...

On Sept. 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing, “Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots.” The testimonies were impossible to ignore. Parents ...

A large number of very young users are engaging with violent — and often sexually violent — interactions with unregulated ...

Zoom unveils next evolution of its agentic AI work platform, including beta version of AI-first capabilities for personal workflows, agentic AI features for Docs product and new web interface with ...

The first wave of AI gave you a mirror. The next wave needs to give you a window. I'm 24, and my company built an AI companion platform. Hundreds of thousands of people got attached to our characters.

The AI companion chatbot company Character.AI will soon have an adults-only policy for open-ended conversations with AI characters. Teens who use the app will start facing restrictions: They'll still ...

The premise is appealing: Who wouldn’t want a friend who is available 24/7, always on your side, and never annoyed, bored, or hurt? In theory, artificial intelligence (AI) companions could ease ...