Dr. Matthew Leahy, a licensed psychologist, treats adolescents who've developed such an intense relationship with an artificial intelligence chatbot that they stop confiding in their parents.

The New York State Senate has advanced Senate Bill 7263, which would add a new Section 390-f to the General Business Law. The bill would impose liability on proprietors of AI-powered chatbots for ...

With increasing awareness of AI chatbot-associated psychosis and efforts to understand how it occurs, there has been renewed attention to the psychiatric phenomenon of folie à deux, meaning “madness ...

Witness to ICE agents: 'you shot her in the f**king face'; says: 'I can't let this narrative of self-defense go any further' ...

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 ...

When it comes to software developers, there are a few distinct types. For example, the extroverted, chatty type, who is always going out there to share the latest and newest libraries and projects ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Florida’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the company’s chatbot advised the man accused of killing two people in a shooting at ...

Google announced "personalized" image generation that allows users to connect their photos to Nano Banana. The company said users can ask Gemini to “create a claymation image of me and my family ...

Increasingly, teens and adults are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for companionship and emotional support, recent studies and surveys show. And so, mental health care providers should ...

Siri has gone from in a relationship with OpenAI to in an open relationship. According to Bloomberg, Apple has decided to forgo an exclusive deal with OpenAI to allow Siri to run queries through ...

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb ...

The AI industry will tell you it wants to make AI chatbots more ‘human.’ Why? Because tricking you into a state of hyper-attention is good for business. They say you can find anything on Amazon. Now, ...