Artificial intelligence tools have made financial advice more accessible, but they have also created a significant privacy risk. Millions of Americans are turning to AI chatbots for help with their ...

Sci-Hub, a pirate website that illegally hosts tens of millions of scientific papers, has launched an artificial intelligence–based chatbot that mines the database and answers questions based on what ...

The platform says it wants people to use the AI chatbot to ‘search less and do more.’ The platform says it wants people to use the AI chatbot to ‘search less and do more.’ is a London-based reporter ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots will tell you where to find alternatives to chemotherapy if you ask them, a new study finds. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The programs, ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Does media coverage reflect the true risks of generative AI for our mental health? Our team recently led a study examining how global media are reporting on the impact of generative AI chatbots on ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to ...

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 ...

Here’s the question nobody’s asking but everybody should be: When you ask an AI for the truth, whose truth are you getting? Researchers at MIT, the University of East Anglia and a dozen other ...

Add Meta to the list of companies that have had AI wreak havoc on their internal systems. According to a report from The Information, an AI agent, working on behalf of an engineer, provided guidance ...

Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud. Since Sears is still a trusted ...