Imagine a teenager at home, scrolling through their phone late at night. Instead of texting friends, they’re chatting with an AI — a bot that feels attentive, empathetic, maybe even flirtatious. It ...

Stories with visual elements and a choose-your-adventure vibe are the first new feature to replace open-ended conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy ...

Research shows that AI chatbots like Character AI can be harmful to children. Here's what Sharyn Alfonsi learned when she ...

Geeks who want to talk dirty with artificial intelligence bots will have to look somewhere other than Microsoft. The software giant’s AI chief said this week that the company won’t be offering ...

A majority of Gen Z workers are turning to AI chatbots during the workday for personal reasons, including mental health support, with 40% saying they talk to AI for at least an hour every day, ...

The AI boom has brought with it a new crop of startups looking to build a business on an urgent but vaguely dystopian idea: solving loneliness among the elderly. Eighty four-year-old Salvador Gonzalez ...

Character.AI will no longer permit teenagers to interact with its chatbots, as AI companies face increasing pressure to better safeguard younger users from harm. In a statement, the company confirmed ...

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...

Character.AI, known for bots that impersonate characters like Harry Potter, said Wednesday it will ban teens from using the chat function following lawsuits that blamed explicit chats on the app for ...

In the months leading up to last year’s presidential election, more than 2,000 Americans, roughly split across partisan lines ...