The rise of social media turned human attention into a commodity. Now, the AI race is taking that to new heights.

When Yang “Sunny” Lu asked OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 to calculate 1-plus-1 a few years ago, the chatbot, not surprisingly, told her the answer was 2. But when Lu told the bot that her professor said 1-plus-1 ...

Early in 2025 dozens of ChatGPT 4.0 users reached out to me to ask if the model was conscious. The artificial intelligence chatbot system was claiming that it was “waking up” and having inner ...

Can we rely on mental health apps? Image by Tim Sandle Can we rely on mental health apps? Image by Tim Sandle AI “therapist” chatbots—such as ChatGPT, Woebot, Replika, and Wysa—have surged in ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are transforming industries and reshaping interactions — and as their adoption soars, glaring cracks in their design and training are emerging, revealing the potential ...

A screenshot from the site Replika, which creates a custom chatbot that mirrors the user. AI is not just for automating tasks or coming up with new recipe ideas. Increasingly, people are turning to AI ...

Romantic relationships with artificial intelligence have moved from science fiction to lived reality, and the latest research suggests those bonds are far more intense and committed than most people ...

China's cybersecurity regulator proposes rules to curb the influence of artificial intelligence on human emotions, ...