Given the presidential debate this week, you probably heard plenty of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Indeed, reporters and fact checkers were working overtime to specifically determine ...

Both papers found that chatbots influence voter opinions not by using emotional appeals or storytelling, but by flooding the ...

New research suggests that chatbots have a greater sway on policy issues than video ads, and that spouting the most ...

Do you remember being told to make sure you knew who you were really talking to on the internet? We’ve now entered an era where the question of what you’re talking to has become just as relevant. With ...

I didn't realize how human-like an AI chatbot could end up being ...

New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have ...

Researchers are scrambling to figure out why generative AI appears to lead some people to a state of “psychosis.” ...

The Orlando Division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida will hear allegations against Character Technologies, the creator of Character.AI, in the wrongful death lawsuit ...

A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided ...

Megan Garcia's son Sewell, 14, took his own life after spending months talking to a chatbot impersonating Daenerys Targaryen ...

A new study suggests that an AI chatbot can talk people out of their conspiracy theory beliefs. Credit: Bob Al-Greene / Mashable Given the presidential debate this week, you probably heard plenty of ...