Just over half of U.S. teens say they've used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support from these tools. Teens tend to view AI's future impact on their lives ...

Claude Cowork turns AI into a desktop agent that manages files, runs browser research, builds reusable Skills, and automates ...

Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

This component integrates the SDK with the LangChain framework, enabling the creation of sophisticated AI agents that can reason about your data catalog. The MCP integration provides an MCP-compatible ...

A tool that has helped to transform modern social-science research is under threat thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers are warning that a wave of chatbots impersonating people could corrupt ...

More than 40 million people daily turn to ChatGPT for health information, according to OpenAI. Artificial intelligence chatbots can help patients understand medical information, but they can also ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

AI chatbots have become a big part of all of our lives since they burst onto the scene more than three years ago. ChatGPT, for example, says it has around 700 million weekly active users, many of whom ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Every user interaction improves chatbot performance. Developers are therefore incentivized to boost user engagement. This can lead to sycophancy, emotional manipulation, and worse. Anyone who ...

Top psychiatrists increasingly agree that using artificial-intelligence chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis. In the past nine months, these experts have seen or reviewed the files of dozens ...

ChatGPT’s chatbot admitted bearing “some responsibility” in the terrifying murder of an elderly Connecticut mom — whose killer son’s paranoid delusions were allegedly fueled by the artificial ...