A few minutes with a chatbot may be enough to make it seem more mind-like. New research explores why humans start seeing ...

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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Trump ordered every federal agency to ditch Anthropic's Claude chatbot, with Defense ...

AI chatbot providers, including ChatGPT and Grok, are facing a crackdown on illegal content in the United Kingdom, as the government promises swift action to make the internet safer for children.

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 ...

If using an AI chatbot makes you feel smart, we have some bad news. The study involved over 3,000 participants across three separate experiments, but with the same general gist. In each, the ...

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 ...

Apple is planning to upgrade Siri twice in the coming year, adding personalization features in iOS 26.4 before turning the personal assistant into a full chatbot in iOS 27. As long as timelines don't ...

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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 / ...