An AI chatbot told Paul Hebert, a retired web developer in Nashville, this past spring that spies were threatening his life.

Chatbots may worsen delusions in people by reinforcing false beliefs, psychiatrists warn. Mental health experts document ...

Prompts: A prompt is simply what you type into an AI chatbot. You can just chat normally, like you would to a friend. But ...

We’ve heard story after story about people becoming obsessed with AI chatbots and experiencing profound breaks with reality. But there was always an ambiguity: was AI use pushing people into psychosis ...

Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

Sure, there's ChatGPT and Claude, but most companies with online customer service now use AI chatbots, too. Here's what you need to know. Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging ...

Researchers found violent prompts can push ChatGPT into anxiety-like behavior, so they tested mindfulness-style prompts, ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has compared starting a tech company to starting a religion. But can we trust Big Tech to play God?

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 ...

I guess there aren't enough technical hurdles to clear at the company formerly known as Twitter because, today, CEO Elon Musk announced the platform would soon be getting an AI assistant courtesy of ...

A chatbot is an artificial intelligence tool designed to simulate real-time conversations with users. It operates around the clock, doesn't require breaks and can manage a high volume of requests ...

Running an AI model without an internet connection sounds brilliant but typically requires powerful, expensive hardware.