Nearly one in five U.S. adolescents and young adults have used AI chatbots for mental-health advice, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. The finding lands as state legislators race to ...

Trigger warning: this page contains references to self-harm and suicide, which some individuals may find distressing. Growing concerns about harm caused by AI companion chatbots have prompted ...

Children and teenagers who form emotional bonds with AI chatbots may be exposed to harmful content, weak privacy protections, and ineffective age gates, and the Federal Trade Commission is now ...

When most of us think of AI chatbots, we think of complex systems running on powerful hardware in massive data centers. Ask ChatGPT or Gemini a question, then watch it "think" as it pings some faraway ...