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 ...

Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness. Quentin first downloaded a character chatbot when he was 13. He ...

Companies are realizing they can no longer simply promote themselves to potential customers. They have to win over the robots, too. Credit...Vincent Kilbride Supported by By Erin Griffith Reporting ...

Ottawa is looking to protect the young and vulnerable from harm posed by artificial-intelligence chatbots as part of a forthcoming package of measures to improve safety online, said federal Identity ...

The introduction of advertisements and sponsored content in chatbots has spawned privacy concerns for AI users as brands scramble to stay relevant in a fast-changing online environment. The Barron's ...

The EU told Meta Wednesday that charging rival AI chatbots for access to its WhatsApp platform runs against the bloc's ...