AI chatbots have transformed life. Are we ready? If you are part of the shrinking population that still hasn’t tried ChatGPT, it’s time. My first experiments with an AI chatbot shook me. I asked it ...

We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and other institutions just published a study in Nature ...

Ahead of the U.S. presidential election this year, government officials and tech industry leaders have warned that chatbots and other artificial intelligence tools can be easily manipulated to sow ...

Emotional AI is here—chatbots that simulate empathy, offer support, and even act as digital therapists. But beneath the interface, there’s no understanding—only optimization. It behaves like a ...

Chatbots once symbolized digital transformation — those polite text boxes on corporate websites and service portals promised to make support smarter and cheaper. The addition of generative AI (genAI) ...

I was recently interviewed for an article on the emotional connection that people can develop with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. 1 Here's an edited summary of the exchange. As a psychiatrist, ...

Update (15 January, 2025): Meta’s new rules go into effect from today. Companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Microsoft have already announced that their WhatsApp chatbot will stop working. Regulators ...