SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Effective Jan. 1 , California will officially become the first state to limit youth access to AI chatbots. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 243 into law ...

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a chatbot for a food ordering website using Google Dialogflow. The chatbot leverages pre-existing user data—such as menu preferences and past orders—to ...

There continue to be numerous reports of people suffering severe mental health spirals after talking extensively with an AI chatbot. Some experts have dubbed the phenomenon “AI psychosis,” given the ...

It's getting harder to tell where normal tech ends and malicious intent begins. Attackers are no longer just breaking in — they're blending in, hijacking everyday tools, trusted apps, and even AI ...

Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) ...

At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology. Huddled around tables on the 19th ...

ChatGPT users can now tweak the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use, according to a social media post from OpenAI. These options (as well as similar adjustments to ChatGPT’s use of headers and ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (or 800-273-8255) to ...

A recent Pew Research study revealed over two-thirds of U.S. teens use chatbots, one-third use them daily, 1 in 5 teens are on YouTube or TikTok “almost constantly,” and four in ten teens are always ...

A suspected Russia-aligned group has been attributed to a phishing campaign that employs device code authentication workflows to steal victims' Microsoft 365 credentials and conduct account takeover ...