Amid a rash of suicides, the company behind ChatGPT could start alerting police over youth users pondering taking their own ...

Last week, a family launched a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, claiming its chatbot, ChatGPT, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the potential harm caused by AI chatbots following the suicide of a ...

AI chatbots may seem convenient for emotional support, but experts warn they can miss the nuance and empathy real therapy ...

Don’t talk that way. That’s not a good reason not to go through with it,” are the unfathomable words uttered to Sewell Setzer in October of last year.

Legislation Sen. Jon Husted introduced aims to protect minors from potentially harmful interactions with AI companion ...

Megan Garcia bears the weight of one of the gravest AI-related tragedies to date: In February 2024, her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, took his life after becoming romantically obsessed with a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The ...

"These are not AI for good, these are AI for profit,” a source said of chatbots used by kids and teens for therapy, friendship and comfort.

Loneliness is higher than it has ever been in many of the world’s most developed countries. Around 20pc of Irish adults report feel lonely most of the time, the highest incidence across all EU ...

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Earlier this month, the Senate voted 99-1 to remove a ban on state AI laws from the “big, beautiful bill.” Despite this, the White House now plans to meddle in state efforts to govern AI. States have ...