A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation. In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, ...

Microsoft says the attack, sourced from more than 500,000 compromised IPs, exposes deep weaknesses in home IoT and raises questions about enterprise DDoS readiness. Azure has blocked its largest DDoS ...

With the democratization of Artificial Intelligence, chatbots are now everywhere, assisting in programming, project management, customer service, or even daily tasks. This project demonstrates how to ...

The technology is used by more than 70% of teenagers in the U.S. Character.AI, one of the leading platforms for AI technology, recently announced it was banning anyone under 18 from having ...

Meta Says No More General Purpose Chatbots on WhatsApp (Except Its Own) Third-party chatbots will be banned from the platform as of Jan. 15, 2026, with Meta AI becoming the only major chatbot ...

How are people using AI for therapy? A growing number are sharing their anxieties, frustrations, and darkest thoughts with AI chatbots, seeking advice, comfort, and validation from a sympathetic ...

Talking to an AI chatbot in less formal language, as many people do, reduces the accuracy of its responses – suggesting that either we need to be linguistically stricter when using a chatbot, or that ...

A modern WordPress plugin that brings Azure AI Foundry agents and OpenAI-compatible chat models to your website with full Assistants API integration and OAuth 2.0 auto-setup.

Meta has reportedly updated rules for its AI-powered chatbot on child sexual exploitation and other high-risk content after lawmakers and advocacy groups expressed outrage over revelations that the ...

Chatbots want to be your friend, when what you really need is a neutral perspective. By Simar Bajaj Emily Willrich, 23, and her roommate had found the perfect apartment: spacious, reasonably priced ...

We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others. It’s a tale as old as time. Looking for help with her art project, she strikes up a ...

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