NBC New York

Tech developers say AI chatbots can battle loneliness and depression. Experts are skeptical.

Millions of Americans now converse with AI chatbots each day. We are talking with machines about travel plans, politics, and in some cases — our most intimate thoughts. To investigate how these ...
Reuters

From churches to chatbots: How AI is fusing with religion

In 2024, Justin Lester, a pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Vallejo, California, built a custom GPT for his church that uses his sermons to develop small group materials and allows other church ...
Seeking Alpha

Apple plans to update CarPlay to work with third-party AI chatbots: report

Apple (AAPL) is working on an update to its CarPlay app, which will allow users to communicate with a third-party chatbot, such as OpenAI's (OPENAI) ChatGPT or Google's (GOOG)(GOOGL) Gemini, according ...
CRM Buyer

Silent Churn Is the Biggest Customer Support Risk

Most customer support organizations are built to serve the loudest 10% of users — the ones who open tickets. The greater risk lies with the silent majority who encounter friction, say nothing, and ...
Morningstar

Can AI Chatbots Build a Retirement Portfolio? We Tested Them

Artificial intelligence has dominated headlines over the last few years, for good reasons. It has been compared with the industrial revolution in that it will change the way we do everything and ...
TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space

SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, ...
Tom's Guide

I use the 'unicorn prompt' with every chatbot — it instantly fixes the worst AI problem

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Medical Xpress

Spending a lot of time with AI chatbots? You've a higher risk for depression, study finds

Do you find yourself spending hours chatting with AI programs like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Claude or DeepSeek? Odds are you might be suffering from depression. People who use AI ...
The New York Times

Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words. Miso, a ...
CNBC

Google, Character.AI to settle suits involving minor suicides and AI chatbots

Google and Character.AI settled lawsuits pertaining to psychological harm to minors allegedly caused by chatbots. At least one lawsuit claimed the chatbot contributed to a teen's suicide. Generative ...
Medscape

How to Work Clinically and Ethically With Chatbots and AI

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I’m at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. I’m getting an interesting question from many doctors from different specialties, and ...