Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.

A California lawmaker has introduced a first-in-the-nation bill meant to ban companies from embedding AI chatbot technology into toys designed for children. Announced on Friday, the measure comes amid growing concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on child welfare,

Chatbots may worsen delusions in people by reinforcing false beliefs, psychiatrists warn. Mental health experts document cases where AI strengthened distorted thinking.

Travel & hospitality are entering a period of rapid transformation as AI, automation, and immersive technologies reshape how journeys are planned, experienced & delivered

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a chatbot is more humanlike and aware than it actually is, like believing it's happy, sad or even sentient altogether.

For more than a year, Alaska’s court system has been designing a pioneering generative AI chatbot termed the Alaska Virtual Assistant (AVA) to help residents navigate the tangled web of forms and procedures involved in probate, the judicial process of transferring property away from a deceased person.

The funding is part of an A.I. frenzy, as investors aggressively plow enormous sums into fast-growing start-ups at sky-high valuations.

UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has released a statement calling on Elon Musk to stop Grok, the built-in artificial intelligence tool on X, from being used to create fake and non-consensual sexualised images of women.