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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had employees join a waitlist to test out its generative artificial intelligence chatbot when it first rolled out the tool — an approach that helped ...

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Artificial intelligence chatbots have entered many teenagers’ daily routines. 64% U.S. teens say they use AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini, with about 28% saying they use chatbots daily, ...

As artificial intelligence chatbots become more common, Oregon lawmakers are weighing new requirements for companies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to protect children’s mental health. They want chatbot ...

Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race ...