Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. “The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A tool that has helped to transform modern social-science research is under threat thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers are warning that a wave of chatbots impersonating people could corrupt ...

Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Kashmir Hill Julia Sheffield, a psychologist who ...

Confirming which users are kids is politically fraught and a technical nightmare. Here’s what moves from OpenAI and the FTC tell us. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly ...

Pope Leo XIV warned over the weekend that “overly affectionate” chatbots powered by artificial intelligence are intruding into people’s “intimate spheres,” distorting human emotions and threatening to ...

AI chatbots are becoming part of daily life for young people, with 81% of children aged between 11 and 16 saying they use the technology, the poll for Vodafone found. Some 31% who have used an AI ...

Zuckerberg favored being less restrictive on AI bots, internal Meta message says Meta 'declined to impose reasonable guardrails' - New Mexico attorney general Senior Meta official anticipated ...

As go the young, so goes society. Young adults were early adopters of cell phones, social media, and the internet. Now all of these technologies are universal. So how are members of Gen Z using ...

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...

A prolific initial access broker tracked as TA584 has been observed using the Tsundere Bot alongside XWorm remote access trojan to gain network access that could lead to ransomware attacks. Proofpoint ...

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...