OpenAI has indefinitely dropped plans to release an erotic chatbot (Steve Dent for Engadget) OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from ...

Apple is reportedly giving Siri a Large Language Model (LLM) upgrade in a year or two. The boost is expected to make the iPhone’s virtual assistant more conversational and equip it with a broader ...

OpenAI won’t be releasing its controversial “adult mode” erotica chatbot after all — at least for the time being. The ChatGPT maker has shelved plans to roll out the feature “indefinitely” after ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A first-in-the-nation law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots is now on the books in Washington, as Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 2225 this week to add new safeguards ...

Sure, when chatbots aren’t outright hallucinating, they can be helpful tools for gathering information, generating ideas, and completing tasks. But some of the biggest players in the AI chatbot ...

We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. My colleague Tom was on the train home the other day, seated between two commuters focused on ...

The AI industry will tell you it wants to make AI chatbots more ‘human.’ Why? Because tricking you into a state of hyper-attention is good for business. They say you can find anything on Amazon. Now, ...

Large language model (LLM) chatbots have a tendency toward flattery. If you ask a model for advice, it is 49 percent more likely than a human, on average, to affirm your existing point of view rather ...

At RSAC 2026, experts called for a privacy-by-default design as AI chatbots fail to protect survivors' data. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy. With companies vying ...

The website Reddit has a popular forum called “Am I the Asshole?” on which users can receive unvarnished feedback on their behaviour. But people are increasingly turning to chatbots such as ChatGPT ...

In some ways, artificial intelligence chatbots seem ready-made to help answer basic questions about work like, "How do I ask my boss for a promotion?" or "What should I tell my colleague who's slowing ...