Companies like OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek offer chatbots designed to take their time with an answer. Here’s how they work. By Cade Metz and Dylan Freedman Cade Metz reported from San Francisco and ...

Chatbots can sound reassuring and comforting. They're designed to. But they aren't trained to be a mental health provider. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and ...

Early in 2025 dozens of ChatGPT 4.0 users reached out to me to ask if the model was conscious. The artificial intelligence chatbot system was claiming that it was “waking up” and having inner ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday requiring AI chatbot operators to prevent suicide content, notify ...

In May, a group of about 40 people stood in a circle deep within the Pyramid of Khafre, the second-largest of the three pyramids looming over Egypt’s Giza Plateau, holding hands and praying for Earth.

AI tools and news just don't seem to mix -- even at the premium tier. New research from Columbia's Tow Center for Digital Journalism found that several AI chatbots often misidentify news articles, ...

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot ...

Sam Altman asked Grok if he or Elon Musk should advance AI if the fate of humanity was at stake. We asked the same question to ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot, Gemini, Meta AI, and Perplexity. Altman went ...

More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools. Some experts warn the tools could erode teaching and learning. Credit...Raven Jiang Supported by By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers tech in ...