Can AI make us lose our minds? Chatbot ‘companions’ can prey on our vulnerabilities in unsettling ways
AI designed to mimic human interaction can exploit weaknesses in our minds and emotions—with catastrophic consequences.
AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free in response to DeepSeek’s advance
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global ...
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Surges Over 11% After Making Chatbot Free
Shares in Chinese search giant Baidu surged as much as 11.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday after it announced it will make its AI ...
The hottest new idea in AI? Chatbots that look like they think.
Competition from China’s DeepSeek has accelerated the rollout of artificial intelligence assistants that show their “thinking ...
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An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it
While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the ...
UK to Explore Use of Anthropic's AI Chatbot Claude for Public Services
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will explore the use of AI startup Anthropic's chatbot Claude to improve how people interact with ...
China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence ...
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Are AI chatbot ‘personalities’ in the eye of the beholder?
Defining AI chatbot personality could be based on how a bot “feels” about itself or on how a person feels about the bot they’re interacting with.
Baidu Shares Jump as It Plans to Make Its AI Chatbot Free
Shares of Baidu surged after the Chinese tech giant announced plans to make its popular ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence chatbot available for free starting April 1, amid growing competition in ...