The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

Mattel and other toy companies have been working on AI toys that are expected to be unveiled in 2026, but child safety groups ...

New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have ...

There are some psychological factors that you need to consider when participating on Character.AI. For one, the addiction is ...

That was a few months ago before I realized Google has an AI tool called NotebookLM that (mostly) lets you converse with two ...

It sounds so loving, doesn’t it? Well, it wasn’t from a person. It was from an AI chatbot rigged to sound like a character from Game of Thrones. The character bot in question was talking to a ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.

I recently saw an article on FOX Business about a new app that allows people to use an AI chatbot to talk with biblical figures such as Jesus or Moses. I don’t want to steal anyone’s joy, so if people ...

Colleges and universities in Nebraska are embracing artificial intelligence for novel purposes such as helping students propose and formulate new clubs, and simulating the dynamics of group therapy ...