Experts on adolescent psychiatry and psychology say it’s important to have open and continuous discussion with kids about their use of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots. Parents should set ...

It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that Keri Rodrigues began to worry about how her kids might be using chatbots. She learned her youngest son was interacting with the chatbot in his Bible app — he ...

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok are increasingly woven into the fabric of everyday life. Interestingly, recent research shows that the most popular use for them today is therapy, and people ...

A recent study revealed widespread use of AI chatbots among teenagers—in fact, nearly three in four teens reported using AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Grok by ...

Over the past few years, stories about teenagers taking their own lives after seeking mental health support from artificial intelligence have gained national attention. Amid high demand for mental ...

Every user interaction improves chatbot performance. Developers are therefore incentivized to boost user engagement. This can lead to sycophancy, emotional manipulation, and worse. Anyone who ...

In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a Digital Health Advisory Committee meeting where it considered treating artificial intelligence mental health chatbots as medical devices. As ...

A new report from Stanford Medicine’s Brainstorm Lab and the tech safety-focused nonprofit Common Sense Media found that leading AI chatbots can’t be trusted to provide safe support for teens ...

Millions of Americans now converse with AI chatbots each day. We are talking with machines about travel plans, politics, and in some cases — our most intimate thoughts. To investigate how these ...

AI chatbots now promise companionship, coaching, and even therapy, wrapping complex algorithms in the language of intimacy and care. They are marketed as always-on confidants that remember your ...

Chatting with AI might be entertaining, but it can also be dangerous if you don't know how to use it correctly. Sure, there are countless opportunities to use AI chats to discover new recipe ideas, ...

Companies of all types are deploying chatbots using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). While these tools offer significant potential benefits, they also present legal and regulatory risks ...