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This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported on the growing concerns surrounding Character AI, an app and website that allows users to interact with AI-generated chatbots, some of ...

Oxford research finds warmth-focused AI models reduce accuracy and increase sycophancy across multiple tested scenarios.

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Artificial intelligence chatbots are readily available while the rest of the world sleeps, but some of their advice has been part of tragic outcomes.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced in April 2024 that it was testing sponsored content integrations in its business-focused offerings. Other startups in the AI industry are also designing ...

The death in February 2024 of Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old boy from Florida, was tragic enough on its own—a teen dying by suicide in a culture where such deaths are far too common. The surrounding ...